by Jennie Clifton | Jan 22, 2024 | News, The Written Word
Search for: NEWS How to Bake a Cake Fresh out of college and living in the Washington, DC area, my three roommates and I decided to have a birthday party for my boyfriend (BF) of only a few months. There was only one dish that we knew how to prepare – Beef...
by Jean Spangler | Jan 3, 2024 | Bottom Left Box, News, The Written Word
Search for: NEWS Thank-You Notes: To Be Or Not To Be Over the past 70 years, I’ve probably written more than 1,200 thank-you notes. I started this ritual the day after my mother determined my handwriting was legible enough to decipher. So, in 1964, at age 11, I was...
by Jody Seymour | Jan 2, 2024 | Arts & Entertainment, Bottom Right Box, News, The Written Word
Search for: NEWS Into My Heart – a poem for the New Year by Jody Seymour (a poem/prayer for the New Year) My heart has been owned by me since the breath I took in my unknowing So possession has been mine alone since my birthing But as the light rises on this...
by Jody Seymour | Dec 28, 2023 | Arts & Entertainment, Bottom Right Box, News, The Written Word
Search for: NEWS Four Advent Poems by Jody Seymour Sleep Bethlehem Sleep Bethlehem, your streetsare now emptybut full is the nightEvening found them lonelyand looking for shelterfrom questions that filledtheir wondering hearts Finding only a world’s “no”they now rest...
by Jody Seymour | Dec 19, 2023 | Arts & Entertainment, Bottom Right Box, News, The Written Word
Search for: NEWS The Advent Journey: Three Poems by Jody Seymour Who Needs Christmas? Who needs Christmas…?The broken heartedlooking for afaint lightdo Those who lost a lovewhen death’s callcame too soondo All who are too fullof shopping daysbut who feel emptydo...
by Jody Seymour | Dec 13, 2023 | Arts & Entertainment, News, The Written Word
Search for: NEWS Destined to Fly – a poem for Advent Legs in the air looking toward a waiting sky I dreamed of flying The swing was but a moment in time… a place to make plans for a coming adventure Growing up the fantasy lost its power The worries of tomorrow...