Tag: environment

EARTH DAY AND SHARING

SHARE YOUR WORLD & BE KIND TO EARTH! 4-26-2022 With all of the mess going on across the world, I still think trying to get our planet healthy -- for us -- should be our number one priority. It isn't number one. I don't even think it is really on the list. It's theoretically on … Continue reading EARTH DAY AND SHARING

HATRED LURKS

Married as I am to a Brown Man, potential threats are always near. When we went to New Orleans for my 50th birthday, I had to call the hotel and ask if our mixed races would be a problem. I told her to please be honest. I wanted a vacation, not an "incident." She finally … Continue reading HATRED LURKS

HATRED LURKS

Married as I am to a Brown Man, potential threats are always near. When we went to New Orleans for my 50th birthday, I had to call the hotel and ask if our mixed races would be a problem. I told her to please be honest. I wanted a vacation, not an "incident." She finally … Continue reading HATRED LURKS

EARTH DAY AND SHARING

SHARE YOUR WORLD & BE KIND TO EARTH! 4-26-2022 With all of the mess going on across the world, I still think trying to get our planet healthy -- for us -- should be our number one priority. It isn't number one. I don't even think it is really on the list. It's theoretically on … Continue reading EARTH DAY AND SHARING

TEMPER, TEMPER! – Marilyn Armstrong

"Temper, temper!" That's what grownups used to say to us when we got angry about whatever it was about which they weren't angry. I don't think people say it anymore. There are so many things to get angry about. I think I'm more puzzled by people who don't have a temper and seem to think … Continue reading TEMPER, TEMPER! – Marilyn Armstrong

TECHNOLOGICALLY UNTETHERED

Writing Space - Where do you produce your best writing — at your desk, on your phone, at a noisy café? Tell us how the environment affects your creativity. If you'd asked this question a year ago, I would have said "my office," because that was where I did everything. These days, I do everything on … Continue reading TECHNOLOGICALLY UNTETHERED

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SATURATED – GARDENS

Nothing says color like flowers. From wild to cultivated to hothouse, every color of the rainbow and many the rainbow never thought of are captured in flowers. Rich in scent, evocative, alive. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated (dailypost.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated - Green Waters (teepee12.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated - EXCEPTIONALLY BLUE (teepee12.com) … Continue reading WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SATURATED – GARDENS

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SATURATED – RED ON WHITE

As bright as is the autumn, winter is intensely white. A monochromatic world where the intensity of the whiteness makes any other color jump out at you. As does this red barn on a fresh white snowy field. Hadley, Massachusetts. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated (dailypost.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated (windagainstcurrent.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: … Continue reading WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SATURATED – RED ON WHITE

CLASSIC POGO – Walt Kelly

Weekly Writing Challenge: Dialogue – Country Tale

"You're from the city," said the guy in the overalls. He was crouched under the sink in the bathroom, quite a feat for such a big guy. At the moment, he was paused ... meaningfully. I knew I was going to feel like a fool the moment he started talking. "Never had a well before?" … Continue reading Weekly Writing Challenge: Dialogue – Country Tale