Poetry Friday: Nature’s Greatest Gifts
Autumn leaves, one of nature’s great gifts. A given gift without the task of asking or doing. A gift for the taking, if we choose to look. Brilliant yellows, oranges,…
Category: creative writing
Key Vocabulary
In any discipline learning the vocabulary is key to understanding. This is true whether its cooking, medicine, mathematics, writing, or even sewing! This week, while while working to finish my…
Poetry Friday: The End of Summer.
My poem this week is inspired by all the children returning to school. It is a time of year that I am fond of because of the sense of newness…
Poetry Friday: Thank You Notes
A Note of Thanks A thank you note is important! Can’t you see? For it shows how grateful you can be. For a visit, a toy, a meal, a gift,…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Time Travel Books
Some of my favorite types of books are those that involve time travel. It’s always been enjoyable for me to read stories that involve characters who move through time. I…
Poetry Friday: Witches Claw & Pink Sunsets
Too Early for Halloween This morning I woke to find a scraggly witch’s claw on my window screen. Gnarled and knobby, she was pointing and waving to something unseen. I…
Poetry Friday: Lightness & Hope
My husband and I have taken to sitting for half an hour in the room off of our kitchen in the morning while I have my tea. We catch up…
New Poetry: Life is Not Linear & Content at Home
Life is not Linear Are you now who you thought you’d be when you were eighteen? Probably not. Life is not Linear, a straight line where you travel…
