inspiration, creative writing prompts, motivational quotes, poetry and gentle nagging on the creative writing life…
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where Continue reading Happy Fourth of July!
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James I’ll be back this hot summer afternoon with a blog post…or most likely tomorrow for the holiday!
“Then followed that beautiful season… Summer….Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscapeLay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.”Henry Wadsworth Longfellow No matter how old I am I feel like summer Continue reading The freshness of childhood
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Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. Author Unknown I don’t know where I first read about this but getting rid of 27 things a day for a period of time (9 days) has been Continue reading 27 Things A Day
To-day I think Only with scents, scents dead leaves yield, And bracken, and wild carrot’s seed, And the square mustard field; Odours that rise When the spade wounds the root of tree, Rose, currant, raspberry, or goutweed, Rhubarb or celery… Continue reading only with scents
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Langston Hughes We got home late last night from our long weekend away…it was relaxing and quiet Continue reading Let the rain kiss you.
This post brought to you by Whitney Farms. All opinions are 100% mine. “To be a successful farmer one must first know the nature of the soil.” Xenophon, Oeconomicus 400 B.C. This is a picture of one of my flower Continue reading Organic Plant Foods
My newest favorite postcard from Postcrossing and the Netherlands!