Author Archives: Devon Marsh
End of School
The end of the school year meant the end of the only year that all three of our kids will ever be in the same school. The activities of the day gave me an opportunity to reflect on events and … Continue reading
Children in Hospitals
I learned this week that the child of some old friends had to undergo major reconstructive surgery. While sharing my thoughts and well-wishes with his parents, memories came rushing back of the scary week our daughter spent in a pediatric … Continue reading
Poems with Annelise
This afternoon, Annelise and I spent some pleasant time out on the patio compiling notes about some of the things we’ve done or seen. The result is three nice poems. Most of the words and all of the imagination is … Continue reading
Thinking about Health Care
I certainly do not expect to sway many opinions or drive consensus on the topic of health care reform. What I would like to accomplish is to get people to use their good and logical brains to think hard about … Continue reading
Long time, no blog
An article in the New York Times on “slow blogging” inspired me to create this blog. I liked the idea of a slow blog because I did not like the idea of blogging every day, which is what I thought … Continue reading
First installment
The first installment on my blog is complete. I have included a short story I started writing over 20 years ago and refined several times, a memoir piece based on experiences in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm, and a … Continue reading
Welcome
This is the first post in a blog and collection of pages to showcase samples of my fiction, poetry, and essays.
Devon Marsh 