Month: October 2010

Be Bruised in a New Place

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse!  As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position, and be bruised in a new place. Washington Irving What will you change this week even if it’s uncomfortable? How… Continue reading Be Bruised in a New Place

Autumn vignettes

“I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand, shadowless like Silence, listening To Silence.”  Thomas Hood This week Colorado is really showing her colors and everywhere I look is beauty. There is a dusting of snow on Pikes Peak viewed through leaves of sun dappled Aspen and oak.  The garden is dying off; the… Continue reading Autumn vignettes

Ghost Haiku

I just found out my haiku was chosen for the weekly $25 Tattered Cover gift card prize in The Denver Post. While I don’t normally write a 5-7-5 haiku this was an fun contest to enter! And it was even more fun to win. Lovingly, The Writing Nag

Letting go of stuff

Tonight Hoarding: Buried Alive is on TLC.  If you haven’t seen it it can be disturbing to watch. It’s obvious to me that hoarding is an obsessive compulsive disorder because I can’t imagine how anyone could live with so much stuff, filth and cluttered chaos in their life unless they had no control over it.… Continue reading Letting go of stuff

Get off the couch and Move!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of PlayStation MOVE. All opinions are 100% mine. While I’m certainly not at the level where companies are sending me products to try I certainly wish I was when I came across this website. Motion gaming is evolving and PlayStation®Move is on the cutting edge with… Continue reading Get off the couch and Move!

Autumn was beginning…

“The stream was running higher than usual because of the rain. The current was strong and the water turbulent, carrying leaves and twigs that had fallen from the trees. Autumn was beginning. The big horse-chestnut tree was bearing its fruit rounded spiky capsules that carried the deep brown conkers that Mandy loved to collect. A… Continue reading Autumn was beginning…

Wow website for artists and cooks!

Stumbled across this amazing site! Wow! While I may be talented in other ways I wish that I could draw. Talented artists and illustrators draw recipes.