I tell big, hungry stories. Word Choices to Build With. Storytellers and poets know this. The right word - the right image - can shape a thought, or elicit an emotion. Words are actions and prayers and energy that we put out into the world.

Rare to find a female artist who had survived into late age and had produced art works that had early been recognised and encouraged. Originally posted on First Draft.

Arbitrary dribbling about films, books, music and so on.

Poetry, prose and anything else my itchy pen decides to scratch. Applesauce, hex nuts and a mad hatter. For dinner, I made a wonderful Greek flatbread with homemade artichoke tapenade and Fontina cheese. Dad is very patient with my culinary experiments. He served himself second helpings. I served a medium-dry Reisling that paired perfectly with the meal. Porch musings from a warm kitchen. A friend sent me a short video of my.

A libretto for the comic opera of my life. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers, where every story is a surprise. Each week, writers from around the world post 100-word stories based on a photo prompt provided by author Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Visit her site for more information on the Fictioneers. Their song was enchanting, spirit-lifting, even healing. It was a powerful harmony that changed the world.

Originally posted on Texan Tales and Hieroglyphics.

Because while some truths lend themselves to equations, others are best described in verse. Under drying skies, north,. The summer has been too wet. To appear, for poems to rise. Like mists, for some sort. Croon to me like a wild road,.