In These Times July 2022
In These Times July 2022
The fist bump was heard around the world when President Biden visited Saudi Arabia.…
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The Gum-Gum Trees
The Gum-Gum Trees
This is a fairytale about three sister fairies introduced in Land of the Fairies before at…
In These Times – March 2022
In These Times - March 2022
How Did Life Begin? Today, we are so close to having the first black immigrant…
You’ve Published your Book – Congratulations!
You’ve Published your Book
Congratulations, you’ve published your book! You will soon realize the buck stops…
Waiting Poem
Waiting Poem
They're coming for you…
Those naughty dancing spirits
Invisibly parading all around you,
Waiting…
Song of Self
Song of Self
I live for politics, creative aspirations, and
Words that flow, At night my mind is chasing…
Romancing Ourselves
Romancing Ourselves
Physical closeness breeds frustration. There are always arguments between two unique…
In These Times December 2021
In These Times December 2021
"Advice from a sunflower: Be bright, sunny, and positive. Spread seeds of…
Introduction to Fairies
Introduction to Fairies
Since fairies go where humans go, even today they have been spotted from top to bottom,…
Happy Children Poem
Happy Children Poem
Are all-stars, curious jugs of sunshine,
their eyes metaphors of emptiness
and fullness…
Willawikki – The Land of Fairies
Willawikki
Chapter 1 Once upon a time, long ago, Tinker Bell talked Peter into visiting Willawikki, the Land…
The Color of Money
The Color of Money
Are you Dead-Broke, or Dying to Spend?
The Money Tree
Money, Money, Money. We all want it.…
Worldly Fears
Worldly Fears
Haters are just like Crickets; they make a lot of noise, you hear it, but you can't see them, then…
How Do We Say Goodbye?
How Do We Say Goodbye?
The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the…
Partnering with the Unknown
Partnering with the Unknown
I’m always struck at how magical and unexpected the process of partnering with the…
Does Color Matter?
Does Color Matter?
I summon my muses around 3:00 a.m. - when they are but shadows, neither white nor black;…
In These Times – 2021
In These Times - 2021
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present…
7 Senior Moments: How to Cope with the Aging Process
How to Cope with the Aging Process
Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly…
Prominent Marketing Tips for Writers
Marketing Tips for Writers
What makes a bad marketer? Being anti-social! To be successful, we must have…
911 In These Times – 2020
911 In These Times, 2020
Writers like me are continually searching for the flow of ideas that will get them…
Making Sense of Absurdity
Making Sense of Absurdity
Can you laugh today without feeling guilty? Feelings of guilt come and go, but it is…
A Budding Rose
A Budding Rose
If only I could back time,
When I was young, sexy, and selfish,
Living like Spring, rising at…
DNA: Your Best Friend and Worst Enemy
DNA: Your Best Friend and Worst Enemy: “Life is not the way it’s supposed to be; it’s the way it is. The way you…
In These Times – 2020
In These Times - 2020
Ralph Waldo Emerson warns us, “He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every…
Wasted Love and Poor Partnering Choices
Poor Partnering Choices
To the question "Are you happy?"...up to 99% of all would say…No. Here’s the thing –…
Circle of Life
Circle of Life
Ribbons, Bows, and Pink Lace
I am six, no ribbons, bows, or pink lace, only long curly locks…
The Widow’s Smile
The Widow's Smile
T’s amazing what a widow’s smile can hide. I know this to be true because I am a new widow.…
In These Times – 2019
In These Times - 2019
Most of us start our day sincerely interested in life, politics, the universe, and all its…
The Funny Thing about Writing
The Funny Thing about Writing
Frederick Franck, in Art as a Way, tells us “The point of practicing an art is…
In These Times – 2018
In These Times - 2018
God showed an angel his new specs for a woman:
He said, “Look, here – Angel,”
A woman…
Do You Feel Something is Missing?
Something is Missing
When we’re lonely and stuck in a box of “Only Ifs, Whys, and Why-Nots,” there is always a…
Pleasing Others Syndrome
Pleasing Others Syndrome
Have you ever suffered from the Cinderella Syndrome or Pleasing Others Syndrome? How…
Chasing Marie
Chasing Marie
While reading Chasing Marie, I feel like a detective analyzing clues and they come fast although the…
In These Times
In These Times
In These Times, most of us grew up believing that the more you sacrifice, the bigger the reward.…
Creativity Unseen
Creativity Unseen
I must admit the arrival of faith in love and its guidance in my life has been a gradual…
Love, Rhyme and Reason – Beginnings
The hardest thing for me as a grandmother writing about love, was to cut away all that is incidental and keep only…
Working at Love and Friendship
Working at Love and Friendship
Most of us want things to have calm and order in our lives, which is not always…
Learning to Love
Learning to Love
I finally grew into the person I was always meant to be in my forties. I found self-love by…
Birth a New You
Birth a New You
Laid Off? Take Time & Birth A New You When I was laid off years ago as a legal secretary…
Life is a Puzzle
Life is a Puzzle
The majesty of past years is not lost to us who know endings are about growth, change, and…
Marketing Tips for New Authors
Marketing Tips for New Authors
To make a difference, money must be spent. We are living in wicked hard times…
Is Love a Mental Disease?
Is Love a Mental Disease?
When falling in love, we feel something going pitter-patter and that is your heart…
You and Me, God
A riveting saga of a young girl’s walk with God during her early, formative, and adult years
The Whodoit of Politics
The Whodoit of Politics
Who of us loves a good mystery? A whodunit that keeps us turning pages or glued to our…
Generations of Women
Generations of Women
A kick here and there for my mom,
my daughters and me,
rivalry inscribed from birth to…
Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump: The Dark Side of Winning
The Dark Side of Winning
All of us, including Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, started off with the one real…
Who Strokes Your Ego?
