The twilight lasts for hours, the slow fading light from east to west, the stars hazy at first get clearer, sharper in the dark, the...

It is not lying around It is not maintaining one position It is not counting breaths although counting breaths helps to get to a certain...

This is my first post of 2016. After almost of a month of no entries I wasn’t sure if I would come back to blogging, or if I would leave...

I am at the point in working on my novel when I’ve generated enough words that I need to put one page after the other, chapter after...

On the way home from town yesterday in the surprising cool of a late August afternoon I noticed a tinge of yellow on the leaves. It seems...

Last week I spent a perfect summer day with a small group of writer friends gathered for a retreat on my back porch.There was just a bit...

I have let the gardens go wild this year. Back in late April on a day that promised summer  I  weeded the lower part of the garden,...

July 4 has come and gone and I hardly feel like its summer. Not having kids in school will do that. Coolest, wettest, June I can ever...

Last week I took a course at the writing festival in Iowa City called Novel in a Week taught by Kelly Dwyer.  I discovered why it was was...

It is my first grandson’s birthday today. From the first he has been a gift, along with my title of Nana. Being a grandparent I am able...

I watched an old Star Trek voyager last night; Captain Janeway and Tom got caught in a subspace time fracture. I’ll spare the details but...

This Mother’s Day I am thinking how grateful I am to my two daughters. From the time they were born they grounded me. They may have...

I am taking break in the early evening on this beautiful spring day from weeding in my garden to weed through the poems I wrote during...

I have written a poem a day for the last twenty-two days. I gave my word to do it and so I did. It is not about inspiration or finding...

Poetry and Community.

It’s poetry month and I am writing a poem a day with a small group of friends. We are posting up to a private shared page where we get to...

I will not be hosting Seder tonight or tomorrow, a rarity for me. We will be sharing it with friends at their homes. I’ve always loved...

I think it’s the notion of perfection – or near perfection anyway that often holds me back from doing the best I can. I discovered the...

It is an exercise in endurance, a willingness to make mistake after mistake. A few weeks ago I wrote that I felt like I was at a dead end...

Woke to a dense fog this morning. Winter disappearing. There is no snow left on the ground. The freeze on the pond has become mist, all...