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The Real Art of Writing Haiku–it’s not about the syllables
This post contains a participation component! Read to the end to jump in. Previously, on this blog, I spent a year or so writing what I thought was a form of haiku. How wrong I was! In November, 2024, Claudia Radmore, past president of Haiku Canada, led a workshop on haiku that showed us participants Read more
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The Honey Trap, How the Good Intentions of Urban Beekeepers Risk Ecological Disaster, by Dana L. Church
Read this book if you want to keep honey bees. Read this book if you like honey. Read this book if you want to know more about pollinators and how they’re important to the planet. Read this book if you want to ‘save the bees’, but aren’t sure how to do it. This is a Read more
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Playing Army, a novel by Nancy Stroer
Book review by Ellen Symons I get excited when people I treasure have a book published. Like Playing Army, by Nancy Stroer, which kept me reading not just once through, but twice; and I would read it again. This book is gritty, funny, moving, and important. Its characters are beautifully drawn and care about things Read more
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The Secret Practice: Eighteen Years on the Dark Side of Yoga: A Memoir, by Joelle Tamraz
For any of us searching for acceptance and belonging outside ourselves, Joelle Tamraz has shared an important story that reaches beyond the yoga world and encourages us to take responsibility for shaping ourselves as we want to be. Read more
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A space left empty, a space to be filled
I became an explorer, a collector, a manipulator, a prisoner of words. #5amWritersClub Read more
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Memory, Power
I’ve forgotten so much of what’s passed through my history. Surprising, at times, is what I remember. Poems I wrote years ago can stick like a pop song if their backdrop, as I wrote, was sharp and strong. For something like a decade I was part of a writing group, the Monday Muses, a group Read more
Work smart
Success is earned, one step at a time. One of the most invaluable skills a person can have is being able to clearly express what they want.
Work hard
Sometimes the hardest part of finding success is gathering the courage to get started. As long as you’re learning, you’ll never really fail.
Sweet success
The most successful people don’t look back to see who’s watching. Look for opportunities to lift others up along the way.
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