-Maya Angelou One of my very favorite things is to watch young artists develop their talents and grow. I love showcasing their work and talking about them (bragging, really). I’ve shared some of my eldest son’s writing before, and recently my daughter’s poetry. (I’m waiting to see where my middle child’s artistic interests are.) I…
Angela Giles Klocke » Southern Colorado Writer & Photographer
Tag Archives: familyEh. The thing is, I love poetry. I just don’t have a great history of writing it in a way that makes people go, “Ooooooh, poetry!” Usually, it’s more like, “Thank you for sharing.” Yeah. Every once in a while, I think I write something in a blog post or my book(s) that sounds poetic,… The new season of The Biggest Loser kicked off last night, and the theme of the season is NO EXCUSES. Perfect! My theme for this year is RADICAL CHANGE, so when I hear the words NO EXCUSES, they go hand-in-hand with my theme. To have radical anything, I think one has to ignore all excuses,… When you have a million things on your mind – ideas, plans, thoughts, scriptures, menus, budgets, etc. – it’s funny how it all boils down to feeling like you have nothing to say. I mean, I obviously have something to say, but I’m not sure it falls into a neat little package. Does it ever?… …direction. …decision. …understanding. …clarity. …letting go. …forgiveness. …celebration. …connection. …words. …ideas. …acceptance. …art. …confidence. …moving forward. …change. “I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned;… Dear Friends, I am not a budgeting blogger or recipe sharer. I’m just me, trying to figure out how to do more with less (choosing less, not because I couldn’t have more, which is kind of the point of what I’m working out here), how to purge, how to not spend, how to not give… Dear Friends, We just celebrated 13 years of marriage, the husband and I. Thirteen years of love, of silly arguments, of grocery shopping, laundry, bathroom cleaning, dishes, dinners, jobs that have come and gone, ideas that never panned out, lots of kisses, hugs, PT Cruiser Bruiser punches, chasing dogs, cats, and kids, and so much… Me: A bear was chasing me last night– Husband: *laughs* Me: What the…? How can you laugh? Him: A bear was chasing you in your dreams, right? Me: Sure, but you didn’t KNOW that’s what I was going to say. Him: Seems like I’d have heard about it already if a bear had really been… |
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