Ellen Grace Olinger
What activities do you lose yourself in?
Daily writing prompt
afternoon rain
and reading haiku
quiet reflections
reading a book
I bought used
some time ago
words that bless
today
And photography – grateful for all the photos shared by many artists.
collage of colors
and shapes on my shelves
books, journals, and small gifts
small study
and books to read
days with longer light
Psalms to pray
and poems to read
sun on seawalls
“small study” was published by:
Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2022
Robin White, Editor
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
May 10, 2022
Our Garden: The Haiku Foundation Volunteer Anthology 2022, edited by Jim Kacian & Julie Bloss Kelsey
The Haiku Foundation, Winchester VA
“Psalms to pray” was published by:
Dawn Returns The Haiku Society of America 2022 Members’ Anthology, John J. Han, Editor
Haiku Society of America, New York
In my post, 10th Anniversary Edition One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp, I said that “Writing haiku is often a record of blessings for me.” I will share a few examples in a few posts.
sunrise . . .
some water
for the chrysanthemum
reading
one poem not many
seagulls in blue sky
grey skies
and colors in the garden
blue jays
“sunrise” was published by hedgerow #133, autumn 2020; Caroline Skanne, Editor. And was the Daily Haiku: February 16, 2021, Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog .
I began this site on March 11, 2017 with the first blessing recorded in a handwritten journal, inspired by One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp (2010, Zondervan). I wrote, “raindrops on branches of the birch tree December 2012.”
Recently I bought the 10th Anniversary Edition of One Thousand Gifts. I wished to read the “Introduction for the 10th anniversary edition the gift of grace upon grace,” written by Ann Voskamp in late October 2020. And I like the ribbon bookmark. The Page for the book at Ann’s site has a picture of the cover and more information.
I will share more in a future post. Writing haiku is often a record of blessings for me.
Where can you reduce clutter in your life?
Daily Prompt
I have old books from my mother’s home. More than I can read, and I hope to donate some to a thrift store for others to read, or perhaps use in collage projects.
Not now, in winter. Maybe they will be an Easter gift. They are not “clutter” but perhaps good to share.
In terms of reducing clutter, I have found it helpful to work a little at a time. This morning, after work in the kitchen, I thought:
morning work
for a few moments
everything in place
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?
Daily Prompt
Perhaps both the same – reflections and remembrance, along with hope and plans for the future.
reading memoirs
and then the view
outside today
by Ellen Grace Olinger
POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN
February 23, 2015
All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku
Edited by Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press, 2019
As a creative note, interesting to see the history of a poem, sometimes over years.
Journal Notes Blog 