Oh, Autumn, how I love thee. Whenever October rolls around something magical happens to me … the clean, crisp air; the kaleidoscope of colors; the aromas of pumpkin spice, cinnamon, and harvest-time; the early sunsets and ancient evenings; the giddy…
Category: Whims & Words
City Girl In The Rearview
“Art is to console those who are broken by life.” ― Vincent van Gogh My family and I spent this past Sunday in Manhattan–we had tickets to see the Vincent van Gogh exhibit. Watching his paintings come to life was…
The Painter
Been thinking a lot about judgment, misunderstanding, and differences in opinion these days. There’s certainly plenty of each to go around and it’s so … tedious. I wish we could all just support one another, have compassion for one another,…
Harvest Moon
On my morning run yesterday I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Harvest Moon (thank you, husband, for being on top of these things and keeping me informed), which, of course, inspired me. I saved this poem…
Traces Of My Face
“Writing helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write.” — Alice Walker, author Here’s to writing what we need to write.…
Still Life
May 3rd. That’s the last time I posted to this blog. So much, and yet so little, has happened since then. Summer was a struggle for me this year, and it tanked my inspiration and creativity. Thankfully, though, my beloved,…
Masquerade
My poetry challenge is over, yes, it’s true, but I couldn’t seem to help myself. Writing anything more right now feels … daunting. Probably because I have so many things bottled up inside my head and no idea how to…
I’ll Be Waving As You Walk Away
April 2021 Poem-A-Day Challenge, Day 30 Well, friends, today marks the last day of my poetry challenge. What a ride! I wasn’t sure I’d be able to keep up with this every day, but I am so happy and proud…
Ancient Evenings
April 2021 Poem-A-Day Challenge, Day 29 For this penultimate prompt of my poetry challenge, we’re writing an evening poem. My interpretation is a little … out of the box, maybe? Not sure why my mind went here, but that’s the…
My Enemy Is Not Me
April 2021 Poem-A-Day Challenge, Day 28 Holy cow, this one was a doozy! Today’s prompt is to write a remix poem, which essentially means rewriting one of my earlier pieces. You’d think that would be easy but nope. Anyway, I…