Small moments move mountains, eventually. — eight souls embarked none lesser none greater number of legs no matter let’s just get that out of the way a soul is a soul no matter the package some souls weary some restless — some tired some terrified the journey commenced known destination unknown beginnings — endings eight souls…

Prepping for the three-day trip from Louisiana to Massachusetts. — Since 2004, when we adopted our first child, we have traveled from Louisiana to Massachusetts every summer in a pickup truck. In 2020, with COVID, a new cat that the dogs hate, and an elderly grandmother, buying an RV to make the trip was a no-brainer, almost a necessity. …

Trying not to get lost in the rabbit hole of how to go viral. — In an early post, a poem titled Writers Block? Writer’s Blah, I wrote about my tendency to vacillate between needing the reader’s approval and believing in my voice. …

Sometimes fun just happens — In a previous post, I declared that “Fun doesn’t just happen. It has to be and needs to be your intention.” …

A two-in-one prompt response trip down memory lane. — pit smoking siblings playing a deliberate abundance of fun swooped up carried away laughter cracks the air a thickness of activity an entrance - sometimes hard to find the youngest gets put aside a large family with something doing someone arranged this fair Growing up in a large family, there…

Did you know they migrate? I didn’t. — The order is Odonata, and the suborder is Epiprocta, in the kingdom of Animalia “North America may have as many as eighteen migratory dragonfly species”. Of those eighteen, about nine can be counted on to migrate yearly and consistently. They have been observed on every continent except Antarctica and what’s…

Six-word photo story: Freestyle — Anything good to eat in there? We call this squirrel Fat Gus. He is a regular visitor to the bird feeders and he couldn’t wait for me to stop taking pics of him so he could chow down! I had just filled the bird feeder. Thank you Mary Chang Story Writer for the wonderful, always fun…

A celebration of the beginning of summer. — beltane — fire god one of four to mark the year in times of yore the rest is as such: samhain — november 1 imboic — february 1 beltane — may 1 lughnasadh — august 1 What do they mean? …