This is the second in a series of poems I’m writing on how trees wear snow in the winter. How a Cedar Wears Snow My branches called boughs Are bending low, in a frown Snow came, fast, wet, and heavy Making my boughs bow down Leaning over, I look sad Under the weight of the…
My best travel, landscape, and nature Photos from the last year. These include Hawaii, Maine, and Wisconsin, I hope you enjoy them. Since 2017, I’ve been offering my own photographs on Sunday as a Silent Post. All are taken by me and have all rights reserved. Thank you for your loyalty to this recurring series!
I’ve become increasingly frustrated with the way Medium works. Most of my views and reads are external to the site which means a couple of things. What do I do now? Firstly, I am not shutting down either blog. If, in the next year, Medium does not improve for me, I’ll get out. I have…
If you’ve followed my posts for any length, you’ll know that family is important to me. With my parents being elderly (85 &86), we have begun to make quarterly trips to see them as they live in their own home, 900 miles from us. Luckily, my sister lives only an hour away and can see…
Did I have a writer? Did I have a mathematician? Did I have an athlete? Did I have an inventor? Did I have … At six, most kids don’t know what they want to be. Even if they exhibit high potential or even giftedness in a particular area. In Kindergarten, one of mine wanted to…
Between Writing my NaNo Novel and posting to Medium.com daily, I’ve let my posts to The Apples in My Orchard Slide a little bit. I thought I’d share some recent postings here: A travel post about Kauai – 11/21/22 A post about Kindness and whether or not acts of kindness need to be shared. 11/21/22…
Today is Silent Sunday. It is a day, each week that I post my own photography on a theme of my choosing. Color plays an important role in my life, Today, the featured color is pink! All photos are copyrighted by me. There is no permission to duplicate in any form.
I am putting more and more on my writing plate. I’ve been maintaining two blogs – here and also on Medium.com. It’s been fine and my wonderful WordPress followers – over 800 of them – have still been reading my posts. In addition, I’ve had a good month on Medium. com and feel confident I…
Today is Silent Sunday! On Sundays, I pick a theme and post my own photography that fit the theme. There is no text except for the caption. Last week, October 16th, 2022, I started posting some brief context for each photograph on my Medium.com page, here. That post comes later in the day on Sunday….
Today is Silent Sunday. It is a day during the week that I post only my photographs on a theme of my own choosing. For more information on the context of the photos, you can check my Medium.com page on Sunday nights. Thank you!