do not wait until
Christmas Eve to go gift shop
your mother was right~
your luck has run out
I planned and finished my list
and you had one job
she shakes a finger
from her buffet in Heaven
bites into dessert
Last-Minute Shopper
Fitz to the Vet
calm Christmas morning
all is calm, slant of sunlight
visiting the vet
Happy Thanksgiving!
Plymouth Rock is a
solid landmark reminder
of new beginnings
I wish you a reflective Thanksgiving with your family today ~ moments of deep thought to consider all that we have and time to be grateful for it. On days like this, where I have all the morning to write and a travel post from yesterday waiting to be shared, it seems I need the reflective rock time more than the writing today.
Perhaps you’d like to ponder on it today as well. Look closely – – at one time, it was broken. It has been mended. And it holds messages here for people, for hearts, for families, for nations.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Our NCTE Presentation
we wrote, laughed, shared, cried,
listened, commented, questioned,
connected, embraced
the most important
thing we did in our session:
we accepted us
November 19: Always Looking for the Next Book
Book Fever Haiku
The Serviceberry
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
releases today ~
her first book, Braiding
Sweetgrass, was a game changer
I’ll savor the next!
I’m hoping the electronic copy of her new book is accessible early today. I’ll download it and read it on the plane to NCTE. It’ll be an inspiring read, and one I’m looking forward to diving into. Braiding Sweetgrass created a seismic shift in my thinking of the differences between cost, value, and worth and the provisioning cycles of nature. I see the life of a tree in a wooden table, and I honor the life of the tree. I feel immense gratitude for the gifts of nature ~ the earth’s gifts ~ that sustain us as we live and eat. The Native Americans have long had it right. This is all one big web, an interconnected planet with water, air, fish, animals, plants, and more ~ and each strand of it is dependent upon the other. If ever there is a time for emphasis on preserving land and the cleanness of earth and her oceans and streams, it is now. Our future generations depend upon it.
Today is Day 4 of the November Open Write, and Emily from Maine inspires us to write poems about the best and worst of ourselves using acrostics and reminding readers we are still who we are. Come join us! As always, please enjoy reading the poems at http://www.ethicalela.com by clicking on the November Open Write link.
Knowing Kim
At my best, I’m
Kindle-reading with dogs piled in my lap by the fire on the farm
Inspired by writing and all things hygge
Making a travel itinerary and looking forward to coming home
At my worst, I’m
Karaoke singing
In trouble again
Making a mess
But I’m always Kim.
If you have any book recommendations for my book club, please share them in the comments. We are searching for a great December read – quite possibly a Christmas classic. What do you recommend?
To Apple Watch or Not to Apple Watch?
that is the question:
is this watch worth all the hype?
some say yes, some no
perhaps it’s purpose
that I have to determine:
I want to know time
I need to count steps
pinging my phone, a bonus
but the distractions?
I don’t want to be
ever-accessible me
with constant dinging
help me, somebody
I need recommendations
not the “paid reviews”
Resist
never eat a free
Mexican taste testing lunch
of new recipes
and think you’ll get a
good night’s sleep because you won’t
(neither will your spouse)
Ode to Change: Day 2 of October’s Open Write
Our host for Day 2 of the October Open Write is a group of students at Aquinas College in Michigan, inspiring us today to write odes to change. Stefani Boutelier, an instructor at AC, leads them in their prompt offering today, which you can read in its entirety here.
Ode to Letting Go in Chained Haiku
the leaves show us how
on our morning driveway walks
straight into the sun
how to let things go
bidding the branches goodbye
flitting to forest
floor beneath, seeking,
stirring, gathering in groups
with others who’ve held
onto things for far
too long to know weightlessness
untethered freedom
to roll on gentle
breeze to take to bright blue skies
on blustery gusts
to change their small view
and see the whole world anew. ~
a new perspective
time to see the vet
see it in his eyes?
Boo Radley doesn’t feel well
time to see the vet
up all night: coughing
hacking up white foamy phlegm
time to see the vet
didn’t have jeans time
skipped his loving during socks
and his morning treat
time to see the vet
I’m worried for him this time
see it in his eyes?
On Our Walk
on this crisp, cold morn
I take the dogs on a walk
into the sunrise
just the beginning
of the changing of the leaves
brings joy to my heart!
a country sunrise ~
its beauty is breathtaking
Common Threads 