31 Reasons I Love October-Day 9
“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.”Elizabeth Lawrence
The Courage to Create
“Another word for creativity is courage” Having a blog and regularly posting your words or art takes a lot of courage. For many writers and artists it is their first step in “putting it out there”. One of the blogs Continue reading The Courage to Create
31 Reasons I Love October-Day 8
“We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins; but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history”Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journaling for a full day-A day in your life
Today, set yourself up to journal the entire day tomorrow. That means having a pen and paper ready right when you wake up to record any thoughts or dreams. And continuing on through the day not missing any detail, conversation, Continue reading Journaling for a full day-A day in your life
Happy Birthday Karen!
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”Abraham Lincoln
31 Reasons I Love October-Day 7
“The morns are meeker than they were,The nuts are getting brown;The berry’s cheek is plumper,The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf,The field a scarlet gown.Lest I should be old-fashioned,I’ll put a trinket on.”– Emily Dickinson, Continue reading 31 Reasons I Love October-Day 7
I Remember
“Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.”Kevin Arnold In several poetry workshops and in many craft books on poetry Joe Brainard’s book I Remember Continue reading I Remember
31 Reasons I Love October-Day 6
“Youth is like spring, an over-praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.”– Samuel Butler
31 Reasons I Love October-Day 5
“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
31 Reasons I Love October-Day 4
“I saw old Autumn in the misty mornStand, shadowless like Silence, listeningTo Silence.”– Thomas Hood