GIFTS

My couch has been my go to, these past four days. Of course I have been out shopping, to the dentist, for a meal with friends and up and down the elevator collecting deliveries, cooking meals and carrying out household chores. How I bonded with my couch this long weekend is listed below; Thursday EveningMy… Continue reading

Daring to shop in the heat todayDarting through the midday trafficShaky rider holding on,to driver for dear lifelike ants the bikes swervecriss-crossing atthe green andred lightsBEEP!The passenger to a very experienced driver, I still felt an imbalance on the motorbike and was imagining all sorts of scenarios, whilst we rode. At some point my legs… Continue reading

One of the songs by Kirk Whalum I listen to whilst ‘walking’, keeps ringing in my ears, even when I am not listening to it. I learned to take a few lines of the lyrics and write my own poem. This strategy I gained from this book, Alphapoetica by Kate M. Moore. The Best ThingMay… Continue reading

My 2,500 word story was completed and posted yesterday. Before posting, I read it a couple of times to make sure the story flowed .I also made a movie of the story in my mind. At the same time, I had to make sure I was delivering to the prompt we were given. I woke… Continue reading

Dear Leigh Anne, I will be glad to join your party this March. It is interesting how I struggled to fill my analog basket. I guess I am used to typing on my laptop for and with my different writing groups. It will be an opportunity to write in my different journals and read or… Continue reading

Pounding those steps along the lane I tell myself “You can do it!” If I can count the rounds I put in, I can assure myself “I can make it!” The white lines stretch along I see them as my guiding light That yellow stripe gives me hope when my count increases I remember the… Continue reading

I’m yet to finish the fiction I’m writing. That story came to me long before I started putting pen to paper. I kept planning the story in my imagination. I kept adding elements of the story in my thoughts. Suddenly, I knew exactly what I wanted to write. I could see my characters and made… Continue reading

This structure has been used by Ms. Victor Reads and Standing Tall recently. 5 Smiles ~Ms. Thuy’s arrival with a fresh bouquet of flowers~The comfy sofa~Long phone calls from loved ones-Treat- warm hands and stones of Mai (massage)~Many hours writing from the my heart 4 Words~Rest (my weekends are very restful)~Sleep (I sleep when sleep… Continue reading

“When the soul lies down in that grassthe world is too full to talk about.”― Rumi “Never miss a good chance to shut up.”― Will Rogers I found many quotes about silence, some of them contradicting what I was thinking about. The two posted above resonated with me. When I was younger I remember I talked more… Continue reading

I wish I had all the time in the world to read most of the amazing slices. As I am in a different timezone, the slices keep popping up as soon as I get to work. There is a disadvantage with the time difference, because when I get to school there is no time to… Continue reading