I am using the Verse of Ages Poetry Prompts for April 2025 to write a poem a day in honor of National Poetry Month. Today’s prompt was the word delight. Each day, I will post what type of poem I wrote and the word: Day 1: modern haiku/chase Day 2: free verse/bob Day 3: haiku/delight…
I feel naturally drawn to writing poetry for National Poetry Month. Lately, other than my reflective blog, poetry is my most common form of writing. I have a couple ideas for childrens’ storybooks and also want to reach out to a couple publishers who accept applications/queries to write for hire, but I have a lot…
One of my favorite rides at the amusement park has always been the carousel. I think it’s because on the surface, it’s predictable in it’s movement but not in where or when it starts and stops. I like routine and predictability so I am drawn to this ride. I also like the artistry of the…
I have a fellow blogger “friend” who I “met” through the Slice of Life Blog Challenge some years ago. We periodically go through cycles of reading and commenting on each other’s posts. I can tell she is a dedicated educator, fully invested in her students, and for that reason, I continue to follow her and…
A Child’s Memory I don’t know about you, but I love all this stuff about space. There’s been many stories in the news lately due the the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. I was five. I remember being glued to the television set to watch something that seemed so incredible it was…
Yesterday, 2/23/18, marks the one year anniversary of the start of my blogging journey! I started the journey by being part of the Slice of Life Blogging Challenge which will commence its 11th year, next Thursday, March 1st. Here are some statistics: Views of My Blog My most views per month was last March with…
For my scale photo challenge submissions, you will find how large bamboo can be, as compared to humans (Kauai, 2013). 2) How small chairs in an outdoor cafe in Den Haag look compared to trees and skyscrapers. (The Netherlands, 2016). 3) Bricks, people, new skyscrapers, streetlights, and centuries old Trinity Church in New York City…
Since I am usually so gung ho to capture a photo of something that dilates my eye, it is not unusual for me to be seen shooting through windows – in the car, on a plane, or in my living room that has a large “picture” window that used to look over a beautiful coulee. So,…
For years I have waited, watched, and prepared the garden beds for visitors. Carefully, I have examined each leaf for signs they inhabit my garden filled with milkweed for them. Common milkweed was the first, taking years to be established. Then swamp milkweed, followed by rose milkweed planted by students. Each germinating, growing,…
via Daily Prompt: Tea I am not sure I could live without my cup of tea. Warm, relaxing, amber to saddle in color, steeped endlessly in my mug, But, only of the black variety. Herbals, Oolong, Green, Fruity, none satisfy like the first cup of Black in the morning light. Tea. A remnant of my…