My post will be brief for this Poetry Friday! It’s been a week of subzero temps here in the mid-west and today is no different. However, errands must still be done, so I’m off to take care of things while it is still sunny and the illusion persists that it is warmer that it truly…
This morning I got a hair cut. Luckily, my stylist owns her salon and she only takes one appointment at a time. Aside from a few months at the start of the pandemic, she’s been open for business. I am thankful for both of our sakes. She needs to have income from her business and…
What’s your favorite treat? Without a doubt mine is licorice! Until a few years ago, I only knew licorice from the grocery store. The treat came in the form of Twizzlers and some of the imported Australian brands. But, that is before I went to The Netherlands and had Dutch licorice! Known in Holland as…
Be assured that both The Munsters and Game of Thrones have to do with monsters and magic, but one in a humorous sort of way and the other, well, not so much due to an incredible amount of throat slashing! But, they have something else in common, too! Their commonality is that last night, instead…
Today is Silent Sunday. For the past four years (almost) Sundays have been a day on my blog where no words are written. I only post my own photographs based on a theme. Today’s theme is colorful flowers! Enjoy! And, thank you for visiting! All Photos are Copyrighted by Carol Labuzzetta, 2020. No permission to…
My one little word for 2021 is grateful. Tonight, I ran to the grocery store for a few items. When I left home it was 4 degrees. When I left the grocery store, the thermometer in my car went from zero to -2 by the time I arrived home, just twenty minutes later, including the…
When I used to write poetry with students, I tried to decrease the intimidation they’d inevitably feel about writing poetry by helping them find relatable topics – topics they already knew something about – both as individuals and as part of our group. Color, as I’ve written before, was always both an easy and and…
Today, in the upper mid-west, we are having a good, ol’ fashioned snow storm. This is something I don’t mind at all, now that we’re retired. With no place we absolutely have to go to, we can stay safely at home. Gazing out the windows, the gently falling snow makes everything look clean, and unblemished….
It’s two weeks after I last wrote about the poor vaccination roll out in New York State. I live in Wisconsin but was in New York visiting my parents when they opened vaccine registration to group 1B. My parents are still awaiting an appointment. I’ve checked EVERY day for the last 19 days and have…
We have a couple of home improvement projects going. One is a bathroom in the lower level of our house. It is a full bath that never got much use until my middle son moved downstairs to use the bedroom next to the bath when he went into middle school. The room has also been…