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minutes of love
Today’s WP Daily Post invites us to create and share a poem for someone we love. Being a new grandmother, I jumped on the opportunity to combine three loves: for my son – and now his son – as well …...
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be the water
Today the WP Poetry Challenge kicks off with an invitation to create haiku about water using simile. Water being one of the topics of my current writing, I am especially grateful for the nudge to start...
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‘the wonderful o’
As a child, I loved the stories of James Thurber. One that kept me rolling in giggles was The Wonderful “O.” The plot concerns an island subjected to the loss of the vowel ‘o.’ Not just a simple...
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resolved
I was relieved by this morning’s daily post prompt. Because I have NOT resolved the conflicts swirling in my body around continuing this blog. It started as a meditative place of beauty and...
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where did i go?
Today’s Daily Prompt asks ‘what is your superpower? how and where will you use it to appear/disappear at will?’ Curiously, that feels like a continuing thread from my previous post about feeling...
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‘divide’
Ironic, this morning’s Daily Post one-word prompt. I’ve been engaged in a series of writings on the word ‘spin’ – as in …. (fill in your own association) – and have just gotten to the part where I’m...
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clarity – or not!
I got so excited when I saw the old Great Blue back at our pond this morning. Mind you, it’s in the low 20’s here. Despite sun, winter still has a fist hold on us, regardless of what the calendar …...
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contrast
Once again, I am in synch with WP Daily Post and relieved to be able to write something ordinary, non-political and without consideration of any social value. Just for fun. [And not my photos – thank...
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faraway
April’s cold wet snow makes hope for spring faraway a dream to come true. 4.6.16 WP Daily Post Tagged: April, snow, snowdrops, spring, WP Daily Post Challenge
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giggle
My dog makes me giggle, her antics innocent and playful urging me back in time; yet more so my grandson his twinkling smile an invitation to crawl, fluff, shriek and laugh sharing chirps and coos,...
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‘snap!
He’s an armchair vigilante, posse of one, all fur and fury signifying only that he wants us to know he is doing watchdogly duty bark by yelp by frenzied yap from the comfort of the upstairs stuffed...
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mask
Today’s WP Daily Prompt challenges me to think of the concept of ‘mask’. To me, the usual interpretation of wearing a mask entails intentionally hiding something. Keeping a cheerful countenance, for...
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shadow
Today’s WP Daily Prompt is once again synchronistic. This weekend I celebrate my 50th reunion along with nearly 40 women with whom I had the privilege to graduate from high school. This is indeed a...
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vision
I am really enjoying these one-word WP Daily Post prompts – like this one, vision. As someone who loves to play with words, I am especially drawn in by the possibilities of multiple and layered...
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underestimate
When I read today’s one-word WP Daily Post prompt, all I could think was W’s by-now famous restatement of the word, turning it into ‘misunderestimate.’ And – unimaginable as it may seem, wordsmith to...
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healthy
Today’s WP Daily Post Challenge has me once again free-associating … “healthy, wealthy and wise.” And really, these words do belong together; though not necessarily connected to early to bed and early...
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buddy
I recently learned a new name for the controversial ‘transitional love object’ young children often bond with and carry around. I call them ‘loveys.’ Depending on the particular object, of course, it...
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grain – not!
I love the coincidences of these Dailiy Post one-word prompts. Just this very morning I made, for my friend-with-the-broken-wrist who is staying with me, some comfort food. Buckwheat pancakes. With my...
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praise
In response to today’s WordPress Daily Post Challenge, I find myself once again (still?) feeling the need to speak out for reason, for truth, for reality. Because for months now I/we have been hammered...
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mash-up
It is becoming increasingly clear that I’ll never catch up with all the Daily Post prompts I’ve missed this fall – despite keeping a running list and my best intentions. Instead, I’ll insinuate the...
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