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There is a world of difference between reacting to an event in your life and responding to it. When you re–act, you are acting again, repeating a previous action. To respond implies a spontaneous and appropriate response to the situation.
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NaPoWriMo Day 1 2023
oh my god weather
the breathlessness of it all
under the dark clouds Continue reading
Posted in clouds, Do the Work, family and friends, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor, weather
Tagged clouds, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo, poetry, watercolor, weather
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NaPoWriMo is Coming! NaPoWriMo is Coming!
ey folks – April is upon us so here comes National Poetry Writing Month. Yup – that yearly challenge of writing 30 poems in 30 days. Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, cats helpful cats, CatsOfMastodon, Do the Work, haiku, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, silliness, the creative process
Tagged cats, catsofmastodon, googlyeyes, haiku, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, sonnets
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Take Home Quote of the Day
To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
? Elliott Erwitt Continue reading
Also found, didn’t know it was lost…
Mom found this on the way to getting her St Patrick’s Day door decoration out. She figures it was something done for my home ec class which puts it into the – uh – old category. The cardboard used for this booklet, held together with two blue bread twist ties, is not quite legal size and in fact was what came from the laundry, supporting my father’s freshly cleaned, starched and ironed white work shirts. It was white on one side and grey on the other. Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, life around us, stash, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged booklet, HomeEc, JuniorHigh, stash, thingsfound
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Happy Mailbox
I’m sending out daily haiku for the annual World Peace Poetry Postcard Festival and had received two cards followed by a pause. Got a fabulous card Saturday and today hit the jackpot with four more! Continue reading