~ ~ ice covered landscapes danger hidden by beauty nature’s paradox ~ frozen dreams lie hidden in winter ~ crystalline beauty distracts from lurking danger waiting to disrupt ~ ~ Old musings and photos were recycled. Into silly six-word stories today. Your clever response in six words. Release your creative muse to play. ~ #SixWordStories
TBR Pile Writing Challenge – Pixaby image ~ everywhere I look books in every nook they haunt me they taunt me sneering all the way piles growing day by day you’ll never catch up it’s time to give up books are taking over the house are you lazy or just a louse embarassment grows inside…
I’ve mentioned my Missing Muse and lack of inspiration to write lately. The topics of muses and lack of creative motivation are routine challenges for writers across our community. The pandemic, isolation, political, and economic challenges have touched our lives and many a muse is missing or at least in serious remission. I’ve written about…
Earth Care for Mother’s Day I’ve had this post ready for a while, intending to go back and flesh out more solutions. Instead, I decided to publish it as a tribute for Mother’s Day. Earth is in fact the mother that feeds and supports us all in living on this beautiful planet. It would be…
Musing for Moka Thanks to Diana for the nudge to go looking for my missing muse. She and her muse have a tortuous relationship, which apparently works well for both of them. Her mercenary muse is a foul smelling hunk with serious control issues. May your relationship be long and ornery! If you want…
We the People: Stand Up For Freedom We appear to be steadily losing our rights and freedoms. This is why I post alternative views on my blog and Facebook page. Not only in the US, but around the world, the elite, banks, corporations, and governments are increasing their control over our lives while keeping us…
Wealth and Reform I haven’t read the book Capital by Thomas Piketty, but most of us know about the growing power and wealth of the 1%. That term comes from his book that Paul Krugman sums up in the video below. The information in the video has greatly influenced my current views on our political…
The Spring of Corona I started this post a couple of years ago and revised it for our corona focused world. I highly recommend Charles Eisenstein’s essay called Coronation. I’m choosing the path of love and cooperation. How about you? Thanks for reading and being part of our community. I appreciate you. Spring in the…
Recrafting our World It’s impossible to avoid the news and impact of coronavirus. I’ve progressed from denial to concern, to acceptance and opening to new ideas. I’ve been sick for the last few days wondering if I have the virus, flu, a cold, allergies, or am simply run down. I’m considering whether to go to…
Cosmic Dancer ~ man meets a woman cosmic energy in flux the dance of lovers ~ an elegant dance the universe in motion cosmic flames ignite ~ These are my first two haikus inspired by Elisa Choi Ang’s beautiful painting. I found it on Freya Pickard’s Pure Haiku poetry website as part of her latest…
writing to freedom 