Tag Archives: winter

What Can You Do To Help Your Author?

I had goals before the storms hit.  Nothing major.  Write a chapter section or two.  Review an outline.  Hash out an idea or three.  Schedule some promos.  All within the realm of possibilities.  After all, a day of snow or … Continue reading

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Fate of the Office-Less Author

I’ve mentioned many times that I lack an office space and how I’m envious of authors that can escape to a refuge.  Well, the winter and summer seasons really drive this home.  A snow day means no work and summer … Continue reading

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Midweather Man

Keep your arctic chill Where your breath hangs in the air And snow slips within your boots Teeth chattering Was never my cup of tea Keep your melting heat Where sweat drips from every pore And the sun bakes the … Continue reading

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Voices of Nature Blog Tour!

Stars Above (alouette) Starry nights shine bright Thousands of wee lights Constellations light the sky Darkness shows contrast While clouds have gone past Suspended in time up high Pisces and Leo Taurus and Virgo Constellations light the sky Sagittarius Libra, … Continue reading

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Voices of Nature Review

Pamela Beckford of Poetry by Pamela and Year Round Thanksgiving has put together a new poetry book and she’s not alone.  Kirsten A of Kirsten Uninterrupted is in on this project too. This is Pamela’s second time into publishing and … Continue reading

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From the Vault: Four Season Moons

Bloody Vir brings summer blaze Before the wind of amber Ult Who is driven off by Tavon’s ice Until emerald Canst frees the land Then Vir retakes his throne                       … Continue reading

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The Week After Goal Post Apocalypse

This is the first song I heard today and I’m thinking of putting music videos at the beginning of my goal posts.  Anyway, this is a song that I probably needed after last week, which simply didn’t go right.  I’ve … Continue reading

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Frigid Morning Mumbles

It was not this cold When I turned in I think the heat is off A house of varied body temps The bill payer always wins Leaving the rest of us Shivering in our socks I actually miss Florida At … Continue reading

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When the Weather Always Sucks

Mere months ago it was too cold I shivered in my bed Cursing Father Winter For torturing my hearth and home Now I swear it is too hot Sweat flooding from my pours Making sleep a tumultuous affair That I … Continue reading

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Sarcastically Perfect Way to Wake Up

My breath in the air Telling me it is too cold Yet I’m in the house (I don’t care about equinoxes and calendars.  It’s spring when it stops snowing, I can put away my winter jacket, and I stop seeing … Continue reading

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