List 30 things that make you happy. Connection makes me happy. Connection means a lot to me, whether it is connection with others, with me, with Spirit, with nature, with ideas or objects. I see the world through connections and I organize my world through connections. It is because of this drive for connections that … Continue reading 31 things that make me happy.
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Epic Baking Fail.
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. I think my most epic fail in the kitchen was when I was newly wed and I had little experience of cooking but I surely made up for it with a zeal in nutrition. I decided to make a liver and prune dish. I actually followed … Continue reading Epic Baking Fail.
Unborn Siblings
"Take long slow breaths. Breathe."
Prompt: My Favorite Time of Day
What's your favorite time of day? My favorite time of day Where I dream of word play, I think I must be crepuscular, Is twilight: dawn and dusk, when I prey You see, I capture my nocturnal dreams In the morning, like the hunt And In the evening, I snatch my day-dreams cat kneading or … Continue reading Prompt: My Favorite Time of Day
Prompt: What I most enjoy about writing
What do you enjoy most about writing? What I enjoy the most about writing Is working through my landscape Of my inner world with words.. Be it thoughts, Feelings or observations, As well as dreams. I do this by recording them. As I write, thoughts Come to the tips of my fingers And spill out … Continue reading Prompt: What I most enjoy about writing
What Brings Me Peace
What brings you peace? What is true peace? Not the type of peace attained By placating, eating, or addiction Dulling the senses in senseless ways. These to me are fleeting states. What brings me peace Lies within Grace Good relationships with those I love, Those in my Community, with the Earth and God above. If … Continue reading What Brings Me Peace
Some things that fill me with joy.
Walking, seeing the billowing clouds marching across the landscape, Sun on my back Birds in the hedge Butterflies flitting from flower to flower Rose-hips rusty red mixed with thistles lilac and prickly River glistening the ripples in the sun Gusty wind tugging at the leaves Breathing deeply as I walk fast Thinking, mind wandering over … Continue reading Some things that fill me with joy.
Prompt: A tradition I have not kept.
What traditions have you not kept that your parents had? What traditions have you not kept that your parents had. I had to think about this one: my parents were quite a nontraditional couple, my father was from Scotland and my mother was of Scandinavian, Dutch, Prussian, French and English descent. We lived in a … Continue reading Prompt: A tradition I have not kept.
Soul Poem: Why – to breathe is a luxury
Explanation: I am currently following a 5 day writing challenge and this was part of two exercises. Recently I saw some images on the news which upset me. In my exercises I was presented Rumi’s poem: Some kiss we want and Camille T. Dangy’s poem Characteristics of life and then I wrote this response to … Continue reading Soul Poem: Why – to breathe is a luxury
Prompt: was today typical?
Was today typical? Yes and no. I plan my days at the beginning of the week, from what I am going to cook, to what activities need doing and all the routine things too. Sounds mundane but it keeps me sane. The part that was not typical is that we are looking after my daughter's … Continue reading Prompt: was today typical?