My friend gave me a book of poetry last month. It is entitled To Bless This Space Between Us (2007) by John O’Donohue. Wikipedia has this to say:John O’Donohue (1 January 1956 – 4 January 2008) was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. He was a native Irish speaker,[1] and as an author is best known for popularising Celtic spirituality…
Welcome Friends! If you want to know more about Poetry Friday, check this post by children’s author Renee M. LaTulippe. Happy Independence Day, too! I’m back to writing a little poetry and had fun with this acrostic this week: ACCOMPLISH Achieve your goal Complete a mission Congratulate yourself Only you can do this Make time…
This week, I am keeping things short. I’ve had a busy week catching up. The Christmas decor is down. I’ve had some jewelry to produce for the gallery that carries my pieces locally, and we are getting ready to get some Caribbean warmth. In addition, I decided officially make REDUCE my OLW for 2026. I’ve…
When you find a favorite writer who also wrote poems, it’s like a light bulb moment! This is what happened earlier this week when I saw a quote by EB White from a letter he had written to a despondent person. It was on social media. And in these times, I thought it was very…
Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone! I’ve been busy this week, as most of you have been. My creative juices are flowing again, and I’ve been writing some poems, editing others, crocheting a gift, ordering more, and making additional pieces of my handcrafted jewelry. It’s a busy time of year for all! Earlier this week, I wrote…
How can it be Poetry Friday again?! This week went fast! I’ve been busy and productive, so it’s made for a happy week. While I have written some children’s poetry this week, I’m still scrubbing it up, so instead I want to share how I got to “know” a famous Scottish poet. While in Scotland,…
Most of my articles appear on my Medium.com page under my name. But, if you follow me here instead of there, I thought I’d post friend links to the articles. Friend links are Medium’s way of allowing access to articles to those who are not Medium members. Obviously, the platform would like more members, and…
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…
The summer we moved to the Northwoods, I wrote an article about monarch butterflies. My writing was prompted by concern. I had noticed that the milkweed was not being eaten, and we saw only a few adult monarchs flitting around. This started to change my thinking about how we humans should help this iconic species….