Tag: poetry
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Love Nature More (30 Days of Gratitude: Day 5)
I usually do not condone graffiti, but have to admit this inscription on a large rock brought a smile to our faces as my friends and I walked along Lake Superior’s Brighton Beach. Lord Byron’s words are fitting, given the fury Lake Superior unleashed just over a week ago, rearranging the shoreline and man-made paths.…
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Do Not Hurry the Journey (Weekly Photo Challenge: Half-Light)
Remembering to enjoy the journey, rather than missing the joys along the way because of a focus on the destination, is a constant struggle. C.P. Cavafy’s poem “Ithaka” reminds us in the most lyrical way that what fills our spirits during our lives are all those journeys connected together, making up the memories we treasure. Keep Ithaka…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV
The penny is an underappreciated piece of currency. Undervalued, taken for granted, often discarded! But, for college-bound high school seniors, every penny begins to count as they look toward college costs. Shifting from the idea of fun pocket change to funding education — one’s point of view, and stage in life, makes all the difference.…
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Preparing for the Rainbow Bridge
I heard the tell-tale “thump, thump, thump” and went downstairs to find our oldest black lab sprawled out at the bottom of the carpeted steps. I helped him up, and with assistance he made it upstairs to his favorite daytime napping spot. Kruger was diagnosed with lymphoma a couple of weeks ago. He is on…
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Teen in the Kitchen: Pear Bread and Poetry
The wind is howling, snow is blowing, and the house fills with the aroma of baking bread in the oven and chili on the stove top. The men of the house are in the kitchen! My 17-year-old son is putting on a repeat performance of his pear bread that he baked a couple of weeks…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 