Chihuly in Indiana

Today’s one word prompt: Glass. We were in Indiana a few weeks ago and saw some beautiful works of art by Dale Chihuly, who specializes in glass sculptures. The ceiling, also in the Children’s Museum, was spectacular, with hundreds of pieces of glass in a myriad of shapes, sizes and colors all jostled together to […]

Daily Prompt: High School Memories

Today’s prompt: A song comes on the radio and instantly, you’re transported to a different time and place. Which song(s) bring back memories for you and why? Be sure to mention the song, and describe the memory it evokes. Hello Good-bye by the Beatles is probably the most evocative because to this day it brings […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning

Beginning: a New Year, a sunrise, a newborn’s first day of life, a new pet, the first day of a trip. All of these come to mind immediately when I think of “beginning.” I’ve taken many pictures of sunsets, but few of sunrises. I got lucky on Dec. 18, 2013: I was on my way […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: Community

I looked at several of the posts for this challenge and realized that community can mean different things. It can be a small community of people who live and work together to farm, cook and weave. In Peru, I visited a rural community called Isca Pataza. In this photo, the community of women enjoy each […]

Daily Prompt: Food, Marvelous Food

(June 4) If you could get all the nutrition you needed in a day with a pill — no worrying about what to eat, no food preparation — would you do it? No, I don’t think I would, although I might like the option on a day in which I don’t have time to eat. […]

Daily Prompt: Seasons

The April 8 (yes, I know, but I haven’t checked my email since then) daily prompt was: For many of us, winter is blooming into spring, or fall hardening into winter. Which season do you most look forward to? This one is easy – summer, always summer. I like spring because I like to watch […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: Change

This photo was taken of my mother on the day she moved from her apartment in Independent Living to a room in Assisted Living. She had to greatly downsize and witnessed a stream of relatives visiting her and choosing what they wanted from the things laid out on the guest bed. Here she sits facing […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details

I was walking along a path in northern Wisconsin, a few hours after it had rained. I noticed a colorful leaf on the ground with a perfectly round raindrop right in the middle of it. Stooping down, I could see all the details of that single raindrop on a leaf – tiny grains and debris […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward

This is the longest trestle on the Bearskin bike trail in northern Wisconsin. I like the curve shown in this photo, as the bridge disappears into the trees. A lone biker (my husband) travels its path, forward into the beauty of the Northwoods with its tall trees, lakes, streams, and swamps.

Watching winter birds

January 29th’s Daily Prompt was: Go to the nearest window. Look out for a full minute. Write about what you saw. From my office upstairs I have a good view of our backyard as well as the neighbors’. Today, for the first time this season, everything is blanketed in white. The two inches of snow […]