Tag: inspiration
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March Backward to Oblivion
I savored these words in my current read, Horse, by Geraldine Brooks: “Theo pressed the delete key and watched the letters march backward into oblivion. All that was left was the blinking cursor, tapping like an impatient finger.” That image very much encapsulated my feelings about writing sometimes, mostly when I’m stuck, I’ve been given…
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The Garden of Inspiration
This past weekend I went for a long walk in town. I began the long, but gradual uphill of a street I walk several times a week. With each step, I was seeking clarity, peace and self regulation. Between a break up, my daughter getting badly hurt in a soccer game, and a crisis in…
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Self Love
A few years ago, while shopping on a winter weekend getaway with my then boyfriend, I found the most beautiful sign that fit us perfectly. Well, at the moment he was acting a bit off, but I bought it anyway, thinking things would improve and I would hang it. Dating on and off over the…
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Poetry in the Park
Evening time, families pack up to go home, but we stay on, heads down, pens rolling, authors. Photo: Mine Brook Park, Flemington, NJ. 7.13.23 by LA
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Re: Inspiration
This is a photo of the wall above the headboard in my bedroom. I look at it every single day and it brings me comfort, joy, and inspiration. The impetus of this work came from the kombucha bottle I was sipping from. It listed a multitude of words that began with the prefix re-. I…
The Journey Inward 