I’m sitting in my kitchen typing on my laptop at the dinner table, trying to think of something good to write about. This is my first blog post of 2021. My youngest daughter Lana is at the table next to me writing a folk tale for a class assignment that she did not finish on …
I was having a conversation with a great writing friend yesterday and we were reflecting on this year, 2020. We spoke for an hour catching up on each other’s lives, talking about our children and how we’ve written or journaled a lot this year. She asked me, “How do you think we’ll look back on …
Recently our family watched the adorable animated film, Kung Fu Panda again. What a precious movie this is! I adore the overall message in this film. It really had me thinking deeply for several days. Yes, a cartoon! What’s wrong with that? At the end of the movie, Po (the Kung Fu panda)’s father tells …
A local writing group and network I belong to called The West Florida Literary Federation (WFLF) is hosting a poem a day challenge for the month of November in 2020. Many writers participate in national novel writing challenges at this time of year, but our group wanted to focus instead on poetry. Each day we …
She thanked me for the gift.I begin my reply. Wish it was more, I write.Wish it was better too. About to hit send…Stop.Why can’t I accept thanks? Why be a merit thief?Why give away value? Delete. Delete. Delete.You’re welcome, I say. Send. ———————————————————– This is a poem I wrote after I caught myself about to …
“What’s that?” my eight-year old daughter asked me, pointing to my bowl a few days ago. “Grits,” I replied and put a spoonful in my mouth. “What’s grits?” she asked and turned up her nose. “It’s….” I started to reply. “It’s from corn. But it’s more than that. Let me think so I can explain.” …
Darn, I broke a nail, Pam the realtor said to the empty house. She carefully moved the tray of baked chocolate chip cookies from the oven to the kitchen table. She checked her watch. I will have to fix my nail later she realized. The potential home buyers would be there in 10 minutes. Pam …
Sipping coffee while holding hands, I relax for 15 minutes and then it begins. Let’s make pancakes and eggs on the grill. I need to return the library books today. Dogs are whining, we should feed them. What do we need to accomplish? Let’s make a list…need groceries… Oh, my new gadget will be here …
Since our northwest Florida and coastal Alabama regions just experienced a devastating hurricane, Hurricane Sally, one that many of us were a bit unprepared for, I asked neighbors and community members a question that I thought could help out everyone next time if one ever comes our way again. The question was: What were the …
What a difference a day can make….Tuesday, September 15 was a typical, semi-normal day. I worked and remember sending an important email at 4:50 p.m. without any worry about that storm brewing in the gulf. Then Wednesday, September, 16 Hurricane Sally arrived in the gulf coast regions of Florida and Alabama and took us by …
