My dad was raised by a single mother who grew up during the Depression. From this experience, he learned the importance of hard work and to not waste anything. Dad would save anything and everything and repurpose it. Plastic soda bottles with their bottoms cut off became mini greenhouses over pots containing cuttings that were rooting. He had an unending supply of rubber bands collected from years of morning newspapers. We won’t talk of the many collections that were safely…
In the eleven years or so that I have been blogging, I have written this same post countless times…the one about having gone missing for months and now being back. They always come with a promise to do better. And countless times I have failed, but I keep coming back and trying again. Before writing this tonight, I have given some serious thought to why I keep falling short with regular posts lately. It is easy to blame a busy…
Today is my 55th birthday. Exactly ten years ago, on a whim, I decided to start writing a blog. At that point I had no idea why and was fairly sure that no one really wanted to read what I was writing. But, I did it. The title perfectly summed up what I wrote about, all the things that happened in my day. I was faithful to the process for quite awhile. And then I became unfaithful. And then faithful…
So what have I learned lately? My desire to do is greater than my ability to do. My intention, once school was out was to write more. I have done that…just not here, which was not the plan. I thought that I could keep up here, with my regular Pixels, Plates, and LOLs posts, and writing every day for Blueper B…oh, and a photo a day for him and for me. Then there was stuff like preparing meals, and laundry,…
It hurts my heart to admit that I have not written a single post here this year. I have been writing, just not here. One of the places where I do write almost daily is in my Morning Pages Journal. This is a discipline that I have had for many years, one that fuels me creatively, intellectually, and spiritually. Though this writing is not fit for public consumption, it is was inspires me to write in other places. Over the…
The calendar says that fall will be here in two days, but for my creative self, it is spring that is dawning after a five month dormant season here. Unlike the plants and animals who know that they need fall and winter to rest and rejuvenate, I was unaware that my spirit was longing for that time. I have been doing other creative things, including other types of writing, but in the past few weeks, I have been hit…
“I’ve Got Friends…and Mail!” Today’s prompt was supposed to be September’s self portrait. Because of our schedule, that wasn’t going to happen. We had a fantastic day at the theater and then going out for dinner to celebrate a friend’s birthday. When we got home, we discovered that Blueper B had received a package from a friend. You can read all about Blueper B’s exciting day on his blog: He also has a Facebook page if you’d like to…