by admin | Jan 13, 2021 | Stone River Writers
In childhood, the sermon was my least favorite segment of church service until the pastor got to whoopin’ near the end. By then, the ladies of the church had long since swooned when embodied with the holy ghost and had recovered their faculties. The deacons helped to...
by admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Prompt: “Solstice is a time to replenish and reflect” by Aliyah Chavez https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/solstice-is-a-time-to-replenish-and-reflect-2Z4IX186QkmSKhOFqFLOng On the shortest day of the year, I emerge from another shell of infirmity. While sleeping—or...
by admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Prompt: #30 from “Christmas Therapies” book My understanding of Christmas continues to evolve as does my understanding and living into myself evolve. As a child Christmas meant presents and having to negotiate being around more folks than usual. My little introverted,...
by admin | Dec 7, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Insert photos from Michaellyde.com Hello Dear One, It has been many years since I’ve written to you. Apologies, recriminations, delusions, and denials are compulsory; however, I choose to speak with you from a place of love, with love, and resting upon love. I love...
by admin | Nov 23, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Prompt: If I Were God by Pat Schneider Pat Schneider’s “If I Were God” is a sobering meditation on acceptance, mindfulness, enlightenment, and gratitude. I believe that I’ve read this work previously because it feels familiar—plus who can forget about a piece writing...
by admin | Nov 16, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Insert photo The last two stanzas in Barbara Kingsolver’s poem “How to Cure Sweet Potatoes” struck a chord with me. In childhood, the sermon was my least favorite segment of church service until the pastor got to whooping near the end. By then, the ladies of the...
by admin | Oct 28, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Need to insert two photos from MichaelLyde.com Gloria Gaynor said that I will survive. And Barbara Kingsolver visited my life again to give me tips for survival. A few pebbles and pearls to guide me on my journey of the mind on my path to potential. My mind is no...
by admin | Oct 19, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Is this a blue, boat home? The only blue in the home is the big, blue sea just outside. A small foyer capped by a glass door encased in a wooden frame. The sun is overhead, casting a broad beam of light through the glass and onto the adjacent wall and mossy, green...
by admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Prompt: Stealth by Peggy Trotter Dammond Preacely I continue to move myself up the list. My default position at highest since the bucolic days of my youth. When I believed myself to be brimming with potential and going as far as my imagination would guide me. Before I...
by admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Prompt: Stealth by Peggy Trotter Dammond Preacely I The sun’s light oozed across his body. Bathing him in relaxing heat. Creating shadows in the subtle folds in his torso. Transforming the droplets of sweat in the forest of hair upon his chest into glittering stars....