A Little Inspiration Goes a Long Way
I can’t believe this is the third week in a row that’s I’m starting out recommending other blogs for your enjoyment. But so it is! Inspiration can be found everywhere. Children learning something new,...
View ArticleA Writing Daydream
Early this morning, I’m sitting here listening to Beegie Adair, a marvelous piano player who is a master at playing songs long gone by (she can be found on You Tube), thinking of a half-asleep...
View ArticleHow Many Times Do I Say “NOW”?
Well, I’ve certainly not been bored lately. How wonderful, you all think. Something to do all the time. Someone to do it with. While I agree with your assessment (I am indeed blessed), I am in need...
View ArticleFriends I’ve Never Met, Part Two
Last Monday I wrote a blog on Friends I’ve Never Met and the influence they’ve had on my life in one way or another. To repeat, in the blogging world, a good friend is not always what the world...
View ArticleBy Reason of Insanity (a poem)
I write to share I write to dream I write to entertain I write to celebrate I write to release passion I write to create passion I write to escape I write to explore I write to feel better I write to...
View ArticleThings I Learned Hanging With “the Guys”
Home after almost two weeks of hanging with “the guys” … my husband, his best friend, my son, his best friend, and another newbie. I started sketching; they fished. I did some proofreading of an old...
View ArticleBeing Bored is Never a Problem — 24 Hours Is
For the last 20-25 years, being bored has never been a problem for me. I was always writing something, sewing beads on something, reading something — the twirly list goes on and on. A lot of the time...
View ArticleThe Future of Blogging
Linotype/Linofilm Machine I happened to talk with a family friend’s daughter who just graduated from college with an English and/or Communications degree. She was bright and excited to find a job doing...
View ArticleMonday Morning Wake-Up Call (repost)
David Kanigan Reading my Reader like a good granny this morning, I came upon David’s post, Monday Morning Wake-Up Call. These posts always “get” me in one way or another. Today’s post gave beautiful...
View ArticleFaerie Paths — Writing
Writing ideas travel from the head, where they are born, to the heart, where they are felt, through the soul, where they are understood, and out through the fingertips where they are reborn. ~ The...
View ArticleFaerie Paths — Poppies
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan I write, erase, rewrite Erase again, and then A poppy blooms. A Poppy Blooms, Katsushika Hokusai
View ArticleWhat Happened April 18, 2011?
April 18, 2011. It was a Monday. A partly cloudy day, the temperature peaking at about 46 degrees. It was before the tragic events of 9/11 and my personal loss of 2/22. It was a few months before the...
View ArticleCloser to the Sun — My Inspired Life (repost)
I love this writer, this artist, this blogger. Her posts always lift me up, inspire me, gives me a hint of what all this nonsense is around me now and then. I hope you’ll wander over to Michele‘s blog...
View ArticleTemporarily/Permanently on Hold?
I find whenever I have a creative dilemma I come to all of you for help or understanding or to just vent. There is not always a solution to every problem, an answer to every question. Sometimes just...
View ArticleMomentarily — A Poem
When the words won’t come The dreams far away And night never rests A poem comes to mind A brief version Of the day’s confusion The evening’s pain Whispers from beyond We can’t find the phrase The...
View ArticleSometimes I Feel Like a Mad Hatter
Is this you? You go through the day, every day, doing what you’re supposed to do. Work, taking care of your kids, calling the dentist. You make dinner, do the dishes, catch a little TV or read a good...
View ArticleWednesday Rewinds
I know most people are in a hurry when they read blogs — they need to grock all the information in a short time so they can digest it later. To those of you who write longer blogs, I salute you. I...
View ArticleA Few Blogging Thoughts
According to Website Setup, in 2021 there were over 600 million blogs on the web. Think about that. 600 million blogs. 600,000,000 individuals decided to put their thoughts, their experience, their...
View ArticleTake Your Reader on The Journey! (Revisited) — Writing your first...
Doing a little research, I found Jan originally wrote about this topic on November 19, 2019. The advice is still spot-on. Get writing! Today if possible — Tomorrow at the latest! I’ve written...
View ArticleSwallowed by The Sun (Revised) — Ivor.Plumber/Poet
I have turned a fellow blogger into a friend — someone whose work makes me happy. Ivor is that sort of poet. Poignant, clever, hitting the notes of current events with delicate yet form strokes. I...
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