Gathering Memories, Collecting Dust: Poems from Eight Decades of Living

In Gathering Memories, Collecting Dust, ordinary moments become the markers of an extraordinary life: a newborn observed with wonder, a lost toy bunny, a first day of school, a daughter leaving for college, a mother's memory beginning to fade.

Spanning eight decades, this reflective poetry collection moves from a 1950s childhood to the uncertainties of motherhood, the tenderness of grandmotherhood, and the quiet reckonings of aging. Through vivid snapshots of family life, childhood discoveri...