September brings a new beginning, the start of a new year, my own birthday near to the high holidays, days when the gates swing open, and...

I’ve been back home for just about as long as I was gone but time’s measure is distinct even though the length of it is close to the...

On Saturday the first falling leaves spiraled down on a light breeze. My grandsons ran across the back yard trying to catch the yellow...

Driving up the road to the Smithville farmers market,  I wasn’t paying much attention to NPR morning edition until I heard that people in...

I am lying on the table in the upstairs surgical suite after hours. My eye is taped open, my other eye covered. I am staring into a...

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...

The pond hasn’t iced yet though the morning sparkles with cold it’s not enough for frost. We still haven’t shifted away the last of the...

In a couple of days I leave for the west coast. I’ll have time to visit with long time friends before going to a writing workshop with...

The day after the full blood super moon eclipse is a Monday. It is a cloudy somewhat dreary morning in early autumn. Everything looks dry...

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...

A habit of words. #napowrimo #poetry #Writing

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...