Great Love
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 26. Sunday. I saw a quote somewhere and it made me stop and think: Life in abundance comes through great love. Great love. Is love great because of size? Or because of its significance? Is it great because of its object? I think that...
Celebrating Week #12
Celebrate this Week : March 25, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 25. Today, I celebrate technology in communications that Spans miles, putting two people who are in two different places into the same space Blends time zones, making now the time, anytime for...
Embrace
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 24. Poetry Friday : March 24, 2017. Five Minute Friday : March 24, 2017. I read Lynne's Song of Sunshine inspired by Langston Hughes' April Rain Song, and I was inspired to try to follow the model to write a poem (#PoetryFriday) with...
Blueberry Pie
Slice of Life March Challenge. No.23 This morning, I thumbed through some posts I wrote last year. One in particular caught my attention, one I wrote last July, a post about picking blueberries. I could feel a poem floating beneath the surface of the prose. So, I...
Recipes from 19th Century
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 22. Things Mother Used To Make I enjoy reading the recipes and helps in this book, published in 1913. I must confess that I read cookbooks for pleasure, much like some people read poetry. The measurements terms are very interesting:...
Writing through the Block
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 21. I'm searching for something to write, but it eludes me. So, here I am, penning a steam of consciousness, writing through the block. Finally it's spring. I’m glad that winter is over. I’m glad that the sun is tracking higher in...
A Party!
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 20. A party! Who doesn't love a party? I am accepting Leigh Anne Eck's invitation to a Slicer Party. I hope I see you there, too, before the month of March is over. Leigh Anne asked each of us to bring five of our favorite things...
Forgiveness
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 19. To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope This is not a story not a poem not an essay not a lesson nor a lecture. This is a trail of thoughts from my heart about forgiveness. Usually when I ponder a word, I open a...
Celebrating Week #11
Celebrate this Week : March 18, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 18. Today I celebrate the week past -- a week that began in one hemisphere and ended in another! I celebrate a milestone with all Slicers in the 2017 March Slice of Life Story Challenge. We...
Five Minute Friday : Friend
Five Minute Friday : March 17, 2017. I'm linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday where bloggers post their 5 minute free writing inspired by a one word prompt. Today's word prompt is friend I have a friend who sticks closer than a brother His name is...
Blessings and Limericks
Poetry Friday : March 17, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No.17. A slice-- Today I'm wearing green. A blessing-- Today, in the tradition of the Irish, I share two blessings, from me to you. The first one I adapted from Psalms 84:11-12. The second one is a...
A Tale of Four Shirts
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 16. Part I. Have you ever shopped for four look-alike dress shirts in four different sizes, the smallest being 12-18 month size? Oh, I must add that they must be on reduced pricing 'cause who wants to pay full price on children's...
Storing Eggs
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 15. I was e-thumbing through an e-copy of It was published in 1913. And in that book, I read the following . . . And as I read, I wondered and asked questions. 1. How many eggs would I need to buy in the summer to last through the...
I Failed, Or Did I?
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 14. I failed I didn't reach my goal But Failure is okay Because It means I tried And Trying is what Really counts I was in Miami --en route home after two weeks in Ecuador, waiting to board a flight-- when I saw the link on TWT. The...
Be Thankful
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 13. From personal travel journal It's 5 AM and I've said Good Morning and Thank You to no less than a dozen people between my hotel room and my departure gate at the airport -- all people who in some way served me. Never before have...
Gained Three, Lost One
Celebrate this Week : March 12, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 12. Today I celebrate a SAFE JOURNEY. Today I celebrate HOME, SWEET HOME. Today I celebrate having TIME. Yesterday, I wrote my slice (Journey Home) while on a long Miami layover, when we were...
Journey Home
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 11. Long day Short post Farewell, beautiful Ecuador On Friday... Drove the coastal roads from Portoviejo, city of our visit to Guayaquil, city of our departure One of the views along the way Fishing boats dot the waters On...
Putting Pen to Paper
Poetry Friday : March 10, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 10. I read the words of Mary Gordon, shared by Maria Popova. So many phrases resonated with me. They danced on the page and played like music in my mind. I wanted to capture them; I wanted to remember...
Portoviejo
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 9. For about 30 minutes, we drove through the streets of the former downtown of Portoviejo. It should have been the busiest part of the day. However, the streets were nearly vacant, like a ghost town, block after block after block. A...
Sand Crab
Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 8. On the beach . . . This little red sand crab was not disturbed by the roar or crashing of waves on the sand. He was not bothered by rain drops from the black stormy clouds above. He did not care that a school of porpoises were...
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