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Free Write Friday – The Seed

Posted on June 7, 2013 19 Comments

It’s been a few weeks since I had the time to participate in Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday. Below is the prompt and the short story that just came to me immediately. Enjoy. You’re young. You are standing in front of a shop window watching something on the black and white television inside. A woman grabs your […]

Change Coming – and a Poem

Posted on June 2, 2013 9 Comments

I’ve been writing this blog from the Hopi nation for almost two years. I began sharing my oral stories and have evolved into sharing my creative writing, which seems to attract more followers. But, the winds of change have been blowing daily in Hopiland for over a month and they have blown into my life. […]

In Memorium

Posted on May 26, 2013 9 Comments

Photo by outontheporch.org Americans began commemorating the deaths of soldiers after the Civil War in different states. On May 30, 1868, the first national commemoration was observed when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. Since that date, over 360,000 soldiers are now buried in Arlington Cemetery, […]

My Lucky Bamboo

Posted on May 19, 2013 6 Comments

Joyce, I call her after the nurse who gave me this curling beauty an unexpected perfect Christmas gift. Quickly her roots screamed against the narrow black ceramic vase as she towered tall but I wanted her small wax halted her height so her leaves sprouted sideways. Grass green, fern deep leaves lift upward praying palms […]

Free Write Friday – Awake

Posted on May 3, 2013 20 Comments

Today’s prompts were these words, lazy – rain – perspective – glint – somber – trinket – static provided by Kellie Elmore Awake The lazy girl turned over in bed and pulled the covers over her head as the rain beat against the window panes. She knew she needed to change her perspective about looking […]

I Am That We May Be

Posted on February 10, 2013 7 Comments

Illustration of book cover drawn by me The poems that I have posted the past couple of weeks were first published in 1974 in my book of poetry, I Am That We May Be. I used the Swahili name, Damali, which meant a beautiful vision, explained in my introduction: “Poems are visions to be shared […]

Review of Illimitable Beauty

Posted on February 3, 2013 Leave a Comment

Originally posted on 85 Degrees:
It could have been dismissed as forgetfulness or wasteful thinking but Jewel, a science teacher, is not taking this particular feeling lightly. Not even the sceptical remark of her close girlfriend, Diane, is able to dissuade her from paying attention to this ‘out-of-body’ experience. The more her mind seesaws from her…

Review Offer for Kindle Single Authors

Posted on February 2, 2013 7 Comments

Fellow WordPress authors, I know you are out there with your published Kindle Single seeking reviews and readers. I, too, have published a Kindle Single, Illimitable Beauty, and my friends who can read or review it, do not have Kindles, so can’t purchase from Amazon to write reviews. I just listened to a webinar that […]