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Mystery Eco-challenge

We arrived at the cabinon the peninsulaat Lake of the woodsthe water level had dropped3 feet since last timeThe dock had to be loweredpulled out to reach the boatsthe duck boats hauledcloser to the edge of shoreIt’s an Eco challengeevery time I come up hereSteve said, breathing heavyA mystery eco-challenge, I addedbecause you never knowwhat the challenge will beI looked over the bayat the…

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How a message arrives

green buds and their urgency An early morning transcribingmessages from beyondthe sky- – a stunning bluespring buds beginning their escapean infrequent flock of seagullshigh above – cry to steal my attentionracing the robins to the firstmorning callThe pen harkens back to the voiceof a poet, who the day beforeI’d savored his own scribed wordshis father’s voicelaced with his ownWriting poems is a…

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Poetry as resilience~SOL 4/31~2022

Mark Nepo joined the hosts, James Crews and Danusha Laméris on this fifth week of the Poetry as Resilience Retreat I have been participating in. Each Friday, for two hours, a poet guest shares how poetry has been a life giving force for them and ways for us to use poetry as a practice for sustenance in our daily lives. The retreat has been such balm for me at the end of each week, coming together…

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Words change us~ SOL 3/31~2022

As the events occurring on the other side of the planet flash across my screens reminding me of the continued injustices in the world, my pen struggles for words to scribe. My own daily tribulations are seemingly insignificant, meaningless and vain. Yet, at the same time, I am numb with anxieties, overwhelm and exhaustion. My laundry and dishes piled high and another week trickles by in which…

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The Energy of words~sol 2/31~2022

Indelible by Jayne Cortez Listen i have a complaint to make my lips are covered with thumb prints insomnia sips me the volume of isolation is up to my thyroid and i won't disappear can you help me I came across Jayne Cortez’ poem yesterday and it halted me. I paused after each phrase of words and swung them open – wide open. And read them again. And again – leaning in to them. Feeling them…

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The smallness of things~Sol 1/31~2022

graupel~snow pebbles in the morning Upon first morning steps outside the front door, my eyes rest on the smallish snow-like pebbles blanketing the ground. My work lately is to attend to these small wonders of the days that stretch out before me . . . distractions from the injustices and the anxieties of worldly events that dominate the screens. I often ponder at how small one can go. The…

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#small moments

#2021 NPM~A Progressive Poem: Day 25

Some time ago, I added my name to the Kidlitosphere Progressive Poem contributor list. The Kidlitosphere Progressive Poem was born in 2012 by Irene Latham, of Live Your Poem, as a way to celebrate poetry during the month of April as a community of writers. The poem travels from day to day through the month of April, blog to blog, with each host adding a line to the poem as it unfolds in a magical…

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#Progressive Poem 2021

A Text Message Poem: A Poetry Invitation #1/30 PAD

The March #Slice of Life Challenge ended yesterday, and while I’ve yet to reflect on that month long journey of putting writing out into the world, I felt a nudge to keep sharing some writing each day. How lovely it is that March flows right into April – the blessed month of poetry, along with opportunities to share poetry all over the place. I am delighted when April rolls along so I can take a…

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National Virtual Vacation Day #SOL 30/31 ~ 2021

source: https://nationaldaycalendar.com/2021/ Yesterday the temperature hit 70 degrees, a glorious day in northern Minnesota for the end of March. Today, the high is predicted to be 25 degrees, of which I have yet to see, the wind gusting up around 30 mph with bizarre scenes of blizzarding snow which accumulates to nothing and then a flash of sunshine. I’ll hunker down inside today. A quick…

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Irish Soda Bread Story #SOL 28/31 2021

There’s only a few more days to publicly celebrate my Irish heritage, so I thought I bake some Irish soda bread. Now, I’ve not ever baked Irish soda bread before. It’s been on my Pandemic Baking list. I found a recipe from Alexandra’s Kitchen of alexandracooks.com, after scouring the internet for an authentic traditional soda bread recipe. It had to be authentic – if I was to be true to my…

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Laughter is Medicine #SOL 25/31 ~ 2021

Source: Off the mark.com by Mark Parisi My sister likes to send funny pictures to my other sister, my mom and to me on her phone. Sometimes they are photos of something dumb she’s done, like wear her shirt inside out with company over, or sew pajama bottoms without a pattern (she doesn’t believe in patterns) or a vegetable from her garden with extra parts. Sometimes, it’s just a silly picture…

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How Words Are Received #SOL 24/31 ~ 2021

~ the happinessprojectuk on Instagram The other day, my dear friend and I visited via phone while we were both out walking – she in Wisconsin and myself in Minnesota. I’m still marinating on some topics of our conversation, two days later. How grateful I am to have a friend who ponders deeply with me and wrestles with being human as I do. My friend is also a writer, and participating in the…

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Custodians of Our Inner World #SOL 23/31 ~ 2021

John O’ Donahue, author, poet, philosopher, and theologian, was adopted as my guardian spirit for my March 2021 notebook. I’d read of this ritual in choosing an author or influential being as a guardian spirit for each new notebook from Austin Kleon. I thought, yes, I need the whispers of these past wisdom spirits. Also, while this notebook is in use, I also track down the written work of the…

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Tokens of My Father #SOL 22/31 ~ 2021

My dad and I There are moments where the grief I carry deep within me from the loss of my father is so overwhelming that every planned intention for that period of time must come to a complete halt. These moments do not always occur when an image reminds me of him – like sitting in my car at the drive through window at the bank and admiring the bricks he lay with his hands. They do not always…

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#grief #missing Dad

Reasons to Bake #SOL 21/31 ~ 2021

There are many reasons to bake something. You might have a hankering for a little sweetness. Or, perhaps the kids are coming for dinner. Maybe baking is something that you can actually admit to being skilled at – and if you’ve got something you know how to do, you don’t want to lose it, so to stay sharp, you keep up the practice. The challenge of baking that perfect dessert or sweets and…

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#pie

Spring Rituals

I must hurry with this post. In ten minutes, my computer is alerting me to a shut down for updates. I’ll make this quick. On this first day of Spring, I have a few rituals to celebrate the coming of warmth and light. Attempt to sleep out in the camper. Yes, I did. It was pretty nippy at 36 degrees last night, but I bundled up and I survived. Go out and buy some flowers for myself. The lady…

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Finding A Way Out of Darkness #SOL 19/31 ~ 2021

Directions for Light Find an old notebook any will do composition notebooks more forgiving than fancy sketchbooks listen to music Helen Jane Long and piano is lovely or David Nevue dip a brush in some color sweep it across the width of the page extra water brings some light to the darkness let it dry blow on it if you must draw some letters start with the alphabet do it again and again if…

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