All my life

Today is Ash Wednesday AND Valentine’s Day. It is a sacrifice and love kind of day. Perhaps, a day to do some good. It has also been one week since I celebrated a significant birthday. On that day and this, a song is on my mind, or maybe it’s in my heart. Now, I am…

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Confessions of an Overachiever

My trainer said, “Here’s a suggestion. Don’t write everyday.” I think my brain sighed and my body said this is truth. My soul said a quiet hallelujah. Lately, I’ve been on a journey. It’s one of figuring out what my body needs and how I can find rest. I just finished reading a book called…

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Limerick

Poem 3, August 10, 2023 Limericks are supposed to be funny and absurd. They can also be bawdy tales that are are not fit to print. A limerick is a five-line poem that rhymes. It’s an AABBA pattern, meaning the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme and the third and fourth lines rhyme. Yet, I…

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Grace for Me

Poem 2, August 9, 2023 This poem is a quatrain or four-line stanza followed by a tercet or three-line stanza. It doesn’t rhyme. I am having trouble trying to define this one and cannot really do it. I can tell what it’s not: ode, elegy, free verse, sonnet, limerick. Let’s just say it a smash…

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My to-read list

Goodreads has been my go to social media for a while. It’s shows what’s new, tells me what my friends are reading, and highlights authors I follow. I stalk it more than Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. It’s a joy to see what my friends are reading, what they’re highlighting on kindle, and aspire too. Usually,…

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Good things are good things

Everyone likes good things. From warm cookies and hot coffee to special finds. From a cause that’s doing some good for a troubled world to a nice hand lotion. Introducing a new blog that will roundup all the good things in life and share them with you.I’ll connect you with good causes, good gifts, good…

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