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Archives for December 2016

Glimpse of solace: Hope in a cookie

12/31/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of solace: Hope in a cookie

Happy New Year! As always, I wish you PEACE, LOVE, and SOLACE … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: 2017, Ellen Wade Beals, fortune, fortune cookie, Happy New Year!, hope in a cookie, Photography, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Greetings on December 22

12/22/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Greetings on December 22

The darkest day of the year is behind us -- each day now there will be a little more light. Have you had a harder time gearing up for the holidays? Feeling less than festive? Sometimes we miss those not with us most during this time and we are more emotionally vulnerable than on other days. Or, if you lose someone around this time, you are especially tender. I always appreciate poetry that makes me feel better about loss, that helps me process it. In October I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: "Death Is Nothing At All", "Looking to the heavens", Amaryllis, appreciation, Christina Rosetti, death at Christmas, Ellen Wade Beals, Goblin Market, Grief, grief during the holidays, Henry Scott-Holland, meaning of life, Photography, Poetry, Remember, secular, secular poem on grief, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Glimpse of solace: trees in winter

12/13/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of solace: trees in winter

Winter Trees All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold. William Carlos Williams   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, Chicago, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, Lacing branches, Photography, Poetry, Snow, Snow on trees, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Trees branches, Trees in winter, W. C. Williams, Weighed Words, William Carlos Williams, winter

Creatively blocked?

12/05/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Creatively blocked?

Hey there – it has been a long time, I know. Here's some stuff  I found interesting. In addition to being a gifted writer David Abrams is generous. His blog site The Quivering Pen is worth investigating. Self-described as a book evangelist,  he is always featuring recent books and articles on writing. He is the author of Fobbit and the upcoming book, Brave Deeds. I follow David Abrams on social media. That’s where I saw his mention of this article from Esquire, "Why … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: "Dust of Snow, Book Evangelism, Brave Deeds, Chicago poet, Close Enough For Love, Davd Abrams, Diana Spechler, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Ellen Wade Beals, Esquire, Fierce Voice Writing Prompts, Fobbit, Frank Sinatra, In Our Etats Unis, Jr, Kurt Elling, Marty McConnell, Mike Smith, Mike Smith Sax, New Verse News, Photography, Poetry, Robert Frost, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Quivering Pen, Weighed Words, Why Some Artists Are Struggling to Process a Trump Presidency, Woman Made Gallery

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