Between the By-Road and the Main Road

Today I pulled out some paint, gel medium, gesso, photographs, altered pages from a notebook, and batik paper I had previously made and beg...

A Time to Break the Silence (M.A. Reilly, 2009)  I. It catches me by surprise when my son tells me that the age range on his Minecr...

I. Composing Digitally It's late evening when my son asks me to listen to something on his iPad.  The something turns into six diffe...

From Redstone Tutorial, Part 3: TNT Canons Before the printing press existed, those training for scholarly roles wrote down word for wo...

Coming through the Rye (2010, M.A. Reilly) It is often in the seemingly inconsequential noticings that more profound meaning emerges.  T...

Other World (M.A. Reilly,  2910) Before going to bed, a 12-year-old said to his mom: Tomorrow when I get home from school I'll qu...

To Think Away The Grass, The Trees, The Clouds ( M.A. Reilly, 2010) We've had a few days off from work here in New Jersey and during ...

Candid (M.A. Reilly, 2011) It is an unbearably hot day as my husband, son and I slowly motor home to New Jersey from Washingt...

I. Calling London At first it was a bit disconcerting. My husband, son and I were driving from northern New Jersey to Washington D.C. to ...

I tried writing a question to President Obama and realized that what I needed to ask required more context than 140 characters might offer. ...