Ahh, In real life. Every time I hear that phrase I recall three words from a letter our family business received from an upset customer, who was so angry that he wrote, “In rela life”. Rela life. Now if that’s not a metaphor for what we experience every day, I don’t know what is. […]
Five minute Friday: Rest
September 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Every Friday I join Lisa-Jo over at The Gypsy Mama for her Five Minute Friday thoughts. It’s an opportunity for each of us to throw caution, grammar and spell check to the wind as we whip through a quick five minutes of a topic, just straight from the heart to the head to the keyboard […]
Who knew about boiling water, steel and salt?
August 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
August can be a bittersweet time here in the Northeast as we begin to feel autumn around the corner with its cool morning breath, and see it in the smattering of red leaves amongst the green. Late, summer, however, is when all the loving we have heaped upon our gardens comes to fruition: fresh snap […]
Five Minute Friday: New
August 19, 2011 By 1 Comment
Every Friday I join Lisa-Jo over at The Gypsy Mama for a quick, no edit writing topic, and we each watch, often in surprise, at what appears beneath our tapping fingers in the short span of five minutes. This week she asked for suggestions, and today our prompt is about New. So let’s have it […]
Five minute Friday: Whole
August 5, 2011 By 6 Comments
Welcome to Five Minute Friday, where we join Lisa-Jo at The Gypsy Mama on just writing for five straight minutes, no editing, no criticizing, no worrying. Just writing and letting it fly. If you would like to join us, click on the link at the bottom of this post. Welcome to my version this […]
Five minute Friday: Still
July 29, 2011 By 5 Comments
Joining Lisa-Jo for her Five minute Friday prompt of “Still”. Today she writes: So on Fridays, we take the dare to become Word Artists. To throw editing and proof reading and critically raised eyebrows out the window. We finger paint with our words – in pink and blue and dark purple. In glitter glue and bright […]
Five minute Friday: Full
July 22, 2011 By 11 Comments
I have loved photography since my dear hubbie gave me a real 35mm camera for my birthday over 25 years ago, when we were expecting our first child. However, loving photography and doing it well were two very different matters. Amongst the thousands of photos I took for the next couple of decades—especially documenting […]
Who knew…about vinegar and sunburns?
July 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
We all know we are supposed to wear sunscreen, but sometimes, well, we just decide we won’t be outside that long, or the sun isn’t really that intense today, or we’d like to get a fast jump-start on a tan. Many times, however, that means we end up with a sunburn. Painful to the touch, […]
Five minute Friday: Grateful
July 8, 2011 By 4 Comments
Every Friday, I join many other bloggers at The Gypsy Mama to write about a topic of her choosing. This week Lisa-Jo suggests: 1. Write for 5 minutes flat with no editing, tweaking or self critiquing. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in 3. Go and tell the person who linked up before […]
Five Minute Friday: Wonder
June 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
Every Friday, I join many other bloggers at The Gypsy Mama to write about a topic of her choosing. This week Lisa-Jo suggests: The end of the week – a good time for few words. Want to take five minutes with me and see which ones bubble to the surface? Let’s just write and not […]
