Book Reviews :: 2018 :: Part IV

2018’s reading aim is very much about getting back into the habit of reading, and picking books that will help me grow towards my personal goals. I used to post these each quarter, but my reading habits are not consistent …

Reflections of my Word of the Year: Trust

In 2017, I set a ‘theme’ of ‘create.’ For 2018, I choose ‘trust.’ For those of you who aren’t aware of the back-story of my process, 2017 was an exhausting year that marked the end of a difficult transition period …

Level-Up! Essence of Green :: November 2018

“We begin in the heart of the darkness. Winter is full upon the Earth; snow veils the landscape, thin trees are brittle with ice, and stars shatter the black mirror of the sky.”  – Michelle Morgan   November was looonnnggg …

Level-Up! Essence of Green :: October 2018

“A white lace of frost webs the sidewalk; a kaleidoscope of leaves. Hillsides are ablaze with flame-colored trees, fields lie fallow and dark, and cornstalks dry to the color of bone in the low golden sun. The sky promises rain …

Book Reviews :: 2018 :: Part III

2018’s reading aim is very much about getting back into the habit of reading, and picking books that will help me grow towards my personal goals. Part I is here. And Part II is here. And here are reviews for …

Level-Up! Essence of Green :: September 2018

“Mist blankets the morning garden and the empty fields; a last rose blooms slowly over the arbor by the backyard gate. Paintbox leaves fall to the ground under galoshes and the wheels of slicker-yellow school buses.  Sweaters come out of …