observations
Poetry Friday: October Rain
Welcome to Poetry Friday. My poem today, October Rain, was inspired by the weird weather we experienced yesterday in West Central Wisconsin. Sunny, stormy, rainy, along with tiny hailstones, and a rainbow mixed in, the weather – with all its rapid flux – left me inspired! I wrote about this not only today, but yesterday…
Confused October Skies
How is it that October is here already? Despite a very odd 2020, time has continued to move forward at a rapid pace. At least, that is how I feel. The weather today has been odd, almost as odd as the year has been itself. It’s rained, hailed, been overcast, had dark storm clouds, bright…
Do you Believe in Serendipity?
Do you believe in serendipity? At several times during my life, this magic has touched me. Merriam Webster online dictionary defines the word as a noun to mean the “phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.” Lexico.com defines the term as “the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy…
Poetry Friday: Nature’s Greatest Gifts
Autumn leaves, one of nature’s great gifts. A given gift without the task of asking or doing. A gift for the taking, if we choose to look. Brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds glow on this overcast, gray, autumn day from across the fields of corn and soybean. Autumn in the mid-west. So vibrant! Some appear…
Perhaps! It’s that Prickly Kind of Feeling!
Today, I’m feeling prickly. It’s another way of saying I’m slightly irritated. I cannot quite put my finger on it but I do feel prickly. I seem to have woken up this way. Perhaps, it was a text I got from my sister last night that stated a 2019 medical school graduate (a brand new…
Silent Sunday: Surrealism in Landscape Photography
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Poetry Friday: I Took a Grasshopper for a Ride and Other Seasonal Inspired Poems.
A Fondness for Bugs Come along with me on your golden carpet of petals. There you sit so still and full of pride evident you are ready for a ride. Atop a pot glowing with a yellow hue your greenish color blends right in too. Still you stay, for the journey from front yard to…
Op/Ed: The Loss of Respect is the Root of our Problems in the Culture of Mistrust
Unfortunately, I am seeing a trend across disicplines and the way professionals in those disciplines are treated that might be the root of some of our societal problems today. The disciplines are healthcare (particularly doctors), education (particularly teachers), and law enforcement (particularly police officers). The trend I see is the lack of respect these professionals…
The Mind of a Crafter
Writing my blog each day takes a fair amount of time. Lately, with the feeling of being spread thin creeping in, I realized that I might need to add some structure my day. Hence, last night I wrote out a list of tasks that I wanted to accomplish today. With a desire to work on…