Category Archives: Love
National Poetry Month – Day 28: Unrequited #3
As I mentioned in my Day 16 haiku post, before the end of National Poetry Month, I would post a haiku for each of the three men in my life who I consider the “Unrequiteds” in my memoir-in-progress. I’ll admit, … Continue reading
National Poetry Month – Day 25: Unrequited #2
In my Day 16 post, Unrequited #1, I said I would attempt to also write haikus for the remaining two men in my memoir-in-progress, tentatively named Unrequited #2 & Unrequited #3. But tonight, it occurred to me that I only … Continue reading
National Poetry Month – Day 20: Que Sera
Maybe it’s a kind of wisdom that comes with age, because over the years, most of what I’ve worried about didn’t come to be. Or, maybe it’s the song my mom used to sing to us when we were children, … Continue reading
National Poetry Month – Day 19: Blue
One of my favorite websites is The Marginalian. Today, I read a post title “Is This Blue: Chilean Philosophers Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela on Love and How We Know the World.” Reading Maria Popova’s post inspired the haiku for … Continue reading
National Poetry Month – Day 16: Unrequited #1
In today’s post, I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone: So, here’s Unrequited #1’s haiku. To make a very long story short, it began as a first love and ended, (or, more appropriately, it became “unrequited”) when my … Continue reading
Memoir-in-Progress: Unrequited
In previous posts, I’ve talked about the challenges of writing a memoir, but more specifically, the fear associated with publishing it. I also mentioned that I would take “baby-steps” by blogging about the memoir, first of all to see what … Continue reading
Memoir Tidbit #1 – Kiss Me Much
Funny how working on a memoir can trigger memories. It’s as if writing about my life events fertilizes the soil of my soul, opening my mind and heart to stimuli that brings new memories to bloom. With the first notes … Continue reading
Tiny Assassins
Today, I’m sad that Charlie Kirk, a young man who was a father and a husband, was shot and killed solely because someone didn’t like what he said. I edited out the second half of that sentence because as of … Continue reading
Day 23: Homecoming
Last weekend, we attended the Avon Lake High School Homecoming Parade. I love this supportive little community. Not only did the high school participate, so did the elementary and middle schools, dance squads, the police and fire departments, Boy Scouts, … Continue reading
Day 19: Virtue Vignette – Transcendence
Steve has an old, well-worn, multi-Post-It-notated book called Character Strengths and Virtues by Christopher Peterson and Martin E.P. Seligman. It may be a book written primarily for those studying psychology or social work, but to a writer, it’s an interesting … Continue reading
