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  • 2021- NaNoWriMo Say it Ain’t So

    The big question, to WriMo or not to WriMo. Last year, 2020, I signed up for NaNoWriMo for the first time. I wrote a novel in one month. I relished the challenge, the official excuse to write every possible moment and not feel guilty. I had a story idea and it took off. Little did…

  • They Are Happily Married ?

    Happily married is not happiness in each other, But happiness with each other. Not the world begins and ends, With the one standing next to you, But courage begins and flourishes, In the closeness of the one standing with you. Close enough to reach down, And pull you up out of failures, Close enough to…

  • Camera Lens or Mind’s Eye?

    “Mindfulness” is such an ubiquitous word, such a high concept. Go about your life fully aware of what is happening within and without. Wait, are we talking about modern folks? Hmmm, have you noticed many people waiting for a bus, waiting for a table at a restaurant, or for heaven’s sake walking down the hall…

  • Falling Leaves of Time

    Everything falls down, Falling into place, Falling out of place, A vision of reality, A mirage of a dream, A new spin, On an old paradigm. What once was, is, What is, crumbles, Substance disappearing, Free fall,In a vacuum of,Order,Constancy,Certainty,Waiting to be caught,In the Hands of,The one who can catch.

  • Apple Litter

    I passed by the apple tree many times, Walking around the block. White buds, Green apples, Fat, red, imperfect, Organically growing, On a tree. I saw apple pie, Applesauce, Apple fritters, Juicy bites of sweetness, But I dare not gather,From my neighbor’s tree,So I watched them pass their prime,Get heavy and fall,Litter on the ground.They…

  • Are You There Yet? – Tip on Writing Description

    It’s not a scam that ‘Frequent Flyer’ miles can be turned into magazine subscriptions. Over a year ago we received an ‘opportunity’ to cash in our low accumulation of frequent flyer miles for free subscriptions to six different magazines. We have spurts of flying and with COVID it didn’t look like we were going to…

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