What Is It Anyway? Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley. CHARLES SIMIC, Dime-Store Alchemy, 1992 Poetry is a sofa full of blind singers who have put aside their canes… Poetry is the sound of summer in the rain and of people laughing behind closed shutters down a narrow street. LAWRENCE … Continue reading »
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The Fear of Having To “get” Poetry every time you read it.
Hi! There are many things I have learned and I want to share them with you now that I have completed an 8 week CL group in a satellite city. I can report that the participants loved it and my friend that taught the eight lesson plans often carried the topics much, much, further than … Continue reading »
Hands up in the breeze. Have fun
As a graphic artist I have this habit of looking at packaging. It was no different for me last Tuesday when a miniature kite arrived in the mail. It is reassuring to know that this marvel of toy manufacturing has been around since 1995! That made the purchase of my kite much more repuatable to … Continue reading »
Journal … some fun ways to think about it
Here is a writing prompt.. It might be fun to make a not too serious look over your journal and see what you have collected. What’s in My Journal by William Stafford Odd things, like a button drawer. Mean Things, fishhooks, barbs in your hand. But marbles too. A genius for being agreeable. Junkyard crucifixes, voluptuous … Continue reading »
Icewine Devotional and Questions
Icewine is a wonderful illustration of our harvest as creative lovers of this life. Continue reading »
Speak Silence to Arrogance
Speak Silence to Arrogance This morning I was thinking about the new and very cool buzz phrase “speak truth to power.” It always comes into play at the pivotal moment in an interview when a rock star wants to sound immersed in the cause of justice worldwide. It is a perfect period at the end … Continue reading »
Traditions Arrest Time
I have been reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and thinking a bit about the choice I have to view food differently. For as long as I can remember, I have called the hour of homework and cooking the dreaded ‘bewitching hour’. In Kingsolver’s book I was challenged to look at dinner with new … Continue reading »
