A Gathering of Poetry | October 2023
The poem I selected this month seems apropos since I am not home right now. I heard this poem read by Pádraig Ó Tuama some time ago and I think of it often (and I highly recommend listening to Pádraig read it... you won't regret it!) I did not need to worry about...
100 Days of Hope | Week 10
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ― Pablo Neruda This week hope began to leap forward in a most glorious manner! My little snowdrops have come up and while their little flowers are not open, these hardy little flowers are the most...
Unraveled Wednesday | 3.3.21
“SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.” ― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much This week I present my new favorite sweater! It was a long time in the making, but wow do I...
Welcome, March! | 3.1.21
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. — Charles Dickens Welcome March! I have been eagerly awaiting your arrival! It seems Dickens and I have the same vision of March......
100 Days of Hope | Week 9
Hope itself is like a star — not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon This quote has been so true for me this week. Sometimes, when life is just grand... why do you need hope? It is in...
Release | February 2021
I am joining Carolyn again this month to share my word update. This may be the most exhausting blog post I have ever written. I started it on Friday, rewrote it on Saturday, deleted it on Sunday and started again...exhausting to the nth power! And even then......
100 Days of Hope | Week 9
“The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches.” ― E.E. Cummings Winter reminded us over that it was far from over this week. We got snow, on snow, on snow, with a bit of freezing rain thrown in for fun... Oh, and bitter cold temperatures for the exclamation...
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