This year, my one little word found me, instead of me finding it. I’ve not always participated in the choosing of one word to guide our year, but I found that I didn’t have a choice this year. My word is ENOUGH. If you look up that word in the dictionary, you’ll find it has…
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Poetry Friday: Some Rejected Food Poems
I’ve been trying to submit my poetry to different publications each month. It builds my exposure and also builds my resilence, as none have been accepted yet. I try to keep in mind that poetry is an art and is very, very subjective. It is easier to remember on some days than others. In the…
Poetry Friday: Winter Update & Tips for Poetry Success
Today is Poetry Friday! Susan at her blog Chicken Spaghetti is our host for today! Be sure to check out her blog for links to more great poems and poets. Thanks for hosting Susan! This week I thought I’d provide an update on what’s brewing in my poetry corner of the world. Another Poetry Reading…
Poetry Friday: How a Cedar Wears Snow
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…
Poetry Friday: Happy New Year and Two Book Reviews
Happy Poetry Friday to all participants in this welcoming and gracious community of poets! Today, I’ll review the other poetry book I was gifted from Sarah Grace Tuttle and also, one I received in the mail, entitled Feel The Beat by Marilyn Singer. I’m afraid I do not remember which blog or Twitter feed I…
Poetry Friday: A Beautiful Snow Inspires
Today is Poetry Friday. If you want to know more about what that entails, check here. Karen Edmisten is our host for the roundup this week. You can go to her same-named blog to read more great poetry from participants that are sharing their links. Overnight we got twelve inches of snow. When we woke…
Poetry Friday: It Runs In The Family
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…
Poetry Friday: Reflections found in Poetry & Books
Reflections are important. They provide a glimpse of who we really are, not who we think we are, or what others think of us, nor what we are to become. It is a moment, those seconds of reflection, when you look and see a sliver of reality – whether that be in a mirror or…
Links to Recent Blog Posts You Might Have Missed
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…
Poetry Friday: In Flander’s Field, A Poem for Veteran’s Day
Since I’ve been keeping up with my daily blog on Medium and writing each night on my NaNoWriMo novel, I do not have a poem of my own ready today. Veteran’s Day. Thus, I went searching for one on Poets.org where you can find poetry in the public domain. In Flanders Fields John McCrae – 1872-1918…