It’s been a tough two weeks. While our vacation was nice, I’ve been in a state of stress since arriving home. Why? Well, that is the focus of today’s post. When we arrived at our son’s in Colorado, I got a notification that the publisher and peer feedback on my 12,000+ word chapter for a…
We returned from Scotland last Sunday after two weeks of being abroad in this gorgeous country. It was a great trip with a lot of walking, hiking, and sightseeing, visiting Fort William, the Isle of Skye, Inverness, and Edinburgh. I hope to write more about it soon. I did accomplish a Medium.com article earlier this…
The summer we moved to the Northwoods, I wrote an article about monarch butterflies. My writing was prompted by concern. I had noticed that the milkweed was not being eaten, and we saw only a few adult monarchs flitting around. This started to change my thinking about how we humans should help this iconic species….
As many of you already know, I’ve been creating native gardens for bumblebees. This project started in February 2023 when I took a course from Pollinator Partnership to become a certified Pollinator Steward. The process ends when I make a community presentation on my habitat and the type of bees it is attracting. I plan…
This week, I submitted 8 poems to two different publications. Four went to Rattle, a publication of adult poetry, and four went to High Five, a Highlights publication for children aged 2-6. Through this submission process, I realized that I might be more suited to writing adult-themed poetry. There were fewer restrictions on the Rattle…
Knowing only politics makes us ignorant. My husband was the one who saw the news brief on his phone yesterday morning. He told me that a wildfire had destroyed the lodge at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and that part of the park was closed. Searching my phone and social media, I couldn’t…
Hello, Poetry Friends! While much of the country has been captured by extreme heat, we have been getting an overabundance of rain. In the last forty-eight hours, our neighbor’s rain gauge has recorded 6.5 inches. I’m ready for some sun! My week has been busy. Monday, I was on the road for much of the…
Hello! It’s Poetry Friday, and Heidi is our host for the round-up this week. But, before you go, I hope you read some of my most recent poems. Thanks for hosting, Heidi. You can find a link to her page at the end of my article. Please read my accompanying post on Medium.com Also, here…
This is day nineteen of National Poetry Month. I’ve been in Colorado since last Saturday, visiting my oldest son. We’ve had a lot of fun, and I’ll write more about our time together in the coming weeks. But the Verse of Ages prompt for today is altitude. I’m not completely happy with what I came…
I started this morning reviewing some blog articles I wrote in 2012, 2013, and 2014 for a website I made for my elementary after-school garden club students and parents. Reading my own words brought back many fond memories of the years I led this group I founded in 2004. It ended in 2017, but then…