If we were having coffee today, March 17th, I’d invite you in for some coffee and cornbread. My husband made it. It’s delicious! He’s busy right now making corned beef and cabbage in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Perhaps you’ll stay for dinner. We’d love to have you. As we sipped our expresso, I’d tell you how happy I am that spring is almost here. … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, March 17th
I am a thief I steal your words as they fall from your mouth I watch as you shrug off your ill-fitting garment and dance in the rain I capture the moment your face lifts slightly I memorize the way your beaming smile transforms the moment I explore the silence as you find your way I count the years as you stoke those fires I … Continue reading People Watching
Thank you to the talented writers who host this annual event! Morgan Dragonwillow at Wild Woman Mysteries Amy Phelps McGrath at The Rabid Artist Beverly Tan at @BeverlyTanFilm Tamara Woods at Pen Paper Pad Annis Cassells at Poems by Annis It was so much fun. I’m already looking forward to next year! Continue reading OctPoWriMo
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It’s the Meet and Greet weekend everyone!! Strap on your party shoes and join the fun! Ok so here are the rules: Leave a link to your page or post in the comments of this post. Reblog this post. It helps you, it helps me, it helps everyone! Edit your reblog post and add tags. Feel… Continue reading Meet and Greet: 2/4/17
When the view from everyday life is overwhelming and the familiar becomes strange I long to feel the sun burning my tender skin again, just to feel alive When the same street below is vacant and dreary and the cold seeps in, somehow penetrating shuttered windows and closed doors, and the only sound is suffocating silence… Silence… I slip and fall Silence…as treacherous as that … Continue reading Defying Winter
Even as she awoke in this unfamiliar place, cold and stark, she felt the energy of the sun, the same that warmed the ones she loved, and found strength to face another day, just as a sliver of light snuck in beneath her locked door photo and prompt: Three Line Tales Continue reading Power of Memory
Was it there all along? An invitation unopened beneath collections of correspondence unanswered, ignored, aggressively pushed away A smile behind tears tracing lines, carving sorrow Muddying waters in a whirlpool slowly pulling down, drowning in the place where light disappeared Sun shining brightly behind rolling storm clouds throwing daggers of electricity that incinerated everything it touched in a desperate inferno Was it there? A glimmer of hope … Continue reading Skeleton Keys
I’m excited to take part in an event I’ve just discovered. The Weekend Coffee Share is a link-up for bloggers to share conversation. The idea is that we share a cup of coffee and chat. If we were having coffee as this new year begins, I would welcome you and ask that you ignore the chaos in my home that my animals bring. I’m sure … Continue reading Weekend Coffee Share
Thank you to Hannah for nominating me. Check out her blog at 2B Or Not 2B. I’ll ty to choose quotes from some of my favorite poems that seemed to touch people. Please feel free to share! The rules of the 3 Day, 3 Quote Challenge are as follows: Write three quotes each day for three days. Nominate three nominees per day. (Restrain from repetition). … Continue reading 3 Days 3 Quotes Challenge – Day 1
Share Your World – 2016 Week 35 With writing being such a solitary vocation, I try to find ways to participate in community events as often as possible. It’s a great way to connect with other writers, explore different styles and points of view, and invite new readers to my blog. I first discovered this challenge through Sandra at The Happy Wordcrafter. After reading … Continue reading Share Your World
To my fellow writers… Merry Christmas! On this Christmas Eve I offer a gift to share Although we’ve never met I do care I wish for you the happiness of a child with stockings filled with treats the warmness of strangers joining voices in prayers of peace the gratitude of a mother resplendent in a home filled with love and if you’re so inclined … Continue reading Merry Christmas
