Poem to a Four Word Prompt
Last weekend, during a women’s “Wintry Mix” art retreat, we studied the element fire. We drew four slips of paper from a paper bag as it was passed around. Mine read: bonfire campfire passion comfort I wrote
Stand Alone
Prompt: 5 minutes "Stand Alone" Stand Alone Stand alone. On your own two feet. See what you can do without any others to stop you, to help you, to harm you, to interfere, to suggest other ways. What does your heart say? What is your heart saying to you? Stand alone. You already do stand
Finding My Wheels
Right before Christmas, I spontaneously answered an appeal from an organization I’ve been a part of since 1991. They’ve changed their name in an effort to reposition the invisible malady we share. The idea was to spread the word about ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) by asking ten people to donate twelve dollars each to
Blessed by the Life and Legacy of Dr. Maya Angelou
I just finished watching the two-hour Memorial Service for the esteemed Dr. Maya Angelou held at Wake Forest University, thanks to our Time Warner Cable local TV station (Channel 14). I was recording it, planning to go up to the local Wake Forest (the town, not the university) Farmer's Market, but I could not tear
Six Weeks
In six weeks, I’ll be a grandmother, and I don’t really know what to think about that. Everyone says, “Congratulations! It’s so much fun being a grandmother! Bet you can’t wait to get your hands on that baby!” I do love babies. I consider “the nurturing mother” my strongest archetype. Yet for some reason, the
FYI (if you’re a teenage girl)
I'm "Pressing" this, meaning I did not write this post, but I do think it is interesting reading, especially for parents of teenagers. Those years can be rough - for parents of both teenage sons AND daughters. My heart goes out to all of you, including those teenagers trying desperately to figure out who they
Gratitude
My new writer friend, Dani, just started a blog - yea! Her words often speak my heart as well. Enjoy this amazing "new" writer! Love to you, Dani! Ginny :) Gratitude.
“Shared Thoughts”
Prompt: "shared thoughts" 10 minutes. Go! Shared Thoughts Sometimes I just can't help but share my thoughts, words exploding from my mouth like hot lava before I even realize what I've said. Can't exactly stuff that lava back inside the volcano. No. Thoughts are out now. And so the argument begins. Sometimes I just can't
It’s the night…
It's the night before the PET scan that will reveal whether the 9.4 mm "lesion" on my brain is anything to worry about or not. Obviously I'm glad to have some answer as to why I've had such increasingly frequent and debilitating headaches, especially during the past 6 weeks, complete with nausea and pretty much