On Climbing Mt. McKinley
On Climbing Mt. McKinley from the Second Verse Collection (Barbara McKinley) The tape I made, my inner voice, became my companion. . . . An important part of my continuing. Put your foot here . . . keep yourself moving . . . Don’t sit down . . . Keep yourself going […]
el día de los muertos en México. The Day of the Dead
el día de los muertos en México. The Day of the Dead In Texas, where I’ve been living, we observe el día de los muertos, or the Day of the Dead, at the same time as Halloween or the day following, November 1. I learned much more about this celebration when I taught at a […]
The Bavarian Hat. The first pin: Roma
Bavarian Hat Blog The first pin: Roma The pin from Rome (Roma) is at the top of the hat – because, at one time, all roads lead to Rome. It was the center of the universe for much of the ancient Western world. Some of the memories I have of Rome include standing at […]
San Francisco Fog
From the Second Verse collection: I worked as a temp in a building that overlooked Alcatraz Island in one direction and, in the other, a tall building with the name Empress of China on the rooftop in the financial district of San Francisco. I wrote this poem at the end of my work with the […]
1926 Ingleside Seed Farm Catalog Cover
The Ingleside Seed Farm was founded in the early 1900s by John Willis McKinley and his wife, Virga Mae Pridy. They both began as schoolteacher and then, as the farm developed, they improved seeds that would grow well in the dry Kansas climate with the help of a primitive irrigation system and a greenhouse. […]