How Sad, How Lovely,” the name of the album containing 60-year-old recordings by Connie Converse, aptly describes the life of the New England singer-songwriter who never quite hit it big. “In December ...

When other businesses closed, when storefronts emptied, the donut shop remained, providing not just employment and tax ...

Flowerpots bursting with bright geraniums flank the entrance, and a simple wooden sign announces what treasures await inside: “PIES • KITCHEN GOODS • COFFEE & TEA”—essentially the four major food ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

But why does this side of the story often get lost amid the warnings about social isolation? I suspect it has to do with a collective anxiety about being alone. The stigma of solitude This anxiety ...

For some people, the shift toward aloneness represents a desire for ‘positive solitude,’ a state that is associated with well-being ... to me why people live alone as soon as their financial ...

In tough times, Amanda Johnston is creating a community of gratitude with contributions from poets all across the state.

How Sad, How Lovely,” the name of the album containing 60-year-old recordings by Connie Converse, aptly describes the life of ...

Learn about rhythm in poetry and how it can be used as device which has an effect on the reader. How to understand open and closed form in poetry Closed form poetry uses stricts patterns of rhymes ...

Do I know you? A nonsense poem about a very serious feeling - being lost. Chocolate cake A narrative poem about a true event from Michael Rosen's childhood. If you wish to listen to the poems ...

Increasing numbers of us are dining alone and travelling solo, and rates of living alone have nearly doubled in the past 50 years ...