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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

a poem of sea life

Came across this as I was going through old files... It may have appeared here before. Odd formatting... don't ask me! Octopus Lurking loosely,blobbishly unrolling, your enormous bulbous　head a-lolling, with a kind of neckless grace as you come pouring down the face of rocky coves and coral caves... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Who do you write for?

Do you find you write more when you have an audience? Does having that audience inspire you? Does it pressure you? Who is your best audience? Who do you want to write for? Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

5000 years from now...

what will have mattered? In a century, in a decade... what of today's experience and choice will have been significant? I look forward to your ideas, while I think on this, too. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 14, 2011

photo prompt: the Brew House

http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/sets/72157626053902380/ What do you think? What do you feel? Do you imagine a story? Sense a poem coming on? Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 24, 2011

What you've got is what you want

Even in the midst of griping that I haven't got what I want in life, I have to admit, that what I have, I wanted more than what I'm griping about. It is so easy to look at things from the negative-- I don't want... to be alone, to be broke, to be hungry, to be... whatever. But that isn't much use,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Prompt: The Best Gift Ever

The best gift my second daughter ever gave me was a few paragraphs she wrote and posted in her LiveJournal for the world to see, a tribute to the better things I have been as a mom, and as the person she perceives in me. As parents, so rarely are we sure we got it right... It moved me so much, to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Prompt: Creative Space

You are working on a project... someone comes in and is interested... So interested that they are simply full of helpful suggestions and ideas! How does that make you feel? What is your reaction to that so helpful person? What is their reaction to your reaction? Where do you draw the line between... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

prompt: IQ, EQ...

Today I wrote on my Universe blog something about an alternative to intelligence as a factor in how we consider our worth as human beings, and how to quantify it. We have, in popular usage now, Intelligence Quotient and Emotional Quotient... What factors are important to you, in measuring human... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 6, 2010

A New Prompt: Waiting...

When do you wait? Why do you wait? What are you waiting for? Is it your body waiting--for a bus, for the movie to start...? Is it your heart waiting--for welcome, for reassurance, for true love...? Is it your mind waiting--for connection, for understanding, for answers...? Is it your soul... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 2, 2010

A thought-stimulus

I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will... Sign in to see full entry.

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