Although this deadline isn’t until the end of April 2010, put it on your calendar! With no fee to enter and cash prizes you have four months to polish your nature poems.
Month: December 2009
Live on Good Soup and Words
“I live on good soup, not on fine words.” Moliere Many cultures start the new year by eating lentils or black eye peas, symbols of prosperity and good luck. Here’s my recipe for a Greek style lentil soup to start your new year out right. Two books are on my reading list this week: Wabi… Continue reading Live on Good Soup and Words
The New Year is Almost Here!
“The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!” Edward Payson Powell New Year’s Day is definitely one of my favorite days, a new year means new opportunities and… Continue reading The New Year is Almost Here!
Words Overflown By Stars
Winter at the Zoo
Giraffe Cam at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Refresh the page.
But Like Of Each Thing That in Season Grows
“At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows.” William Shakespeare So what Shakespeare is really saying is he’s dreaming of a white Christmas? I don’t know if we will have one here. With four days of snow and… Continue reading But Like Of Each Thing That in Season Grows
Need More Brain Cells?
Now you can just buy them… Thanks to Yvonne for pointing me in this direction! Aren’t they cute? I found out yesterday I passed my Progress Review for school with my 18 page science paper on feeding and walking the muse. This is my very condensed article on what I learned, most likely I’ll be… Continue reading Need More Brain Cells?
Music in Nature
Yesterday morning I sent in a entry for Poetic Shutterbug’s Music in Nature’s Contest, this morning I was very pleased to read that I won an honorable mention. Read the winning poems here. Thanks to Joanne for the fun contest!
Breast Cancer Awareness
Now that this video has had over 4,000,000 hits, the company that makes the pink gloves is donating money for women who can’t afford mammograms. Good job Portland St. Vincent Hospital! Down Generation Pink Vinyl Powder-Free Exam Gloves
Christmas Song Traditions
I’ve just made posting this song my blogs Christmas tradition. What Christmas songs make you melancholy for spiced cider, hanging stockings, falling snow, Christmas lights, fir trees,writing Christmas cards, snowmen, and celebrating the season? Christmas Songs