I want to thank all of those in our community who sympathized with my two publishing issues last week. This week has been much better, as I’ve returned to writing about one of my passions – pollinators! It is Pollinator Week, and I’ve written three pieces on Medium about these essential insects. I’ll attach friend…
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Poetry Friday: Keeping it Short (kind of)
I’m keeping things short this week, since I’m lacking motivation and optimism. Part of my problem, I think, is that I’ve elected to read some pretty heavy stuff lately. I bought a poetry book called Milk and Honey (2015) in the bookstore on St. Thomas. It attracted me for the simplicity of the cover, the…
New Haiku
Despite saying no poetry on vacation, I wrote these… tropical breezessoothing my icy old soullife continues here calm azure waterskites carrying cares awaytropical healing Hanging Hemlocks pathTramping through snow-laden woodsShow slivers of sun My blog is under reconstruction. Please bear with me as it takes on my words. Thank you!
New Year, New Process, New Hope
Happy New Year! It is Poetry Friday. If you want to know more about what Poetry Friday is, you can check this post by children’s author Renee M. LaTulippe. All are welcome. For me, the new year always brings new hope. Many of you are writing about your intentions for 2026 or the “one little…
The Popularity of Jacobite Steam Train: A Nod to the World of Harry Potter
Welcome to Poetry Friday! If you want to know more about what Poetry Friday is, please see the website of children’s author Rene M. LaTulippe. All are welcome to participate in this wonderfully creative and supportive community! I’ve had such a busy month and have so many ideas swirling in my head about what to…
Poetry Friday: Back And Ready to Roll
We returned from Scotland last Sunday after two weeks of being abroad in this gorgeous country. It was a great trip with a lot of walking, hiking, and sightseeing, visiting Fort William, the Isle of Skye, Inverness, and Edinburgh. I hope to write more about it soon. I did accomplish a Medium.com article earlier this…
Poetry Friday: Glorious Weather
We have been enjoying some great weather this past week. With that gift has come the ability to get out in the yard. While I was cleaning up the new native garden bed by the road, I found this maple seedling pushing its way out of the seed coat. I couldn’t help but write a…
Poetry Friday: May Has Always been a Favorite Month
With the close of National Poetry Month, I feel a sense of accomplishment. I was able to write a poem a day and match it to one of my photos. I posted those here, and to my Facebook Page, and some to Medium.com Other writing accomplishments for April were having two boosted stories on Medium.com….
National Poetry Month, 2025, Day 26
The prompt today is scarce. This was among the easier prompts for me. I think the poem for the prompt could have gone in any number of directions. I’ve enjoyed writing poems to prompts this month so much that I’m considering continuing it. Having a defined word to work with as a starting point has…
Flowers Forever and a Shower Poem
Hello! It’s Poetry Friday, and Heidi is our host for the round-up this week. But, before you go, I hope you read some of my most recent poems. Thanks for hosting, Heidi. You can find a link to her page at the end of my article. Please read my accompanying post on Medium.com Also, here…






