The longest nights have come again, another year grown old; Time slows down as if it also thickens with the cold. Summer’s superfluities have warmer lands to roam, So every soul remaining is a soul who’s truly home. Earth’s tucked in deep and still beneath bright, spangled velvet skies, Or shifting curtain-strings of rain, or…
Category: Creative Arts
You.
Last night I cried. It all became too much; the constant pain, The loved ones who have died, The dire gloom and doom from every side, The heavy chain Of trauma I have dragged about for years. Decades of fears – Of failing, falling, fear itself – rushed in And overflowed my fractured dam with…
Here’s what to get the dad who has everything
What to get the dad who has everything? Try these out-of-the-box suggestions.
Breathe
Here, take a breath Come from a mountain High in the Himalayas Take it in, reverently; Savor – Now release, an offering to trees Deep in the Amazon. Rest. In, salt-kissed Caribbean air Warmed, as you, by the sun; Hold that joy, Then out, A gift for the green of Ireland. Wonder – How you…
Gift Idea for Absentminded Bookworm Types
Gift idea for the friend who has everything, wants nothing, and is always losing their phone.
Magic Verse
A bit of a foray into fiction. My kids and I came up with the idea and characters for this story together, and this is the first installment.
Unfettered
Free, the murmuration rises New with every beating breath; Living stream of grace and beauty Pulsing, flowing, length and breadth Shifting geometric daring Without planning or preparing. Force this pure cannot be harnessed. Caged, the beauty stills and dies; Creativity is living And it must be free to rise. Let it go, release, unhand it;…
Harry Potter Wizard Costumes
Ah, Halloween. My kids’ favorite holiday, and the one most likely to make me pull my hair out! Happy Halloween. Eat some candy. You deserve it. This year my oldest decided he was going to be Harry Potter. Easy, right? Scarf, robe, wand, scar and glasses. Of course, his bookworm sister wanted to be Hermione….
Of the Stars
You are made of the stuff of the stars, my dear; Of the stuff of eternity. You are born of the ages
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