Why did I start this Lenten project of painting watercolors on paper a little bigger than a postage stamp? My dad said our room is the...

Marsha is our family dog. She’s a rescue. She came with her name from the pound, and we felt it suited her. She’s now about 14 years old...

Thrift, agency, courage (in vulnerability), and humility are snails’ teachings for me. Problem: I’ve stepped on too many snails during...

I admit that I’m learning how to pray again. Suggestions from Richard Rohr’s book Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve...

I can sense that on the spectrum of reactive to calm that I often have been settled into reactive. If you find that you experience that...

This morning I noticed the same child’s school worksheet that I’d seen several times on our morning walk. No one claimed it. So, I took...

Laws and resolutions generally need support to be passed. Express your support/opposition to the following current resolutions to your...

Do you know the conditions of the nearest jail to you? I never gave it any thought until the county judge proclaimed that the county...

My Zoom Thought Exercise to Envision Diversity and Improve Communication You may find yourself on zoom to have any number of meetings....

neon signs contain noble gases hoping to float free into space This haiku is why I find that creative writing becomes a channel for me to...

“The Ants and the Grasshopper” fable by Aesop resonates with me on many levels. http://read.gov/aesop/052.html I think that I relate to...

The top reasons I dropped Facebook 1. Little original content: I'd scroll through my feed of people I follow and find little original...

As an Artist I admit that I’m already missing the lovely visual appeal of Instagram. Some folks take it to the next level, mapping out...

young vines wind around whatever they find to help them grow near sunlight. This haiku I wrote this morning is a reflection for me. A...

Today I wrote this haiku. I was thinking of how to put the word prompts borrow and aim together. On the surface, I thought of a benign...

I think I'll start doing this exercise daily for a few days. Today kicks off the first poem to my younger self. I didn't write this poem...

I find that writing creatively and freely is what gives me a daily outlet to process subconsciously my emotions and thoughts,...