Memoirs – Journal Notes Blog

grey morning

grey morning
February settles here
for a time

Think back on your most memorable road trip.
Daily Prompt

Years ago, and for several years, I drove from our small town to the Milwaukee area (Wisconsin USA) to help with my mother’s care.

groceries for Mom
fresh flowers
always on the list

another year
has passed since
my mother’s passing
I sit and quietly read
a book she would like too

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

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.

reading
different books
poetry and memoirs
some wind today
in the evergreens

predawn
drawing a picture
with a poem

grey skies
and colors in the garden
blue jays

still life painting
outside my window
Fall colors

garden rests
evergreens ready
for Winter

new green leaves
on trees that knew

the colors
of dramatic autumns

in silence sometimes
and in small ways

new dreams grow

writing poetry
sun shines on unfinished wood
around the window

Ellen Grace Olinger