Receiving criticism, no matter how constructive it’s meant to be, is difficult. Even when we know that something we wrote (or said or did) didn’t hit quite right, negative feedback can be tough to take, not necessarily because it hurts our egos or reminds us of our flaws, although that might be part of it,Continue reading “The Art of Receiving Criticism”
Monthly Archives: January 2026
Whose Woods These Are
A poem for Robert Frost These woods are mine. I think I know the path beneath the drifts of snow because my cozy house sits near; the land is someone else’s though. They do not see me walking here on every morning of the year. My little dog, he doesn’t fail, with snout to earthContinue reading “Whose Woods These Are”
January
January Look at you, all photogenic, waltzing in with bells on, draped in your fancy firs, with your fancy words and promises of something new, throwing confetti around like resolutions that get lost in the scuttle as the dust settles on the items that need to be returned cluttering up the kitchen. You put upContinue reading “January”
Denise T. Drapeau 