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
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
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
Free writing is a great exercise and a little more challenging when the memory is involved. As mentioned in my last Free Write Friday post on the Childhood Gift, my childhood is very much a blur. During last week’s free writing exercise I couldn’t think of anything to share besides the bear story. Which is fine … More #FWF Reprise: Childhood Gift … The Arab Tent by Henry Landseer
A tougher challenge this week ~ at least for me. Here’s what Kellie Elmore has asked us to write about: “Write about your most memorable childhood gift. Was it a Christmas gift? A Birthday gift? Was it something you really wanted or was it a surprise that ended up holding a sentimental place in your … More Free Write Friday: Childhood Gift … Bear
The prompt at Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday this week is a title, and we’ve been asked to use one of the following offerings as inspiration: “Dandelion Season” “Phone Call at Midnight” “The Green Years” “The Human Zoo” “The Fires of Spring” “The Ivy Covered Gate” ~*~ A Phone Call At Midnight What good can come … More Free Write Friday: … Phone Call At Midnight
This week Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday prompt is an image. ” … tell me his story. By the way, his name is John.” ~*~ The Musician I’m told his name is John, but he actually prefers Jack. It’s what his mother called him. Not that he was a mama’s boy, but she had this idea … More #FWF Free Write Friday: Image Prompt … The Musician
Shedding Light on the Family Tree 