I’ve been waiting for K.M. to finish this book. And it’s more than I expected. Way more. Easy to read. Fun to read. Organized. It overflows with practical tools and tips for plotter and pantster alike. Just take a look at the table of contents. I mean, really, doesn’t it make you want to dig […]
Aunt Emma
Today Lisa Jo asks us to stop, drop, and write for five minutes on the word, “catch,” without worrying if what we write is right. GO! “Look! Penguins!” I was maybe four years old, and we were at the train station. Great-Aunt Emma had come from out of state for a visit. Sister Mary Lucinda. […]
Just an Ordinary Friday – Not!
It’s Five Minute Friday, and Lisa Jo is asking us to spring off the word, “ordinary.” Five minutes of free writing–no overthinking, no editing. And when you finish reading this, head over to taste some of the other offerings. READY! SET! GO! Just an ordinary Friday morning. We slept with the windows open, though. I […]
It Will Not End Up Here
How did I end up here wrapped in a circle of poets (I don’t even call myself a poet) where we showed up to taste peaches and wild grapes, to crush the flesh of nectarine and sing fig songs? How did I end up here in cedar-scented sacred breeze benched above a liquid mirror […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Tune His Praise
Fountains and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices, all ye living Souls. Ye birds, That singing up to Heaven–gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. ~John Milton, Paradise Lost The fountain at Laity Lodge
Mashed in the Making
I toast a sourdough muffin golden, two halves, and slather them with butter and mounds of strawberry freezer jam. I love the jeweled color of strawberries mashed in the making. Red to me is the color of hope. I steep a cup of Earl Grey Green, inhale the fragrance of bergamot, and settle at the […]
Centered on Joy
Sara is going home soon and continues to spill joy as she makes her final journey. “This week,” writes Lisa Jo, “is for Sara – taking the prompt from her life’s commitment – to choose joy, no matter the circumstances.” So the prompt is JOY. No editing, over thinking, or backtracking. GO! My feet ache with […]
What is Real?
Joining Lisa Jo again today for another Five Minute Friday, where we spill from the heart. What comes, comes. What spills, spills. No fixing allowed. Today’s prompt is in real life . . . GO! “What is real?” asked the Velveteen Rabbit. And the Skin Horse tells him it’s when someone loves you, really […]
Do You See It?
Do you see it? How He tosses His palette on the morning? How he swipes His rainbow hand across new canvas? How He outlines fine and brushes bold? How He mists fresh and rains grace on parched hearts? How He hides surprises within each painting? How He stamps the day with His thumbprint and presses […]
He Gives Rest
Writing bold for Lisa Jo. Five minutes flat. Unedited. GO! I loved my hummingbird feeder. The glass one painted with yellow sunflowers. It shattered in the sink. I bled. I bought a new one with perches. Where the birds can rest from their frantic flutter as they feed. I think they like it better. To […]
