Archive for May 2011
Sunday Poetry: Ready With Notebook and a Chewed Up Pencil
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration here. What’s your part? Just slow down a little and come along for the read–or sometimes, for the listen. If you’d like to tell us what the day’s poem means in your life, or what word or phrase you’ve chosen…
Read MoreAnd Don’t Forget. . .
I’m still traveling, but next week I’ll begin sharing some of the wonderful contest entries I’ve received for the four pie gift boxes, as well as photos of some of the prizes. Remember, I’ll choose a winner each Friday in June and one grand prize winner in July. If you haven’t checked out the giveaway…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: Apples Sweeten in the Darkness
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration here. What’s your part? Just slow down a little and come along for the read–or sometimes, for the listen. If you’d like to tell us what the day’s poem means in your life, or what word or phrase you’ve chosen…
Read MoreDiary of Eight Novels: Brainstorming 2011
I’m in rainy Ohio, shivering with my brainstorming group. Ohio in the late spring is newly green and outside the windows of my son’s house, both a Japanese magnolia and a pink dogwood bloom. I feel glad to be here no matter what the weather. Last year we were together in Florida, so our venue has changed, but our group…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: In the Silly White Suit with the Gold Buttons
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of these Sunday posts here. What’s your part? Just slow down a little and come along for the read–or sometimes, for the listen. If you’d like to tell us what the day’s poem means in your life, or what word…
Read MoreExtra, Extra, Read All About It–Lessons From Your Daily Newspaper
I’ll confess, I rarely find time to read the newspaper. This shames me to admit it, so I’ll quickly add that I do read stories online every day. On my iGoogle homepage, I get the highlights from the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Huffington Post Blog Feed, BBC, and Time Magazine. However when…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: So Complete Has Your Forgiveness Been
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration here. What’s your part? Just slow down a little and come along for the read–or sometimes, for the listen. If you’d like to tell us what the day’s poem means in your life, or what word or phrase you’ve chosen…
Read MoreSomething Old, Something New, and Not Just for Weddings
I am endlessly fascinated by feedsacks. I don’t mean the burlap variety farmers use for hauling hen house manure, or the ones the foolhardy leap into for Fourth of July sack races. I’m talking about cotton feed or flour sacks adorned with cheerful prints that were designed to be emptied, washed and used for quilts or clothing. The practice…
Read MoreWe Interrupt the Previously Scheduled Blog for Prizes and Fun. . .
Where is everybody? No, you didn’t arrive at the wrong place, and this IS the day when Chapter Four, Part One of Treasure Beach should be here to entertain you But this year May has five Tuesdays, and Chapter Four demanded (bossy ol’ chapter) that I divide it into only four parts, so each would be…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: Spring
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. We began this page in March, and if you didn’t join us then, don’t worry. This is a drop-in, drop-out adventure. You can read about the purpose and inspiration behind Sunday Poetry here. What’s your part? Just slow down a little and come along for the read–or sometimes, for the listen. If…
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