by Margaret Philbrick | Aug 14, 2026 | Art, Margaret's Musings
In early March Jerod Santek, head of Write On Door County asked me, would I want to write a poem to go with a piece of music for the Midsummer Music Festival. Of course! A merger of music and poetry in the height of summer, in the midst of a live musical performance....
by Margaret Philbrick | Feb 1, 2017 | Growing Life
Every year it is the same ritual: buy tons of on sale flower bulbs in November, run out of time before the ground freezes, stick them in the refrigerator hoping the ground will thaw, strain eyes while planting bulbs in the January dusk, pray they come up in April....
by Margaret Philbrick | Jun 25, 2016 | Growing Life
Like millions of others, our youngest child graduated from high school this month. “Millions have done it before you and millions will do it after you,” my husband was told when he signed up for the Barbri course to prepare for the bar exam. There is something...
by Margaret Philbrick | Feb 13, 2015 | Growing Life
She’s never been to Starbucks. Never stayed in a hotel. Never heard a bedtime story and now she’s living with us. Our new year began on Janurary 2nd. We drove a quiet 11 year old girl from Boston to our home, arriving at 2:00 a.m. to be greeted by welcome notes and...
