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This week’s FROG Blog is dedicated to Marley Mae, our oldest granddaughter who turns nine tomorrow. The world gained a kind, creative, generous spirit February 22nd when she was born. Happy 9th Birthday Marley Mae! (The following is an excerpt from my first FROG Blog book, Learning on a Lily Pad. Available on Amazon and…
Wes Sims, author of Taste of Change, introduced me to poetry and encouraged me to try it. I’m an amateur in this writing style, but Wes invited me to a poetry critique group this Monday. If anyone in the Oak Ridge area would like to join us, Wes’s poetry group will be at Panera on…
I consider Zaccheus a biblical giant. In the book of Luke, he described Zaccheus as short. Luke’s description compared Zaccheus’s height to the crowd’s stature. Zaccheus’s can-do attitude wasn’t stunted when he climbed a tree to watch Jesus passing through town. Zaccheus was a short tax collector who didn’t allow crowd comparisons to stand in…
The following excerpt comes from the Tadpole edition of the 5 book FROG Blog series (Tadpole’s release date is for spring 2021, after “Unthawed from a Frozen Lily Pad” is finished). The Tadpole stories include essays of 300 words or less, a shorter version of the original FROG Blog. *(Subject’s name changed to avoid possible…
I started dabbling in poetry a few weeks ago. In Leo Buscaglia’s book Love, published in 1972, Buscaglia wrote that without close ties with humans, an infant can regress, developmentally lose consciousness, fall into idiocy and die. Well-loved hearts live well. A child may have a perfect physical environment, superb diet, and hospital-type hygiene but…
When my husband and I sold our house four years ago and chose to rent, we sorted our possessions. We are minimalists, so the sifting process was…well, minimal. (We would have a much “different” experience if we were packing Tig’s race shop though)! We moved to a nine-building complex and met a few neighbors. Like…
This FROG Blog comes from a writing contest I entered last year. The contest invited people to use the prompt, “In 200 words or less, put your New Year’s Resolution in writing.” I’ve used it to remind myself to respect processing times (especially when I try to leap ahead on the lily pad of life)….
I practice material minimalism. “Less is more and even less is even more” appeals to me (I try not to practice this minimalistic approach when it applies to patience, kindness, generosity…). Christmas and birthdays can invite a challenge because people ask, “If you don’t like extra material possessions, what am I supposed to get you?”…
When communication methods shifted to an electronic wave, I found myself saddened by a loss of personalized connection. This sadness surprised me because as an introvert I require abundant quietness. I thrive with large margins of isolation, but I’m not accustomed to loneliness. I socialize through snail mail cards, one-on-one walks, or phone calls. People…
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton