Typical procrastinator I’ve been longing for some time just to write. Alone. In the house. By myself. After a thorough cleaning, walking the dogs, cleaning up the house….my desk was ready for me to write at!! Then… I had to straighten the couch, water outdoor plants, and clear off my desk before I could start. I’m so happy we changed the orientation of our office … Continue reading Typical Procrastinator
A post written by one of my first followers, Ashley, at Mommy Lane Adventures, expressed her ‘Fear of the Blank Page’. I can totally relate. When I wanted to move from simply journaling to writing, I started participating in NaNoWriMo. Though I’ve just restarted this blog in the past few years, I started writing in NaNoWriMo with my children years and years ago. As eclectic … Continue reading Writers Block
Image by Bikurgurl Thanks for stopping by for Week 74 of 100 Word Wednesdays! I’m out traveling the Midwest of the United States and have had much more time to read and enjoy your work this week! Pictured is the street I grew up on as a child. My story this week, The Sidewalk, is my 100 words about this street. As some of you … Continue reading Wind-Up Week 74: 100 Word Wednesday
Image by Bikurgurl When I look down this sidewalk, I remember sunny days, skipping with friends, walking to and from school. I remember the warm tar in the street, squishing between my toes, which lay in the spaces between slabs of concrete. Our house, the only one with real, live hunting dogs, snakes, and even once a rooster, was my refuge from hard days of … Continue reading This Sidewalk
Image by Bikurgurl On this island is where I found myself. Not realizing I was lost, I had wandered for years and years: my soul is full, my heart is happy. Out here, in the sun with the whispers of the surf in my head, I have found peace beyond understanding. Serenity beyond comprehension. This rocky shore, these crashing waves are my home, my release, … Continue reading I’m Home
Late again. I can’t believe it; well, maybe I can. Leaving 5 minutes earlier really means only leaving 5 minutes late. Really. Unless I plan to arrive a half hour early, I usually end up arriving a half hour late. Sounds weird, but if I’m not planning ahead, I’ll, for sure, be late. But to arrive without flowers? That’s unacceptable. Since I didn’t plan ahead, … Continue reading Really.
Free Precariously perched on the ledge she found the freedom she desired. Free from the oppressive taunting she normally endured on the ground, she breathed deeply for the first time in perhaps her whole life. Like a vise being unwound, she found herself free from the shackles of other people’s expectations; finally free to have a moment of space, a moment of solace, from the … Continue reading Free
Photo by Roman Logov Their Kind Out of the desolate savannah rose a monolith of steel amongst a city of concrete. My heart sank as I saw it; though I’d been warned it was there, I still couldn’t believe my eyes. The rate at which this anomaly grew since the last time I’d been there was disturbing. These creatures, calling themselves Who-mans, had become a … Continue reading Their Kind
Photo by Ivana Cajina Forward Leaves There is so much exquisite beauty in this world. It rises with the sun, it sets with the moon, and all manner of exquisite intricacy lays before me. In the wide-open spaces of the sea, in the distant fields of my youth, in the mountains of my premature middle-agedness, in the richness of the jungle which will be my … Continue reading Forward Leaves
Holiday Cheer Bringing on the Holiday Cheer It’s something we do year after year Our expectations are high As we try to fulfill delights Parties to attend We decide to depend Instead on ourselves And not little elves To join together as family Enjoy all our abnormalities As we remember this season He is the reason We fill our gullets with food And dine in … Continue reading Holiday Cheer
