Today is Silent Sunday! This is the day of the week that I post my own photography on a theme of my choosing. I hope you enjoy the gardens today! There is no permission to duplicate in any form. Thank you.
American Experience
A Change of Mind and Heart: Education is not enough
When I was in graduate school for my natural resources degree (EE/EI), one of our first assignments was to read two papers written by seminal voices in the environmental field. One was by Richard Wilke and the other was by Jo Kwong. Before I started the assignment, I was pretty sure that I felt that…
Poetry Friday: Isn’t Every Day, Earth Day?
Earth Day 2022 Isn’t Every Day, Earth Day? We’ve lived on this planet for eons. Home… For humans, For animals, For plants. For millions, and billions, of species Before our eyes many are disappearing At alarming rates But, since YOU go on, YOU forget the others that have gone. Our lives are short but collectively…
The Ups and Downs of Being an Etsy Seller
I’ve had an Etsy shop since 2009 and have been making handcrafted jewelry since 2003. The hobby came to me naturally when my children were young and I needed something to focus on other than being a stay-at-home mom. My youngest was two when I started and he’s twenty now! For a long time, I…
Slice of Life Tuesday: The Great River Road
Today, I took a friend with me to deliver my handmade jewelry to the gallery in Iowa that’s carried it for the last eight summers. It’s usually about a 72-mile drive that takes an hour and a half if you go down the Great River Road on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River, otherwise…
Foodie Monday: A Non-Traditional Easter Dinner
I decided after our Christmas ham was largely left uneaten after Christmas dinner that hams are not a great choice for our small family. Thus, when I planned our Easter dinner, I told my husband and our one son who was able to come home that we’d be having my manicotti instead. Manicotti is a…
Silent Sunday: Adult Refreshments
Today is Silent Sundy, it is a day when I post my own photographs on a theme of my choosing. Thanks for stopping by!
A Week of Change
This week has brought some change to our family. I’ll be writing about this change in the coming weeks. Is change good or bad? It is stressful or exhilarating? How do you cope with change? I know that I don’t always cope well with change. Most people don’t. The failure to cope well with change…
Poetry Friday: My First Year in the Progressive Poem
This year I signed up to take part in the Kidlit Progressive Poem. It is my first time, although I have read these poems in the past. The Kidlit Progressive Poem was created by Irene Latham in 2012, and since had the organization of the month’s events taken over by Margaret Simon. Both of these…
Researching
This first post today will be short. It is Thursday and that means Poetry Friday postings start as early as this afternoon to accommodate those living overseas. Although I am not hosting Poetry Friday this week, tomorrow is my turn to host the 2022 KidLit Progressive Poem, I need to have something ready to go…