A girl after my own heart! (This image is so full of meaning for me I hardly know where to begin.) ~*~ There are no coincidences. This is something in which I have firmly believed for some time. For good, or ill, life gives us what we need to learn and develop as spiritual beings … More #FWF: Spirit Bear
~*~ Gratitude Where there is no gratitude, There is only the absence of gratitude; An empty soul. If we cannot be grateful We cannot acknowledge The bounty there is in the world And the heart of Love That creates it. If we have no gratitude We cut ourselves off From all that is good And … More #Free Write Friday: Gratitude
Traces of Them We are admonished by some that history belongs in the past. And perhaps it does. I’m here to offer, however, that we ignore history at our peril, especially as it pertains to our family. The people who preceded us were shaped by world events and their experiences. How they were shaped, shapes … More Traces of Them; Traces of Me
Music moves me every day. Sometimes in subtle ways; sometimes the emotion of it is almost more than I can hold. It depends on the day … and on the piece of music. The Weekly Writing Challenge has asked us to write about being moved by music. This is a challenge for me as much … More Weekly Writing Challenge: Moved by Music … The Music in Me
Here is today’s prompt, courtesy of Kelley Rose, for Free Write Friday: ” … what was that pivotal moment for you [in your life], and most importantly, how did it change you?” ~*~ Interestingly, I addressed this at great length in my last post ~ A Life Unravelled. If I have to zero in on one … More #FWF: Life Changers … My Sarajevo
It’s Free Write Friday (okay, I’m a couple of days late). Time, once again, to let loose the imagination. Here’s the prompt … Here’s my response … The Dark Place What fun To step into the dark For just a Moment. To sense with open Mind and heart Another world unfamiliar. Through the veil of my Fear … More Do you fear the dark place?
Another opportunity to hone my free writing chops courtesy of Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday, this week ably hosted by Mark Schutter. Here’s the prompt: VegaStar Carpentier captured this image of a Hunter’s Moon from Paris, France on Oct. 30, 2012 using a Canon EOS 1000D. October’s Full Moon is called the “Hunter’s Moon” or … More #FWF Free Write Friday: Blood Moon
When we embark on our healing journey it’s a bold step. We are energized by the idea that with appropriate professional help we can wrap our past up in a neat little package and fire it off into a universe where we need never meet up with it again. And perhaps if we did not … More Broken Record
From: Dear Me: A Collection of Letters Addressed to Various Aspects of My Self … ©Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2013 ~*~ The fourth in a series of letters addressed to my critical Self. The date is the actual date it was written as a free writing, and freeing, exercise. July 11, 1013 Dear Critical One ~ Why is … More Dear Critical One: The Fourth Letter in a Series …
It’s Free Write Friday and this week Kellie Elmore has issued a word bank challenge. Deposited in the bank this week are: foliage – amber – wicker – aroma – sweater – cocoa And here’s my free write ramble, lightly edited … The Season of Senses Mirabel stepped off the front porch step to the … More Free Write Friday: Fall Word Bank … The Season of Senses
Shedding Light on the Family Tree 