by minervarising | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Mother Nature has finally let Spring bloom in my yard.
by Minerva Rising Contributor | May 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
I like to write, so I enroll in an 8-week writing class. On the first day, when it’s my turn to check in, I say, “I have no formal training in writing, never studied English beyond high school. I’ve taken adult education writing classes, groups and workshops, and...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
So I’ve started a new project – a collection of short memoir pieces that recount some of the many jobs I’ve had, accompanied by fictional stories inspired by each of them. From realtor to chicken rancher, from chambermaid to cook to box maker to landscaper to...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | May 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking about the kind of day that happens, like today, when everything that first comes to mind is dreary, when even the weather is unready for itself. Before I open my eyes, the rain. Maple leaf-blooms and starter daffodils stopped by last night’s cold....
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the past two years, as I have revised and reworked my manuscript of poems, “Confluence,” I have thought seriously about principles. I have thought about ordering principles and about the principled act of walking outside each day. I think of the Midwest, of...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
It was a white winter Sunday when we followed the turkey tracks along the bank of a spring-fed stream. As my partner and I trekked the trails of Walla Hi Park we had been diligently following all winter, we decide to deviate from the hiking path. We pointed the...
