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Another Poem: Time Blending
Yesterday, I wrote a Poetry Friday post on Thursday. While writing it, I truly thought it was Friday. My days are mixed up due to travel. Over the last week, we travelled home to Wisconsin from a trip to see my parents in Western New York, where they live in a small college town bordered…
Poetry Friday – 2021: A Poem of Cautious Optimism
I cannot recall a time I wrote about politics, but as I started my day today, a poem about just that started forming in my mind. I finished it and decided to take the plunge and post it. I do this with some trepidation. It is a poem containing some of my views and opinions….
Slice of Life: A Long Day of Travel
Some of my faithful readers are aware that I recently travelled to New York State to see my aging parents. They are 83 and 84. We got home, after a 900 mile car ride, last night at one o’clock in the morning Central Standard Time. I have not seen my parents since November of 2019,…
Silent Sunday: Cemetary History Lessons
Silent Sunday: Our Beautiful Capitol
Poetry Friday: Pandemic Panacea
A while ago, before the vaccines for COVID-19 were approved, I was playing with some alliteration. This is a work in progress, but in absence of other words coming to me today, I will share it for Poetry Friday. I think our world, particularly the United States, is stretched thin right now. It seems everything…
Seeking Comfort: Gardens
Focus on something cheerful and happy today Today, I am at a loss for words. There have been a few times in my life that I’ve been witness to something I thought I would never see. Yesterday’s invasion of our country’s capitol building by some of our own citizenry was one of them. Today, I…
Pandemic Ponderings
I’d like to challenge you to sit and really think about my post today. We are ten months into a global pandemic. How has it changed your life? How has your life stayed the same? What do you miss? What do you now know you can do without? To get you started, I’ll share some…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Making up for a Missed Opportunity
Sunday morning I missed a golden opportunity to take some really awesome photos of winter in the Coulee Region – where I live in Wisconsin. The conditions, over night – from Saturday into Sunday – were ripe for the development of both hoarfrost and rime ice. What? You say? What are those?! Even as an…