Quilts are very much alive

My grandmother lived through the Great Depression. We loved hearing her reminisce about her difficult times, but always reverently wrapped in the love her father gave her 5 children. My great-grandfather lost his wife (my great-grandmother) two weeks after his youngest child was born to…

A guide to choosing baby toys by age

From rattles to bicycles Babies are weird and wonderful creatures…but often they’re just plain weird! It can be downright baffling trying to figure out why they’re ignorant of mirrors, balls and television… but are fascinated by a piece of cellophane or a piece of patterned…

allusion in poetry

Allusion, according to a manual to literature by C. Hugh Holman, The Odyssey Press, “is a figure of speech that makes casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.” According to definitions in various literature and composition textbooks, an allusion is the…