Joyce Kilmer famously wrote, “I think that I shall never see/A poem lovely as a tree.” Well, south Minneapolis has a tree that Kilmer would go nuts for.

windowed box that contains notepads on which anonymous passers-by can record their poetic inspirations (it shares its name with a Shel Silverstein poem that begins, “Underneath the poet tree ...

1. “A Light in the Attic”: Shel Silverstein was a master at sneaking insights into children’s poetry. My favorite example, in this book, is the four-line poem “Arrows,” illustrated by a ...

While we love to host extended family, one older relative horns in to do the dishes by hand although we have an excellent ...

This may not be a self-esteem issue or stubbornness. This could be a person genuinely thinking they’re helping, all evidence ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone's question about how to dissuade a relative from wasting ...

A host who is monitoring water use doesn’t want a guest to hand-wash the dishes; a passenger is stressed out by her friend’s ...

Dear Water: There’s a classic Shel Silverstein poem, “How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes” in which the instruction for ...

Dear Eric: We have a dilemma that may seem trivial but it’s driving us crazy. We’re fortunate enough to have a vacation house ...

The hot water waste is incredible, it’s left running while the person talks and tells stories. And they’re slow to boot.

Dear Water: There’s a classic Shel Silverstein poem, “How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes” in which the instruction for ...