Emily Grosholz: A Walk in the Wilderness

Emily Grosholz (1950-2026) was a poet of reasonability and sensibility, of portentous breadth and depth in the subjects of her poetry --mathematics, cosmology, nature, family, travel, love, art works, friendship, loss, quotidian joy, and more--, and of tremendous richness of poetic resources. Above all, her poetry harmonized truth, goodness, and beauty under the guidance of … Continue reading Emily Grosholz: A Walk in the Wilderness

Red Flash over White Winter Landscape

Every day has its beauty. One of my journaling practices, when I don't have much time and energy to write, is to jot down the most marvelous detail I noticed that day (since I generally write at night, just before going to bed). The observed details are often minimal but significant. Today has been a … Continue reading Red Flash over White Winter Landscape

Taking Cues from Wordsworth: Ode on Intimations of Immortality

The vital spontaneity of life brought William Wordsworth's "Ode on Intimations of Immortality" to my heart-mind on Saturday, as my family and I visited the Cementerio General in San José, to honor and remember my father R.C.M., my grandmother D.M.A., my grandfather E.C.J., and other ancestors, up to my great-great grandmother or tatarabuela, who rest … Continue reading Taking Cues from Wordsworth: Ode on Intimations of Immortality

Juan Ramón Jiménez: Platero y yo

Hoy mi papá hubiera cumplido setenta y nueve años. Han pasado casi once meses desde que falleció. Acá comparto unos apuntes de mi cuaderno personal sobre mi lectura de Platero y yo, del Premio Nobel español Juan Ramón Jiménez. No lo había leído desde la escuela primaria. Pero en la misa del funeral, en la … Continue reading Juan Ramón Jiménez: Platero y yo