Hello from Germany! It’s Poetry Friday! We are almost to the end of our 15-day Viking Longship Cruise through Europe on the Danube, Main, and Rhine Rivers. We’ve had stops in Budapest, Hungary, Vienna & Melk, Austria, Passau, Regensburg, Nuremberg, Bamberg, Wurzberg, and Weirtheim, Germany (today). We’ve had tours in all of these towns except…
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My post will be short today. We leave on our trip to Europe on Monday. I have the “down to the wire” things left to do. Firstly, I want to thank all of you who commented on my post last week. I tried to get to everyone else’s post but didn’t make it. This also…
On this Poetry Friday, I feel grateful. This week held both challenges and unexpected sources of support for my Ekphrastic Nature Poetry Anthology. The Challenge The challenge was posed by none other than my State poetry association, the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP). I wrote an advertisement to be posted to their weekly newsletter, calling…
I spent three days in Duluth Minnesota earlier this week on an anniversary trip with my husband. On Tuesday we celebrated 36 years of marriage! It was our first time in Duluth and visiting the North Shore of Minnesota. We hiked, had some micro-brewed beer, and saw an iconic lighthouse on the shore of Lake…
I’m working on my guidelines for submissions to the anthology project – Nature Poetry In Pictures. While this is not the “official” title it conveys what I am looking for. The guidelines will be posted late next Friday. Submissions are to start soon after. The work will focus on ekphrastic poetry. If you are not…
Today is Silent Sunday. For six years, I’ve posted my photos on a theme of my choice on Sunday. No words, just visual enjoyment! Thanks for viewing! Comments are always welcome! You can now view my daily posts on my Medium.com page. New followers are encouraged.
The last few weeks have been extraordinarily busy. At the end of June, I went to California for a week with my oldest son. We spent three nights in San Francisco and then drove up the Pacific Coastal Highway to Redwood National Park. This park was on both of our bucket lists so it made…
Last week I posted a Silent Sunday and it wasn’t viewed (at all). I’m not sure if something was up with the post or if people just missed it because I’ve been irregular in posting them. Here is the link: June was a great month for me on Medium. I was a top writer in…
Today is Silent Sunday. Having just returned from a trip to Redwood National Park and State Parks in California, my post today features some of the awe-inspiring ancient trees we saw. There will be more photos to come, as well as contextual pieces about our trip.