Unraveled Wednesday | 10.18.23
Greetings Unravelers from the midway point of our Erie trek! I would like to think that I am making and reading up a storm but realistically that is not likely happening... or if it is, it is in very small doses. I have brought my Pressed Flower socks for company......
Unraveled Wednesday | 2.17.21
As I get ready to embark on my Lenten Poetry Journey, I thought some words of wisdom from Ferlinghetti's Poetry As Insurgent Art would be the perfect thing to start me on my journey! Be a songbird, not a parrot. Be a canary in the coal mine. (A dead canary is not just...
Presidents’ Day | 2.15.21
This weekend being a long weekend was advantageous...it was icy over the weekend and overnight came some more snow, not as much as was predicted (thank goodness) but still, it is good that Steve has today off. I stumbled across this poem by Louise Glück and I thought...
100 Days of Hope | Week 8
This week I was reminded over and over and over how poetry brings hope. "Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness.” ― Mary Oliver Mary Oliver must have been seeing...
Unraveled Wednesday | 2.10.21
If you have time to knit, if you've taken up knitting, it means you're not worried about the essential stuff. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee That quote defines my life this week...Laundry? Dusting? Meh...I have been consumed with knitting this week! This week I have...
Looking Back | January 2021
“JANUARY, The first month of the year, A perfect time to start all over again, Changing energies and deserting old moods, New beginnings, new attitudes” ― Charmaine J Forde Charmaine Forde seemed to know exactly what I was trying to achieve in January. Starting over,...
100 Days of Hope | Week 7
“Art is the highest form of hope.” ― Gerhard Richter This week I really noticed mornings that were lighter. It is just so nice to walk Sherman and greet the morning at.the.same.time! (rather that stumbling around in the darkness!) This morning it was mild but windy....
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