Category: Awareness/Causes

Saturday Thoughts

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

my numbers are good this time ….

I have surgery scheduled for may 13th. that feels like a lot but I am hoping that will solve a lot

Stepping out of my comfort zone

Okay, I am the original wallflower…but I signed up for an online poetry reading. I don’t step out of my comfort zone often but there is supposed to be other poets reading….the event listing on Facebook is here.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 18

2026 PAD Challenge Day 18

my response is ( though late still )

according to the constitution
the definition of citizenship 
is either one born on this soil
or one that follows the rules 
and takes the tests to gain
the green card to become one.

if you stop them from getting the tests 
you stop the legal process for citizenship ...
this country was founded on immigrants 
the idea of immigration. the only non-immigrants were born here.

and even those were often 
children of immigrants.

Saturday Thoughts

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

I feel like the week flies by. I swear I just posted my count yesterday.

I have a couple of new medications.

Saturday Thoughts

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

I feel like though I am exhausted and still fighting with bronchitis (Joe’s been giving me nyquil so I can sleep)  I have done fairly well with my poetry this week. I got a little bit of words to the current works in progress.

I have been able to keep up with the Fae Corps Publishing PAD Challenge so far. I have looked daily at the writer’s digest prompts and found that none of them work for me this time. I usually do their pad. as long as I am writing I don’t care where the prompt is coming from.

Tuesday Tunes will be up this week, I know that I have been hit or miss where that is concerned.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 10

2026 PAD Challenge Day 10

my response is:

Keep using your artificial intelligence,
Though you know the consequences...
and when we live in a world without water 
what will you do then?

The art and words you seek 
can easily be gained from 
a human being with no effects 
to the environment,
but you don't seem to understand.

Saturday Thoughts

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

Still fighting bronchitis and I have a new wound in my foot. I am attempting the pad challenge using the Fae Corps Publishing prompts. This year I have been unable to see anything from the writer’s digest prompts. I guess I am just not in the right place for them.

Are you doing the pad challenge this year ?

Saturday Thoughts

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

okay I am running late today. I am also fighting bronchitis. This weather has me sick.

I started a new theme volume. so I listed it on there but the only writing in it so far is the foreword. That explains the idea of the volume and the rules I want to use within it. I don’t normally add that to the count because it is a natural part of the process…but it is starting that volumes set up. it is another one focusing on specific forms.

I also found out why I was struggling to get The sea serpent to go forward and fixed it. so I got some words in it.

Saturday Thoughts

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

This week is an odd one. You will probably notice that the numbers have changed very little. That is because the writing was not something that I would list.

I wrote a new children’s book.

I wrote the outline for a story that I plan on writing soon but I didn’t actually write anything in the story yet.

I wrote stuff in emails for various reasons that kept my brain busy and away from my more creative adventures.

I wrote in my personal journal that is labeled as word vomit and will hopefully not see sunlight ever.

As you can see, none of them would end up on the list. The first one is completely written. this list is works in progress. the second one is only an idea at this point and not even started as far as I am concerned. the third is not creative at all. and the fourth is clearing the trash so I can write.

Some weeks are like this for me. These are the ones where I do more art or crafting because my brain has decided to be difficult when I try to write.

On the craft side…we decided to move my studio into the house to give me access to electricity and more space. This week I spent quite some time sorting and organizing the new craft room. My son moved everything inside for me (except for one table which we need to make space for first) And I have been sorting through and cleaning up my supplies. I will try to take pictures and post it when I get it done. Unfortunately, I have overdone. Which is frustrating and painful.

Saturday Thoughts

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

I know I wrote… but I can’t actually tell you how much I got done. This week was chaos. my birthday was fun and full of shenanigans. (no I will not be exposing them to the world) Those who need to know will … lol

I realized something though. I have forgotten the word for the year. I was supposed to be giving myself GRACE. What that means is though I have goals for the day I need to look at any writing and say I did good… I wrote something. no matter what.