Category Archives: life around us
NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 14
don’t forget the rain • don’t forget the rain makes things grow… Continue reading
Posted in deadline, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, life around us, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, weather
Tagged anaphora, daffodils, dothework, garden, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, process, weather
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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 12
Forty year old bulbs • every year a yellow • wonder – daffodils Continue reading
Posted in deadline, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, haiku, landscape, life around us, NaPoWriMo, note to self, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, weather
Tagged daffodils, dothework, garden, haiku, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, process, wordsworth
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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 9
today the sunlight • flashing in the bare garden • so strong, so yellow Continue reading
Posted in deadline, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, haiku, life around us, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, weather
Tagged daffodils, garden, haiku, NaPoWriMo, poems, poetry, process, TakingTimetoLook, weather
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One Good Thing EveryWhere EveryDay
In other words – pay attention to the small stuff and be prepared to be amazed. A leaf here, a bird there, and before you know it spring has sprung. If you hadn’t looked you might have missed the whole wonderful thing! Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, life around us, taking time to look
Tagged dothework, observation, science, TakingTimetoLook, teachers
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The Gettysburg Address
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. Continue reading
