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hidden gem (poem)
I said to the gem surviving beneath the season’s first sheath of ice and snow, “you are my favorite” because the world walked by and did not notice you . I stopped and noticed your tenacity insistence to live and not die buried under indifference of snow and...
Wordless Wednesday – November 7, 2018
It was November…
Hello November.
Wordless Wednesday – October 31, 2018
These photos were taken in the past week.
“The Flowers Fall…”
All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall... ...but the word of the Lord endures forever. 1 Peter 1:24-25
Wordless Wednesday- October 24, 2018
What Did Autumn Ask (poem)
What did Autumn ask Of you On trails of fallen leaves Where children stomp Adults stroll and winds scatter? What did your eyes seek Among the rust, the gold? You are the rod, the arm, the voice You are honey withdrawn From my soul A foggy, misty morning Is what I...
Autumn Leaf (Poem)
Beautifully curling upward, Cupping droplets that land on its skin I take my finger, wipe the drop Leaving a skirmish behind The autumn leaf is like a heart Turned toward heaven Changing colors, singing in its death— I wonder, Leaf, how many songs have you sung? * I...
Quotes from Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's book, Jane Eyre, was first published on this day in 1847. I was introduced to this book in high school for class. Loved the book then, and still do. I reread it from time to time. I had a wonderful email exchange on this book recently with a writer...
The Sea (poem by Pablo Neruda)
The Sea by Pablo Neruda, On the Blue Shore of Silence I need the sea because it teaches me, I don’t know if I learn music or awareness, if it’s a single wave or its vast existence, or only its harsh voice or its shining suggestion of fishes and ships. The fact...
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