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Posted on June 9, 2013 12 Comments
Yesterday, nostalgia overcame me as I culled through my letters file, going back to the late eighties. I see how time has flown and wonder why we who used to share so much, so seldom speak or write today. Is it true that time is speeding up or that technology and distance make friends become […]
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 […]
Happy Mother’s Day Lucille – A Book Review
Posted on May 12, 2013 2 Comments
Who would believe that a cigarette smoking white woman with only an eighth grade education, five children, and more than twice divorced could plant the seeds for Vajrayana Buddhist practice in the United States? But it is true, a little known story related, in all of its mysticism and contradictions, in the book Luminous Sitting, […]
Ancient Trees – A Poem
Posted on May 5, 2013 10 Comments
ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com This poem speaks for itself and is appropriate for this spring time season. Enjoy. Ancient Trees Tall and strong you stood before Buddha turned the wheel of Dharma. You smiled in wisdom at the birth of Jesus. How many civilizations have faded into the ethers while you still endure? If you could walk men […]
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 […]
Spring Awakening – The Ghazal Series
Posted on April 28, 2013 8 Comments
The slow awakening of spring parallels an awakening in my life and maybe yours. Early morning sunrises, warm afternoons, colorful blooms help remove the dour days of winter. For some of us, like me, we are entering a new cycle, another move, another job, and most importantly publication of another book. So today, I’m sharing […]
Gingko Tree in the Iowa Sky – The Ghazal Series
Posted on April 21, 2013 3 Comments
Gingko Leaf painting by Joan Webster-Vore When my husband and I moved to Des Moines, Iowa in 2000, a tall, full leafed tree stood in front of our house, next to the street. The leaves had fluted, lace like edges and it was tall and elegant. But, months later small round fruit began to fall […]
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