I thought I was exhausted from Writober, but it turned out I just needed the election to be over, or perhaps both. I unplugged yesterday, and didn’t peek at the results until kitty was curled up next to me, I had delicious baked plums to fill my empty belly, and cocoa-coffee to wash it down.Continue reading “Find the Joy in Grief and the Hope in Despair”
Category Archives: abstractions
Taking Risks
Exciting News! The Spring 2024 Vol. 26 Edition 2 of Stirring is now available, and I’m one of two featured artists. The online magazine includes two of my black and white photographs from my Murmurations series. Please check it out, and let me know what you think. Back to the Mirrorworld This morning I reconfiguredContinue reading “Taking Risks”
April Review and What’s Coming in May
I gave the challenges my all. I showed up every day. I began the month promising acceptance for whatever comes, and then instantly regretted it, because the unexpected came again, and again. There was nothing to do but accept it, and yet that didn’t mean I could help but want to get off the roller-coasterContinue reading “April Review and What’s Coming in May”
Cat Close-up Kaleidoscopes
After posting my Stream of Consciousness Saturday post, “Getting Really Close Up“, I looked at my WordPress Reader and saw Karen Gadient’s KaleidoSaturday post. It inspired me to see what my close-up photos of the cat would look like as Kaleidoscopes. I used the pho.to kaleidoscope maker which is super simple to use and freeContinue reading “Cat Close-up Kaleidoscopes”
The Thoughts of Christmas Animals Around the World
Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub inspired me to try two animal shape filters I haven’t made before. The penguin and the kangaroo. The poetry prompt is to write from the perspective of animals that have been linked with Christmas but don’t really have anything to do with it. This Kangaroo’s Christmas Hullabaloo HeContinue reading “The Thoughts of Christmas Animals Around the World”
The Thirtieth Day of Impatient Patience
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the patience in impatience and the impatience in patience. I reviewed its synonyms on the fifth: endurance and shortness; the tenth: hastinessContinue reading “The Thirtieth Day of Impatient Patience”
The Twenty-ninth Day of Worthless Value
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the value in worthlessness and the worthlessness in value. I reviewed its synonyms on the fourth: significance and insignificance; the ninth: appraisalContinue reading “The Twenty-ninth Day of Worthless Value”
The Twenty-eighth Day of Creative Actuality
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the creativity in actuality and the actuality in creativity. I reviewed its synonyms on the third: artistry and incapacity; the eighth: imaginationContinue reading “The Twenty-eighth Day of Creative Actuality”
The Twenty-seventh Day of Determination in Reluctance
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture the determination in reluctance and the reluctance in determination. I reviewed its synonyms on the second: perseverance and indolence; the seventh: resolveContinue reading “The Twenty-seventh Day of Determination in Reluctance”
The Twenty-sixth Day of Doubt in Certainty
This month each day’s study of contradictory abstract nouns has been synonyms of my personal Big Five contradictory abstract nouns. These last five days are the Big Five. Today I’m out to capture certainty in doubt and doubt in certainty. I reviewed its synonyms on the first: inevitability and ambiguity; the sixth: conviction and disbelief;Continue reading “The Twenty-sixth Day of Doubt in Certainty”
Experience Writing 