Who Strokes Your Ego?
Do you want to be important for your own gratification or to please others? Do you want or…
Our Children, Our Future
I like to begin poetry by exploring phrases, I am...I am a poet...but then I think "What is a poet?"…
The Philosophy of Creative Writing 4
The Philosophy of Creative Writing 4
When contemplating art-making, some of us need a peaceful, quiet sanctuary…
The Philosophy of Creative Writing 3
The Philosophy of Creative Writing 3
Creative expression has always been at war with boredom and unhappiness…
Living History
Living History
Hilary Clinton's criterium for a good relationship, and I agree, is to make each other laugh. About…
The Philosophy of Creative Writing 2
The Philosophy of Creative Writing 2
Writing poetry, journals, and making art are wonderful and creative ways to…
The Philosophy of Creative Writing 1
The Philosophy of Creative Writing 1
There is nothing like using eBooks and the internet to acquire new ideas…
The Typist
The Typist
Yesterdays ago when spouting words of wisdom,
I managed to raise the vibrations all around me with…
A Poet’s Circle of Life
A Poet's Circle of Life
I am not always aware, at least on a conscious level, how much others drive my art.…
Living with Pain
Living with Pain: Life just isn't always what you want it to be. Acute or chronic pain can overwhelm your life day…
Do You Converse With Angels?
Angels are our behind-the-scenes team. They help us be who we were meant to be
Healing the Invisible 3
Healing the Invisible 3
Chances are if you have lost communication in the bedroom, you have probably lost touch…
Healing the Invisible 2
Healing the Invisible 2
When moving from one love to another, I wrote a lot of poetry about love such as…
Healing the Invisible 1
Healing the Invisible 1
Even with all its drawbacks, most would answer emphatically, “Yes! Love is astounding!”…
Secrets to Anti-Aging
Lucky for us baby-boomers, we’re all inspired beings and not quite like any other generation
We Need Humor to Bumper the Pain in Our Hearts
Each of us has a story of love and survival that is uniquely ours
The Alcoholic and his Enabler
Rotted gutting, pickled lips and blood shot eyes, violent limbs in the middle of sleep
The Best of Love
The Best of Love
‘Healing the Invisible’ is an excerpt from an eBook I’m working on, and a triumph of…
Chasing the Wrong Dreams
Chasing the Wrong Dreams
It took more than twenty years of failing, counseling, drug therapy, and electrical…
The Glass Dancer
Dancing with vulnerable glass quarried limbs, Blind mocking eyes cold as stone
Are You Open To Your Deepest Sensibilities?
I miss my mom and pops, but I’ve since had to learn to live without them
For my Mom and Daughters
A kick here and there for my Mom,
my daughters and me.
Rivalry inscribed from birth
to grave Sweet…
What Do You Use For Creative Expression?
What Do You Use For Creative Expression?
There is nothing like using eBooks and the Internet to acquire new…
For My Mom and My Daughters
For My Mom and My Daughters A kick here and there for my Mom,
My daughters and me.
Rivalry inscribed…
How to Create Spontaneous Images
How to Create Spontaneous Images
I learned to create many spontaneous images in Window's 'Paint,' starting out…
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Madonna and Baby Jesus...the supreme subject... Some call her Mary; others call her…
The River is Everywhere
I was born under a bridge, just feet from the Mississippi, the ghosts of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
The Art Of Grieving
The Art Of Grieving
When my mom died in my arms, just a couple of weeks earlier, I was lost in grief and began…
A Thousand Eyes
When twilight chases day,
Heavens twinkled with the delight
Of a thousand artists’ eyes
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: The New York Times tells us that, “After hearing testimony for nearly three…
To President Obama and the Republicans
Obama and the Republicans
Warriors who, when they look at you, hope you have been seen. When they listen, you…
Psychotherapy: The Need to Knead
Psychotherapy: The Need to Knead
Kneading clay is pure therapy; not only for our souls but also for our tired…
Looking For Self-Love In All The Wrong Places
Looking For Self-Love In All The Wrong Places
When I was a young single mother, I remember wearing too much…
A Timely Poem
A Timely Poem
There’s never enough time,
Wanting you or not,
I’ve solaced myself,
Waiting for buses on…
Racial Disparities: Is There Hope for America?
Racial Disparities
I am a senior citizen and it is both a blessing and a curse to feel everything so deeply.…
Who Can You Really Control?
Who Can You Really Control?
“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just…
Turning Passion into Purpose
Contrary to popular opinion, there is no such thing as multitasking
Finding Love in Human Nature
Evolution favors us, but compared to man, We’re built inside out and upside down with an ugly face
Freeing our Minds for Creative Thoughts
Freeing our Minds for Creative Thoughts
What is Creative Expression to YOU? Exploring creativity and creative…
Racial Disparities: Is There Hope for Ferguson?
Hope for Ferguson: There are two kinds of people in this world, people who know your name and people who do…
Surviving Depression Together
Surviving Depression Together
A saying for those of us who suffer from chronic Depression: Sticks and stones may…
Speaking Up With Your Hands – Seven Tips for Introverts
Speaking Up With Your Hands
“What the hands say is often louder than words!”
~ Joe Navarro, M.A. Go…
Loving the Fates
Loving the Fates
I think personally that all beings are most probably designed in God’s image, with a sense of…