A More Positive Perspective (2021)

Journeys (#AtoZChallenge)

May 8, 2021 | Travel

As restrictions ease, bit by bit, dipping my toes back in the water.

Fun with Instagram! #30DaysShowVSTell (#AtoZChallenge)

May 8, 2021 | Creativity & Inspiration, Visual Arts

I’m beginning to (grudgingly) see the distracting fun and popularity of Instagram.

Honesty – #AtoZChallenge

Apr 13, 2021 | Creativity & Inspiration, Fiction

Ask my kids, “What’s the one thing that’ll make your mom really angry?” They’ll tell you: Dishonesty.

Genre – #AtoZChallenge

Apr 11, 2021 | Creativity & Inspiration

What genre do I write? You figure it out.

Freedom – #AtoZChallenge

Apr 9, 2021 | Creativity & Inspiration

To be really free is to decide to be.

Enclave – #AtoZChallenge

Apr 7, 2021 | Creativity & Inspiration

A little tour of “my writing space.”

Subscription Drive – #AtoZChallenge

Apr 5, 2021 | No-Niche Posts

I like knowing I’m writing for more than 5 people… 🙂

Speak Truth (Cinq Cinquains) – #AtoZChallenge

Apr 4, 2021 | Creativity & Inspiration

A form of writer’s block is reluctance to dig deep and face essential, emotional truths. Form (as in poetry) can provide a scaffold for the words, but can be used as an excuse to avoid deeper truths if we’re not careful.

Broken Things – #AtoZChallenge

Apr 2, 2021 | Creativity & Inspiration

We hold on, against inevitability… the latest in a series of poems about “broken things.”

Social Compost (an Abecedarian Poem) #AtoZChallenge

Apr 1, 2021 | Creativity & Inspiration

“The abecedarian is an ancient poetic form guided by alphabetical order. Generally each line or stanza begins with the first letter of the alphabet and is followed by the successive letter, until the final letter is reached.” (From https://poets.org/glossary/abecedarian)

Life, Uplifting

Mar 11, 2021 | Nature & My Gardens

I’m Confused by Facebook’s “Fact Checkers”

Feb 23, 2021 | Op-Ed

I do appreciate friends who keep me honest on those rare occasions when I post utter rubbish on Facebook. It happens to us all, sometimes, assuming we’re breathing. This wasn’t one of those times.