Today is the first day I've written outside since last summer, early fall. As my finger tips click-clack keys, a gentle wind brushes my hair out of my face. The melodious wind chime I put up a few years ago bats about in the breeze, sending joyful notes into the bright blue expanse. Birds chitter …
From Merriam-Webster Dictionary adjective (TER-bid) 1. thick or opaque with or as with roiled sediment 2. heavy with smoke or mist 3. deficient in clarity or purity: foul, muddy 4. characterized by or producing obscurity (as of mind or emotions) Don't mistake turbid for turgid (which means swollen or distended, or over blown, pompous, bombmastic). …
Can’t stop, won’t stop with these six word stories. I’ve written about a hundred since I learned about them. Below are some of my favorites: You knew, you knew, you knew. I will never have biological children. Frozen ground, no sympathy, no sound. This experience, my body has carried Falling, falling, felt like flying first. …
Malcolm and I went to the sand dunes last week. We took the dogs and let Attie and Rosie run around the ever moving hills. Each step sank into the sand, welcoming our feet a little too kindly. Malcolm took some artsy photos for his album he’s working on. I didn’t dress warm enough. I …
Whenever I get stressed out, my perfectionism sky rockets. Which is the worst time to experience this. Throughout school, I was a giant perfectionist who got about three hours of sleep each night because of the many, many clubs and activities I was involved in. Straight A student, all AP classes, drum major, English Honor …
As I was poking around in the WordPress Reader, I found several bloggers who post six word stories. I've done these before as a writing exercise, but the ones I read were so poignant, so heartbreaking. In the interest of learning economy of language, I will post these from time to time as well. I'd …
It snowed about 7 inches last night, and it's still coming down. We had a two day reprieve from the cold with spring-like temperatures and a plethora of sunshine which got me dreaming of spring and all of our fruit trees blossoming. These are apple blossoms from one of our three apple trees. They start …
Kismet - Noun - (kiz-met): Fate Example from my writing: "She felt like she was falling into Ophelia’s orbit, like kismet." This is one of my favorite words, and I use it frequently. It's a cousin to another word I love and relish: serendipity. Ugh, luscious, right? How will you use kismet this week? xMaegan
In my recent post about thrifting, I mentioned glasses that I also purchased with Julie London’s record at my local thrift hot spot. I am writing about these for two reasons: 1. I am in love with them 2. I can’t tell if these are glass or plastic. At the top they feel like plastic, …
*This was originally published in December 2019. Someone recently asked me for blogging advice, so I’m reposting this. I’ll write more about this in a later post. Since I began actually sharing my blog with my friends and family, several people said they want to start blogs. I like to think I'm inspiring (ironic hair …
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