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Thursday, November 19, 2015 11:43:03 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled A Monumental Poem:
Karin said, "This week, with all the talk of refugees, I’ve found myself thinking of the poem, “The New Colossus,” written by Emma Lazarus in 1883 to help raise funds for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal and posted on the interior of that pedestal in..." more
Thursday, April 30, 2015 7:50:00 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled A Cento for National Poetry Month:
Karin said, "My children’s poets group chose to write cento poems for our National Poetry Month project. For those who don’t know, a cento is like a poem collage. The poet takes exact lines from existing poems and arranges them to make a new poem. I..." more
Friday, March 27, 2015 1:10:21 AM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled A Rainbow in California, with Tanka:
Karin said, "While most of this country was experiencing a snowy-stormy winter, here on the California coast we had an unusually balmy one. So last Monday morning, walking in some good ol’ San Francisco Bay Area fog seemed refreshing. I was surprised when..." more
Friday, February 27, 2015 10:06:32 AM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled More February Poems:
Karin said, "My poem-a-day-for-February month is winding up. As long as nothing unexpected happens by Saturday I’ll have written at least thirty poems this month. (So far there have been two days when I wrote two.) The experience has had an ease about it that..." more
Thursday, February 19, 2015 9:23:42 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled February Poems:
Karin said, "We are past mid-February in the poem-a-day month I am sharing with my poetry group. As anticipated, I feel more at-ease with the project than I did last year–in fact the month seems to be going by a bit fast. In honor of Poetry Friday,..." more
Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:40:10 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled A Poem a Day for February:
Karin said, "Last year the members of my children’s poets group set out to write a poem a day in February. All four of us did just that. Some days one of us wrote two. On the last day I wrote a poem called “February 28.” It reminded me of..." more
Monday, October 13, 2014 10:09:56 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Stay Calm, Leave Room For Gratitude:
Karin said, "(This post is identical to the one I posted earlier today on my book’s blog, OurAmazingDays.com. The two blogs overlap so much, a merge may be forthcoming. Meanwhile, I want to share this here, too.) I’ve been noticing lately that “stay..." more
Monday, May 5, 2014 7:25:41 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Amazing May Posts:
Karin said, "photograph by Lori A. Cheung from My Amazing Day by Karin Fisher-Golton, Lori A. Cheung, and Elizabeth Iwamiya ©2013 I started a blog on OurAmazingDays.com, the website for my book, My Amazing Day: A Celebration of Wonder and Gratitude. I’m..." more
Friday, February 28, 2014 3:20:26 AM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled An Ekphrastic Pantoum on February 27:
Karin said, "My children’s poets group is finishing up writing a poem a day for the month of February. When we started I wondered how many poems we would actually write. Turns out we’ve each written a poem a day, sometimes two. Between the four of us we..." more
Monday, September 23, 2013 5:42:26 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Metal Bowls and Memories:
Karin said, "My family and I are making room in our garage for the coming multitude of My Amazing Day board books, so on Sunday we had a garage sale. We did fine with sales, but when it was over there was also quite a lot left. Gung-ho to clear space we made..." more
Friday, September 6, 2013 2:57:38 AM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled What’s Right in Front of You:
Karin said, "I missed my cousin’s wedding yesterday. It was the union of two people I am so glad get to have a life together. Much of my family, including my husband and son, were there, but I stayed home nursing an ear that would not have done well with the..." more
Friday, September 6, 2013 2:57:38 AM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Butterfly Words:
Karin said, "Monarch butterflies, Monterey, California, Nov. 2011 My love of butterflies began with language. One late spring day in 1997 I was on a group hike, celebrating a friend’s birthday. Someone saw a butterfly and mentioned that he liked the French..." more
Friday, September 6, 2013 2:57:38 AM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Goodbye and Thank You, Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge:
Karin said, "I’m feeling sentimental about the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Today is the last day it will carry traffic. My earliest memories of the bridge are as a child, slumped in the back seat on long rides home to Berkeley from..." more
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:34:27 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton added a link to Our Amazing Days on her profile page
Thursday, April 18, 2013 2:04:58 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Lemon Tree, Very Pretty:
Karin said, "We were lucky to move into a house a few years ago with an established Meyer lemon tree. The tree has been prolific. Once I invited a friend to collect some lemons for her daughter’s school event. She stopped by when I was out and filled a bag. I..." more
Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:24:00 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Unbridled Creativity: An Experience with Children and Poetry:
Karin said, "I shared my collection of truck poems with my son’s second grade class this morning. I haven’t shared my writing with one of his classes since he was in kindergarten. I did it once that year and several times when he was in preschool. So for me,..." more
Thursday, November 1, 2012 1:56:36 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Halloween Candy Science!:
Karin said, "Inspired by this article, my 7-year old son and I began candy science experiments in our kitchen this morning. Whatever prompted me to suggest this possibility before school, when usually just getting out of the house is a challenge, must be part of..." more
Thursday, October 25, 2012 7:20:33 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Remembering Paul Wellstone:
Karin said, "My alma mater, Carleton College, has a fitting graduation tradition for a school that so values its instruction. New graduates walk through an aisle lined by professors on both sides. In addition to its symbolic significance, the moment offers an..." more
Friday, October 12, 2012 6:32:41 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled A Grand Finale for the 2012 Oakland A’s:
Karin said, "As anyone paying any attention to baseball knows, last night the Oakland A’s lost both their game and the American League Division Series to the Detroit Tigers. The Athletics’ 2012 season is over. I am disappointed, but I am, in fact,..." more
Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:42:39 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled The Oakland Athletics Are Fired Up:
Karin said, "A lifelong Oakland A’s fan, I’m finding this season beyond thrilling. I don’t ever recall getting teary about a baseball game before, but it’s happened several times in the last two weeks as the A’s have defied expectation after..." more
Friday, September 21, 2012 5:58:34 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled Flying High from a Shuttle Flyby:
Karin said, "I saw the space shuttle Endeavor fly by my house this morning. Actually, it wasn’t flying itself. It was on the back of a very large plane. I could tell that plane was very large because it was so much larger than its military jet escort. Even..." more
Sunday, December 13, 2015 3:29:20 PM
Karin Fisher-Golton wrote a blog post titled What Creativity Looks Like:
Karin said, "Last weekend I decided that I wanted to send some family members Hanukkah cards. In recent years my son has made lovely, creative ones, but this year that was not an option as he was busy with a baseball tournament. (I realize the winter holiday..." more