Image credit: Joshua Kettle @Unsplash Sitting in a cafe with a 1960s vibe, I listen to the jukebox playing rock and roll. My mind is on the maelstrom building outside the window. The shrewd person who doesn't cower from other's opinions recognizes bigger doesn't mean better, especially when it comes at a cost to the... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat's the best piece of advice you've ever received?View all responses My best friend was one of the few children in my neighborhood who had a father in the home. Mr. Bubba was a short, roly-poly man who was fierce and demanding. He ran his household so that everyone seemed to fear him,... Continue Reading →
Garden in Sintra, Portugal, June 2023 Open my eyes, Lord. Be a lamp unto my path. Shine in my darkness. Written for the RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #481: Lamp and Path.
Isaiah 43:10-13 You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,” and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWrite about your most epic baking or cooking fail.View all responses It was my new job's first Thanksgiving Day meal, and I signed up to bring a dessert. I baked a sweet potato pie. I used a frozen pie crust, but all the other ingredients were from scratch. I added all the ingredients,... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Joni Ludlow @ Unsplash Standing in the garden of the old English manor house, I had a vision of the people who had lived and loved here for centuries. I looked at the walls, and I thought of the joy this room's beauty must have given countless owners before the pain began to... Continue Reading →
Viewed in Paris, France, May 2023 When life seems empty, Think about how far you’ve come. Thank God for His love! Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #480: Love and Empty.
Daily writing promptShare a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.View all responses I was asked on my first date at age 13 or 14, the junior prom. My mother bought me a new dress, and my aunt served as make-up artist. I waited until well after the prom had started, but the... Continue Reading →
At the Rodin Museum in Paris, France, May 2023 Psalm 8: 3-5 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit[ him? For You have made him a little lower... Continue Reading →
The tycoons of industry and technology are Swaying the politics of our nations. They're blatherskites, the whole lot, As they spew lies and misinformation. It’s hard to be indifferent to what they say, Because the truth is becoming obsolete. They become wealthier every day, While their workers can’t afford to eat. Owning the news and... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 