Poetry: Your Love
It is fitting that the first poem I share here is dedicated to my husband, Richard. Over the 25 years of our marriage he has encouraged and supported me unconditionally as I have travelled all the...
View ArticlePoetry: Driving To Kentucky
Dear God, how awesome is your work! As we drive through the rolling hills of Georgia and Tennessee, the amazing canvass that you continuously create unfolds before our very eyes, mile after...
View ArticlePoetry: Sharing My Love of Sardinia
I lived from early 1969 to late 1978 on the island of Sardinia which is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Sardinia is a very unique and beautiful place with glorious white beaches,...
View ArticleShared Wisdom: Grief
There has been much grief in my life and my church community’s life recently. Many people’s hearts have been filled with sorrow. Therefore, I thought I would share some special words about this...
View ArticlePoetry: An Italian View
I lived for many years in Italy – almost half my life actually. So much of my life experience is based on those years. To say that I love Italy is putting it mildly. Italy is my “soul home”. It is...
View ArticlePoetry: The Urchin From Naples
My first visit to Naples, Italy took place in the summer of 1982, with consequent visits at Christmas in the same year and then at Easter of 1983. I eventually travelled to live in Naples on 1 July...
View ArticlePoetry: Journey To Reality
As I slowly emerged from my “dark ages”, poetry was a medium that I used to express much of what was happening in my life. The free-flowing poem below represents a kind of summary of my downward...
View ArticlePoetry & Shared Wisdom
I really enjoy the writings of Maya Angelou. One of my favorite pieces is an extraordinary poem that she wrote about a phenomenal woman – and she is! When I read it I feel so much better about...
View ArticlePoetry: Summer Storms
As we were leaving Italy to come here in January 2004, many people told us about the Florida weather. We were to expect mainly mild winters that resembled an Italian spring. They warned us about...
View ArticlePoetry: Awakening to the World
These are some poems that I wrote as I became aware of the world around me. They were written during the period 1979 – 1981. There were many things changing in my life at that time, the most...
View ArticleItaly: My Soul Home
I have lived for about thirty years in Italy. The very first visit to that country was to Genoa in December 1963. All I can say is that when I deplaned and my feet touched the tarmac, my soul came...
View ArticlePoetry: Words Painting Pictures
Words have always fascinated me. The way they march across a page creating people, places, and life stories, or laying down facts and information, excites me to the core. I curl up with pleasure...
View ArticleShared Wisdom: Words Both Past & Present
In the last week or so I have been presented with some beautiful words of wisdom that span that sands of time and that I would like to share with you. The first piece is the oldest of all of them and...
View ArticleShared Wisdom/Poetry: Choosing To Live
Just a couple of days ago in my posting Musings- Living Life (Lost Treasures), I shared and made comments on several quotations that had come to light as I was going through some old files. Another...
View ArticlePoetry: Greek God on a Tube Train
As mentioned in my previous posting, Musings- Creativity and Cold! here is the poem that I wrote in September 1980. Perhaps I should set the stage a little. I had returned to live in England in...
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