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…
It’s been a very busy week. I’ll break it down for you before I get to some poetry. Jewelry Decisions – If you read my recent post, you’ll know that I’ve been up in the air about what to do with my hobby of making handcrafted jewelry. A couple of things steered me in one…
Welcome to Poetry Friday! Our host for this week is the talented and fellow nature lover, Rose Cappelli. You can join the round-up on her blog at Imagine the Possibilities. This week, I want to celebrate Jone Rush MacCulloch’s new book, Tilt, by offering my review of this novel in verse. I’ve been blessed by…
Welcome to Poetry Friday. If you want to know what Poetry Friday is, check this article by Children’s author, Renee M La Tulippe, on her page at Water, No River. This week has been better with focusing on optimism. I drew inspiration from nature as the ice and snow thaw, preparing to give way to…
Upscaling, Upcycling, Updating … they all carry the connotation of getting better or more use or moving forward for me. Hold that thought, I’ll return to it soon. This week has been an odd one. Last Saturday night, my husband took off to drive to the Twin Cities, about three hours away from us. Our…
When you find a favorite writer who also wrote poems, it’s like a light bulb moment! This is what happened earlier this week when I saw a quote by EB White from a letter he had written to a despondent person. It was on social media. And in these times, I thought it was very…
Yesterday morning, I had an eye appointment, so my husband offered to take me to breakfast first. We love going out for breakfast. But it was quite nippy, not just cold, but frigid. The car’s thermostat read -13 degrees. Yes! Thirteen degrees below zero! In some parts of the country, this degree of cold would…
It’s been a busy week. I missed Poetry Friday last week because I traveled to the Twin Cities to go wedding dress shopping with my youngest son’s fiancée and her mom. She had two appointments on Saturday, and the first was early enough that I didn’t want to leave home at 5:30 a.m. to be…
This week, I planned to share the summer swaps from those I was paired with for the seasonal poetry exchange organized by the incredible Tabitha Yeatts. I will do so, but I am short one. I just mailed my last swap out and have yet to receive my last swap, too. So, that one will…
There was always an indication of the end of summer when I was growing up, and it was our town’s Fireman’s Carnival. All the towns in our area had them, and we went as a family to several. There was always a parade with marching bands and firetrucks from the host town, as well as…