Journal Prompt: Full Moon, Sept 30-October 6
The moon waxes to full this week, bringing us into a time of great energy and mellow ripeness. Autumn comes in, and the winds rise, ridding us of lethargy and heaviness, doubt falls away. We again are able to see the good in all things, the revealed silver lining.
The [...]
Journal Prompt: Waxing Moon, Quarter Moon, September 23-29
Autumn is here. Season of storage and scurry. The trees let go and cast off into their winter sleep, hibernation we can’t comprehend. Insects keep up their last and latest choirings. In my own household, our duties our limited: we have five pumpkins to harvest before the frost [...]
You don’t have to be a writer.
Keeping a journal, the practice of writing down what’s on your mind (could be dreams, could be the view of your back yard, could be childhood memories or conversations from last night) is for anyone. Not just someone who wants to be “a [...]
Journaling can risk navel gazing. It can become repetitive. Having a focus outside of ourselves aids new perspective and allows more air onto the page.
We occasionally overlook the moon, our city lights are becoming so bright. The stars have almost disappeared for many of us. Foreign and familiar, constant and ever changing, the moon is [...]
I met first Sarah Busse through her poetry. I had the great good fortune to be a first-round judge in an annual poetry competition sponsored by the Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences. In reading the nearly 1,000 poems entered, a few really stood out, including all three that Sarah entered. Last April, when the [...]