Another week has gone by. Writing is still taking a large part of my life. You can find me at my desk between 10 and 12 noon, working on writing, usually on a Medium.com post. In the afternoon, I return to my desk to work on some other projects. They might be writing or jewelry…
It is Poetry Friday. Our host is the incredibly talented and creative Tracey Kiff-Judson at her blog, Tangles and Tales. Please visit her blog after you read my post for more language-inspired musings. Thanks for hosting, Tracey! It is good to know what you have been up to. Today is my birthday. I am sixty-three….
Welcome to Poetry Friday! Our host this week is Rose at her blog, Imagine the Possibilities. Be sure to stop by her page for more inspiring poetry. Thanks for hosting, Rose. Last week, I wrote about Flanders Fields and WWI. We visited Flanders at the end of our Viking River Cruise, staying in Bruges for…
We completed the Viking River Cruise portion of Holland and Belgium yesterday morning in Antwerp. From there, we have an extension that takes us to Ghent, Brugge, Flanders Field, and Ypres in Belgium. In the morning yesterday, we left for Ghent. We had a walking tour of the city. It was very busy. Our guide…
Not only are we getting ready for a family wedding, but my husband and I are going on another river cruise to the Netherlands and Belgium. We planned the trip months ago; it is what you have to do in these cases, but since it was planned, we’ve watched the water levels in Europe decrease…
Hello and welcome to Poetry Friday. Molly Hogan has the roundup here if you’d like some inspiration from her recent work and participation in a workshop. Thanks for hosting, Molly! Summer has gone fast. Our hillside project going to the dock is nearing completion. My husband has worked hard at engineering this space and, as usual, has…
Welcome to Poetry Friday! Our host this week is the super kind and talented Tabatha Yeatts. I’ll link to her post at the end today. This past Sunday, my husband joined me on my new volunteer experience. We drove to a county two hours away to survey for Karner Blue Butterflies. Karner Blues are tiny…
It’s that time of year, mid-summer, and that means it’s time to edit my gardens, my jewelry, and my writing. So, I’ve been doing some of each. My gardens My native plant garden is blooming and looks great this year! Here are some photos: Other gardens are flourishing as well – our wetland area has…
This week, we’ve dealt with smoke from the wildfires in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and Canada drifting down to infuse our air with haze, pollutants, odors, and sometimes ash. Our air quality index was as high as 500, as it was last night. Just so you understand the scale, 00-50 for an air quality…
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…