Today is Silent Sunday. This is one day during the week that I take a break from writing and post my own photographs on a theme of my choice. It has been one of the most popular features of my WordPress Blog. Thank you!
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Poetry Friday: Bringing up the Tail End Again & Endangered Species Day
It’s Poetry Friday and Janice Scully is our host. Please visit her blog for more poetry links and a place to leave your own word creations if you so desire. Thanks for hosting, Janice! At 10 am Central Time (Chicago) on a Friday morning in Wisconsin, I am again probably one of the last to…
I’m Not a Bird Watcher, or Am I?
Birds Experiences in the Past My relationship with birds is not based on a great personal history. Growing up, I was afraid of the winged, flying creatures. I saw a red headed school girl about my age in the aviary at the Seneca Park Zoo in the late sixties be dive-bombed for strands of her…
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…
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…
2020: Birds in a Tree
Today, I was going to write about crafting. The topic was inspired by my own increase in crafting this year – fabric face mask, a quilt, more jewelry (which I’ve done since 2008), and of course, crafting with words – poems, essays, prose, etc. My husband has also increased his crafting, making custom furniture and…
Poetry Friday: Haiku
If you read my blog yesterday, you know I’ve been teaching during the last two days. Today, was more of the same – connecting students in grades 4-8 to our local lands through writing Haiku. The theme was wetlands but many wrote about Autumn, tree color, and other such observations that were encouraged in my…
Silent Sunday: The National Eagle Center
Learning New Things About Birds
Yesterday, I was sitting at my desk that happens to look over a dry creek bed. Purposely, the room was set up this way so I could gaze out the window while writing or working on a project for school. During my degree for environmental education, I learned that being able to gaze at green…