Dear Reader, If you were sitting around a dinner table and someone asked you to tell a story and engage us with all 5 senses, what would you tell? Context: In a Speaker Nation session this month, our prompt was to” tell a 3-minute story which engaged sight, sounds, touch, taste, and smell.” I time-traveled … More The Five Senses on Sea Turtle Patrol
May: subluxed right shoulder.June: torn right gluteus mediuswith six to eight-week recovery. These are not the firstcorporeal and energeticsigns of being super bendyand overextended. It is time to replaceeffort with ease,effort with receptivity. Rest, strengthen, stabilizeOutside and inside. The body as a vehicle for learning.I am listening now. Attributions: Italicized words are quotes from A … More What is the Message?
What words of a loved one echo in your mind often? This month marks nine years since dad left his body. I saw him in a dream recently. We were in his welding shop out behind the house. The wood stove was warming up the space. Before us was a large boat frame that he … More Welder’s Daughter
The Wisconsin snowbirds’ skin was a leathery Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle-like texture. They had deep tans, a patina from years outdoors poolside coaching swim teams. They must have spent hours gliding through the water, arms alternating strokes with a steady rhythm as sure as a metronome beat. They were beautiful. Their upright movement on land … More Poolside Patina
We said goodbye to our beloved 15 year old mighty mouser, Clover, last Tuesday. Clover was found on the west side streets of Pensacola, Florida around 2007 and fit in the palm of a human hand. The Watts family nurtured her into an 8 pound, strong feline companion who bossed around her canine Lab and … More Clover, Small and Mighty
Don’t let your silly dreams Fall in between The crack of the bed and the wall -My Morning Jacket, Bermuda Highway Outside of work, within the span of a week I happily responded to requests of 3 friends to proofread their creations: a cover letter and two short stories. These are experienced writers/editors. My husband … More My Bermuda Highway…and yours
Lake swimming, Shucking free our deadened selves, Like snakes and corn do, Our bodies tore off swimming suits, And all the old notions… Laura Veirs, Lake Swimming from Year of Meteors On a warm afternoon in south Alabama I walked barefoot up the west side of our pasture along the fence shaded by grand live … More Like Snakes & Corn Do
I was in the passenger seat blazing north at 75 miles per hour on I-95 somewhere between south Florida & Gainesville when I first read about the practice of the 3 words via a newsletter from Chris Brogan. At time of my first go at it December 2019 I had set big life changes in motion. … More My one word for 2022
Here is the lesson I learned from my 1st job. What is yours? I am 14 years old & it is the last day of my summer job at the J Farm in South Alabama. I am grateful to be here, proud to be working hard all summer, harvesting corn, washing vegetables, filling the bins, … More Rise & Shine: Down on the Farm
This is post 2 of a 30-day WriteStreak challenge. Do you & your best friend or family have a salient catch phrase or code word? One that you can drop which evokes laughter or serves as a mooring, a healthy reminder? When I was in my mid-to-late 20’s & living in Atlanta, I had a … More It’s Just a Turkey
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