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Glimpse of solace: two photos

03/14/2019 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, Humor, Photography, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

SEO-Uh-oh & 3 new poetry books–Hilbert, Kerlikowske, Goepfert

06/12/2018 By Ellen Beals 2 Comments

Long time no write. I can’t exactly say what productive thing I did do in the past two to three weeks but it has not been writing in this space. What I know about  SEO (search engine optimization) could fill a thimble. I noticed my posts would not show up in Google until weeks after I uploaded them. Turns out my site failed the mobile-friendly test. I found this out when I had to renewed my domain. Thanks to Ilsa Brink, my site now has a new WordPress theme that should … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Art Speaks, Donna Hilbert, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Gail Goepfert, Glimpse of Solace, Google, Gravity, Ilsa Brink, Marry Hatch, mobile-friendly test, Poetry, rain, SEO, Tapping Roots, Tebot Bach, water beads on leaf, Weighed Words

Sexualities, drinks, and an off-putting phrase

05/04/2018 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Good day to you! Hope things are looking up and that this May day finds you peaceful and happy. All is okay with me. We had a bad storm here the other night but weathered it. The forsythias are in bloom. I’ve heard about two calls for submissions you may want to know about. SISMW contributor Patti Wahlberg emailed to say Duende, the online literary journal produced by the students in the BFA-Writing program at Goddard College, has opened for submissions for its next … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: calls for submissions, Contributors, Duende, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, Goddard College, Highland Park Poetry, Highland Park Poetry Summer Muses' Gallery, Jennifer Dotson, Patti Wahlberg, Patti Wojcik Wahlberg, Photography, Poetry, poetry on coffee or tea or other beverages, poetry on sexualities, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Meditate on the positive

04/24/2018 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Greetings. It looks as if Spring may come to Chicago after all. How’s the weather by you? This weekend came and went. I saw the aftermath of a fatal highway crash on Friday. I went to the funeral of a young father on Saturday. I thought about my own father who was born on April 22, which was Sunday, which was also Earth Day. One of the readings from that funeral was from Philippians 4:4-9 (Final Exhortations). I don’t usually share scripture, but the last two verses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: appreciation, Bible, Chicago, Ellen Beals, Ellen Wade Beals, Focus on positive, Glimpse of Solace, Meditation, Philippians 4:4-9, Photography, Poetry, Scripture, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Spring, Weighed Words

Facebook & new books (and poetry & taxes)

04/16/2018 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Happy (almost) Tax Deadline Day! Hope you have your return prepared and that you are receiving a refund. Also hope you did not wake to snow as we did in Chicago. It’s odd certainly to get snow in mid-April and odder still to hear that baseball games are cancelled because of snow. Facebook has been in the news.  I have used this spot previously to discuss my qualms about social media. Sometimes, more often than it used to be, I am tempted to quit Facebook etc. But in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, Ellen Wade Beals, Escape into Life, Facebook, Glimpse of Solace, Jorge Sanchez, Kathleen Kirk, Linda Gartz, Photography, Plain in a Major Key, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Magazine, Redlined, Salon Series, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Towns, The Writers, Unicorn Press, Wait I Have A Blog?!, Weighed Words

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