Finding New Things in the Familiar Ones
The things we learn from others about our own world can be amazing. Recently, I took someone on a trip to meet my family, on a route I’ve traveled so many times that I could do it blindfolded. However, on this trip I was determined to make sure my companion found it interesting. So as […]
Just For Fun Friday 05/09/2014
Happy Mothers’ Day – Past and Present Four Generations – Gracie Corn Westmoreland ( Great Grandmother), Flora Westmoreland Johnson ( Grandmother), Irene Johnson Glass ( Mom) and Gayle Glass ( ahem…..) Bottom Photo – Irene Glass and Gayle Glass
In the Company of Writers
A few months ago I extolled the virtues of writers’ retreats. Now, I’m going to ramble about conferences. Yes – it’s that time again. In Arkansas, the Arkansas Writers’ Conference is being held the first weekend in June. Following that, White County Creative Writers’ Annual Conference is held the first Saturday of Labor Day weekend. […]
Just For Fun Friday 05/02/2014
This was actually written when I returned from Lucidity in April 2013, but I found I had the same dilemma when I returned last Friday. Sometimes you just don’t want to get back into the real world… Extending the peace I unload the car, unpack the cases, return everything to its proper place […]
Vive La Difference!
One of the most prominent observations made at the Lucidity Poetry Retreat last week was the diversity of talent that was present. Some of us write like Robert Service, some like e.e.cummings, some like Billy Collins, Maya Angelou, etc. There were approximately 40 poets in attendance, and the stylings were almost as varied. The minds […]
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