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Night at Noonday

Night at Noonday

Poetry Friday. This week Holly Thompson shared “Eclipse,” a corrugated artwork by Colleen Sakurai, for Day 15 of Lauren Shovan’s 6th Annual February Poetry Project. Having experienced a total solar eclipse in Oregon on August 21, 2017, I immediately...

Tell Your Heart To Beat Again

Slice of Life This is February. The month that belongs to Valentine’s Day. The month of roses, chocolate, and love songs. The month of candied hearts and silly school rhymes. The month that I initial papers with red hearts that smile. And so with hearts on my...

Poetry Challenge – Week 1

Poetry Friday  *  Celebrate This Week I am celebrating a week of writing. A poem. Every day. I’ve committed to composing a poem each day in response to a work of art. I wrote about it last week and shared my first two poems. This week, I’ve played around...

Staying on Task

Slice of Life. Our temps reached 57 today before the sun began to sink. I’ve noticed evening light is lingering longer and the sun isn’t tracking so low in our southern sky. Dare I believe that winter is behind us?  With the warmer weather and sunny hours,...
Ekphrastic Poetry

Ekphrastic Poetry

Poetry Friday. It is February! And the 6th Annual February Daily Poem Project has begun. About the middle of February last year, I joined this community of poetry writers. I wrote a few poems and I read a lot more. And most of all, I fell in love with the support they...
2018 Is Yours

2018 Is Yours

I saw this graphic and thought, What a compelling question on so many levels. Answer carefully, for your answer –a working thesis for your 2018 life essay– will help you keep your focus. And don’t wait too long to give your answer. I’d love to...