Category Archives: the creative process

Day 12 NaPoWriMo 2022

I took myself out to look at the clouds and hills today. Somedays that’s harder to do than others, so today it took a push. And another push to retrieve the paint stuff all the way from the back seat … Continue reading

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Day 11 NaPoWriMo 2022

Well what can I say? I have been longing for Kasha Varnishkes and Mom probably thought – why is she making SO MUCH? But I have no problem. Well maybe a problem, but not with eating it. kasha varnishkes for … Continue reading

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Day 10 NaPoWriMo 2022

Where did the first ten days of April go? Today’s prompt from NaPoWriMo: “Today’s (optional) prompt is pretty simple – a love poem! If you’re having trouble getting into the right mood for a love poem…” seemed a mighty stretch … Continue reading

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Day 9 NaPoWriMo 2022

A quick grocery shop, some laundry, some dinner and then… Earlier today, the front window was full of rain and yet I said ‘the sun is out!’ and we ran into the back yard also full of rain silvery with … Continue reading

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Day 8 NaPoWriMo 2022

Today was a sort of rest day. No big plans. The mailman left a postcard that had been traveling to me since February 26 during World Peace Poetry Postcards! A little scuffed but none the worse for having taken the … Continue reading

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