Word Traveling

Category: Artistic Expression/Photgraphic Journeys

  • Where in the Wor(l)d Wednesday Week Two!

    For some time, I’ve wanted to share images  I’ve captured around the world with other writers as a tool for inspiration… Without further ado, I announce week two: “Where in the World Wednesdays?” Here is this week’s Image: The format is this: 1) Check in on Wednesday to the “where in the world Wednesday?” link,…

  • A page from Paris with Kids

    A little word art… from old travel books and my photos…inspired by an article I read in Florida Weekly about an artist named Austin Kleon. In between preparing to move and renovate a new home, homeschooling and keeping our family running, I’ve been following along on a 15-day writer’s challenge from a friend and mentor, Jeff Goins. Last night,…

  • The Air is Thick

    The air is thick Engulfed Humidity Activity Aromas of latte, Spending, and Cologne People. But also Him. Them. In the chaos there is peace Calm Rest The world is a blur. Small conversations escalate around Escalators move to the next entertainment destination We sit at peace In silence. Creating Thinking Wondering Occasionally a word is…

  • Valentine’s Haiku

    We are studying poetry in our homeschool right now, so I felt it appropriate to write a little haiku for each of the men I love in my life- on handmade marbled paper cards. We made the paper at Christmas time- it was supposed to be red, but turned out more pink and purple so…

  • Miscarried- A Poem about Miscarriage

    Grieved and inspired by two beautiful women’s recent experiences, I was forced to bring my dark time of grieving after miscarriage into the light to make sense of it… This is dedicated to all those cherished and gone before we’ve met with the promise of the Lord to meet again someday…and to the women who…

  • transcending cub scouts with art…

    Tonight I led a round table of six second-grade cub scouts through a recreation of  Picasso’s life and “Mains aux Fleurs.” I pray the art they created transcended the den meeting and it’s permanently mixed in their minds that when they mix red and yellow something beautiful is born and when they present someone with…