Sunday 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…
Read MoreUnexpected Gifts
Nemo, our rescue beagle, loves everybody, but some people are particularly special to him. The son and daughter-in-law who found him in the woods as a puppy and nursed him back to health and into our home. Other family members. My cleaning lady and my assistant, both of whom have provided pet care in the past. …
Read MoreSunday Poetry: For Most This Amazing Day
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 today, for the listen. If…
Read MoreThe Write Way: Writer’s Paralysis? How to Get Moving Again
I can count on two questions from any Q & A session. The first? Where do I get my ideas? The second is whether I’ve ever suffered from writer’s block. I’ll confess I used to snicker whenever I answered this one. “Not me, thanks. If I’m stuck I just keep working until I’m not stuck anymore.” …
Read MoreSunday Poetry: Shards of Stained Glass
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. We began last month, 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. If you’d like to tell us what…
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