Inspired by the long and winding road known as Highway 14 that follows the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge from the Maryhill Musuem to Vancouver, WA, and this week's Project Create.You can't tell time on this road.Your clocks stop working.Haven't you noticed? You can tell other things on this road: You can tell hawks, … Continue reading Time Less
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A moment of creation
Taken with the funky camera in my phone. Seems to speak for itself, as to why it's this week's Project Create.
Decide
This little poem is a kind of riff on a much more beautiful piece, called The Guest House (by Rumi). And it's this week's entry in Project Create. Today's guest is guilt; followed by shame, who will knock tomorrow. The only thing left is to decide, not each day or each week or each year But … Continue reading Decide
People are always telling me the craziest things.
This is based on a piece I wrote with my writing group a while ago. It caught my eye when I found it again, and seemed right for this possibly false start of spring (sixty degrees Farenheit here in Ellensburg today...) and for week ten of Project Create (click here). People Are Always Telling Me... … Continue reading People are always telling me the craziest things.
“closed forever.”
Looking through some photos I took in New Orleans last week... This sign is on a crypt in St. Louis Cemetery Number One, in the French Quarter in New Orleans, LA. It opened in 1789. Cemeteries in New Orleans are above ground, because much of the city is under sea level. They are sometimes referred … Continue reading “closed forever.”
“I think I’m sinking down…”
We all come to a crossroads sooner or later - that place in the middle of nowhere, where we sink to our knees and wait for the devil to come offer us something for our immortal souls. Like bluesman Robert Johnson, whose talent led to the myth (?) that he sold his soul to the … Continue reading “I think I’m sinking down…”
in my shoes/in your shoes
Here's the latest Project Create entry - a few lines inspired by an exhibit at the Museum of Culture and Environment at CWU. in my shoes/in your shoes: where i walk the red dirt outside his garage where the music is made the brick sidewalks i paced waiting for you the pavement under the tree … Continue reading in my shoes/in your shoes
Project create week 5…Sublime or ridiculous?
Here's a poem based on a prompt at my writing group in Seattle. The prompt was "from the sublime to the ridiculous." Many thanks, Nancy! 🙂 There's real Swiss dark chocolate. And then... there are M&M's. There's a pure white Lipizanner horse, dancing under a spotlight. And then... there's the farm mule hauling manure. There's … Continue reading Project create week 5…Sublime or ridiculous?
The Village in the snow
A little something inspired by the recent snow events... and this week's Project Create entry. The Village Grocery clerks keeping stores open Utility crews restoring power Snowplow drivers clearing streets, roads, highways Mail carriers delivering our messages Neighbors pushing cars out of snow and out of trouble Friends calling to see how we are after … Continue reading The Village in the snow
Project create week three: Never make your move too soon
Project Create Week Three: Another inspiration from my wonderful writing group. The challenge is to write as many haiku poems as you can in fifteen minutes. This is my favorite of the bunch, at least right now. If we'd left the train At any earlier stops We would have missed this. Tomorrow, my favorite … Continue reading Project create week three: Never make your move too soon
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