I ended my January post with a hope that February would be better, and you know what, it really wasn't. We spent eleven days "sh...

Last year I marked turning 50 by setting myself a big writing goal that I called my Quinquagenarian Writing Project (QWP). After my birthda...

i carry your heart with me  by e. e. cummings i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i...

I'm home on a Monday instead of at work because of ongoing political unrest in Haiti. This is day five of sheltering in place, which has...

This week I read this article about a bakers' strike in Jacmel, Southern Haiti. Then I wrote this poem and illustrated it with photos I...

For Spiritual Journey First Thursday, our host  Donna asked us to write about the expression "Home is Where the Heart Is." So her...

It's not snowing where I live, but it's snowing in many of the places where my friends and family members live right now, and I'...

In January I learned again that January is not my favorite month . It's a month full of anniversaries, not just of the 2010 earthquake...

Book #6 of 2019 was A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Meant to Live , by Emily P. Freeman. "Eternity is not for later,...

Once again this year I am taking and posting a daily photo , and today's prompt on CY365 is "Prism." I was trying to think of ...

I imagine a lot of Poetry Friday posts tomorrow are going to be about Mary Oliver, who died today at the age of 83. I was sad to see the new...

Here's what I've read so far this year: Book #1 of 2019 was The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming. This was the ...

Today, I'm remembering the last normal day before the earthquake, exactly nine years ago. At 4:53 on the afternoon of January 12th, the ...

I think I just need to accept that January is a difficult month. As I look back over my blog, I find that again and again I am at that place...

Today's photo prompt was "Exposing Your Red." I posted this photo, and the words of the prompt stuck in my head until I used t...

Yesterday I posted my One Little Word for this new year, POSSIBILITY. I'm using Emily Dickinson's poem "I Dwell in Possibility...

I'm beginning 2019 with a bang by doing my first roundup. I'm starting small with SJFT (Spiritual Journey First Thursday), and may...

I'd like to think that that my "What I Learned in December" list is completely blank not because I didn't learn anything i...

Today I completed my second year of CY365 ( here's my post when I completed the first year). I'm planning to continue this practice...

This morning I finished four books and I'm guessing that's it for the year. If I finish another one today, I'll add it to the li...