No. The commas are in the right place. I’m here. Alone. Now. And this is a tense moment. While I’m staring down at the narrow, dirt trail and maneuvering a mine field of rocks, roots, stone outcroppings,
AND an occasional hilltop inhabitant catching a few rays
I’m thinking of Continue reading
It’s a black and white day – fitting for a journey to the past
where yesterday easily blurrs with today
where peering through dilapidated windows
throws a muddied light Continue reading
When this very second is no longer the future and becomes the past in less time than it takes to type this sentence, living in the moment almost seems easy, but is it? If I just plug along and operate on auto pilot, it is. When I stop, step back, and breathe I am able to appreciate and acknowledge the ephemeral beauty, as well as chaos, that I am an integral part of and might otherwise miss…
Mahalo Io,
for this magnificent morning
What do you think of when you see a wall of post office boxes?
I wonder about the recipients – who they are, what kind of mail they get besides bills, catalogs, and birthday cards…
Dear Ice Berg,
How many more times must the sun set before you fill a glass from my kitchen faucet? Continue reading
WHO’S THERE?
The folks at Daily Press – and man do they have a fun way of inspiring awareness with their weekly photo challenge.
When I set out this week with the intention of recognizing the color orange, the fog lifted and all sorts of things suddenly popped from the landscape.
Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
ORANGE
When my writers’ group, which I still fondly refer to as Seven Chicks On A Sunday Afternoon, decided that we needed a name, the Write Now Salon was born. The WriNoS (wait till they hear that one) gather once a month and party free write to champagne prompts prepared by our group’s facilitator the beautiful and talented Laurie Lessen Reiche – painter, poet, photographer.
As anyone who has done a free write knows, some strange *$%&# gets put down on paper when you hand your muse a pen and set her loose for five minutes, especially when your favorite body part is the subject and the jump-off line is written in bold print:
In celebration of my bellybutton, I must tell you first about my toes. Continue reading
Raven clings to the towering worn-out
pine like a shining star still snagged
on last December's holiday tree.
But
does he truly cling?
Perhaps it's simpler -
more effortless.
Perhaps he's merely perched,
perusing his neighbors welcoming
their day.
Welcome to Wordsmith 101. In much the same way as a personal trainer’s fortitude and determination sculpts slabs of sagging flesh into taught, defined muscle and the swordsmith’s attention to detail forges a molten lump of steel into a keen, sturdy blade, so does a wordsmith wield the mighty pen and fashion clumps of nouns, verbs, and adjectives into a vibrant spectacle you can smell, see, hear, and taste from the comfort of your beach chair. Continue reading
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
So, I’m going to make it short and sweet.
Today is 
The challenge?
Getting a book into the hands of as many children as possible.
New, used, shiny, or worn –
your favorites from childhood, or something currently trending, like
Spread the joy of story.
It’s a
uh, I mean, STUPENDOUS! feeling.
First Books does a nice job, if you need a recommendation.
Every Friday the folks at The Daily Post generate a themed photo challenge. This week’s ‘SCALE’ took me back to a trip we made in the summer of 2009 to the Ilulissat Ice Fjord in Greenland. To know that these ancient mountains of ice have completely dissolved by now is flabbergasting…
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