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04/22/2026
In the hourglass of that last difficult spring, Dad and I took to wandering the yard. While ravens gronked overhead, we’d spend half an hour recoiling the hose. Another afternoon, we’d unspool it again to water the garden we hadn't gotten around to planting.
April Poetry Shower – Day 22 Birds of the World
Annie Hartnett out here just knocking our socks off with THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS and turning difficult days into hopeful storytelling.
What to do in the face of irritations, accidents, and/or tragedy? If you're Annie Hartnett, you write a novel. And not just any novel but THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS which examines among other things how any of us can raise children in a world that seems so perpetually on the bring of calamity and destruction. This book is so good, folks. And so necessary. You're gonna want it for your bookclubs and birthday presents and bedside tables. Pick up THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS Newtonville Books Blue Willow Bookshop or an indie shop near you. And listen to more of Annie's writing stories here: https://evergreenpodcasts.com/wild-precious-life/the-road-to-tender-hearts-with-annie-hartnett
04/20/2026
Today is the anniversary of my dad’s death. He would have been 78 this year.
Sometimes, this day lands gently. I remember treehouses and froggy jumps and watching thunderstorms from the front porch. Other years, it’s an angry day. I feel jealous of friends who still have fathers to watch ballgames with and play cards. Mostly, despite the passage of time, I still can’t quite believe he’s gone.
April Poetry Shower – Day 20 John Paul Kelly
04/16/2026
Growing up, my family didn’t fly much except to funerals. And once to visit my Uncle Tom before his divorce. In fact, each of my parents only took one flight alone in their entire lives, both of them separately to visit me.
Even fogged in at LaGuardia or sidelined by a tornado watch in Orlando, I never tire of walking gate after gate of possibilities. Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Detroit. There are more cities in the world than I’ll ever be able to visit. How lucky am I that I get to try.
April Poetry Shower – Day 16 Traveling Mercies
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