Welcome to something Five Minute Friday! Today's prompt is: Once. FMF sends weekly writing prompt every Friday, and writers use the prompt to do a 5 minute free write. Then, we share our words with our readers and each other as part of a weekly link-up. Once. Now, I know what you are thinking. You … Continue reading FMF: Once
Welcome to something new! I recently discovered Five Minute Friday, and this is my first week to participate! FMF sends a weekly writing prompt every Friday, and writers use the prompt to do a 5 minute free write. Then, we share our words with our readers and each other as part of a weekly link-up. … Continue reading FMF: Sunrise
Goal setting. I know, I know, some of you are already cringing. It feels too much like New Year's resolutions that we don't keep anyway. Or, maybe after the chaos and all around hot mess that 2020 was, you are still simply in survival mode, and the thought of goal setting is just. too. much. … Continue reading One Little Step: 3 practical tips for successful goal setting
I still remember the first year that my aunt and uncle decided not to come home for Christmas. Up to that point in my young life, Christmas had always revolved around Grandma's house, and there was no reason in my mind why it should change. Until it did. Christmas seemed smaller that year, and I … Continue reading Christmas Traditions: When Traditions Change
I've been doing a 10 day writing challenge using the opening prompt, "Today I noticed..." I wrote this on Saturday, after we experienced 6 inches of snowfall. Our trees hadn't yet shed their leaves for the winter, and many weren't ready to bear the weight of the snow with the leaves. Today I noticed the … Continue reading Today I noticed… {A Writing Prompt Reflection}
It's #writingwednesday!! I'm so excited to share this poem with you today. The inspiration for it happened while I was on a neighborhood run late last week. Enjoy! The Plum Tree When I was on a run today I ran by the plum tree You know the one that In Spring smells like hope and … Continue reading The Plum Tree: A Writing Wednesday Poem
It's been a minute since I've done a #writingwednesday, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been on my mind. Finding the routine of school again after so many months of it looking vastly different has been good, but it's also been challenging. Speaking of challenging, today's post is about a reflection prompt that I found … Continue reading {Writing Wednesday: Thoughts on Savoring This Season}
My husband wrote this last Saturday after they’d left for their honeymoon: "The bridge at Bowl & Pitcher has become a well-traveled part of the fabric our family history with countless trail runs beginning here. Today, before walking Bethany Meek across this bridge to present her to her groom we stopped so we could snap … Continue reading {Something Borrowed, Something Blue}
Happy Writing Wednesday, dear readers! Every now and then I get the urge to write a little spot of poetry, because as much as I love fiction and sharing about leaving a legacy that matters, poetry holds a not small bit of my heart. My family and I recently spent some time in Montana, and … Continue reading {Writing Wednesday: Poetry edition}
Every now and then, I like to give you a glimpse of something I'm working on. I've been doing some family research on ancestry.com recently, and discovered one of my ancestor's point of entry of immigration to the United States. I challenged myself to a short two-page writing prompt about Constantine Maximillian Ulrich (I know, … Continue reading {Writing Wednesday: Con’s Journey}
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