Category Archives: taking time to look
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 20
In the quiet yard
a pile of feathers, yellow, black… Continue reading
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 19
today the slushing rain has filled
the yard with thirty-ish finches
all arguing for seed and perch… Continue reading
Posted in birds and chickens, coffee and tea, Do the Work, gratitude, life around us, NaPoWriMo, OneGoodThing, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, taking time to look, the creative process, weather, what I'm listening to
Tagged April, concert, dad, gratitude, life around us, love, mom, NaPoWriMo, poetry, snow, sonnet
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 16
along the driveway, in the woods
yellow daffodils here and there
a few are gifts left by the folks
who lived here before, and who died Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, gardens and flowers, gratitude, landscape, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged daffodils, dothework, garden, legacy, memories, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, sonnet, spring, TakingTimetoLook
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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 15
wrinkled with sleep I am waiting,
listening to the crescendo —
water coming to a quick boil… Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, Do the Work, gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged coffee, dothework, frenchpress, kettle, lifearoundus, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, sonnet, TakingTimetoLook
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14
Today i set up a text replacement shortcut that replaces the letters “h a ha h a” (no spaces, just three ha’s strung together – couldn’t type them without spaces or it would trigger the shortcut ha ha ha) with a long string of ha ha ha’s. Continue reading
Posted in birds and chickens, Do the Work, geeky stuff, gratitude, In the neighborhood, life on the web, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, taking time to look, the creative process, weather
Tagged birds, birdsong, dothework, geekystuff, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, sonnet, TakingTimetoLook, tech, touchgrass, weather
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