Happy New Year & Welcome to Day Twelve of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! I love how today is both an ending and a beginning--the last day of this year's poetry challenge and the beginning of a new year. We are here, today, with 2021 now just a...

Welcome to Day Eleven of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! We're at the end of another year ~ an excellent time to think about the person, the self, we are bringing to the new year. Which beliefs are we bringing, which attitudes, which dreams and desires?...

Welcome to Day Ten of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! As the year winds down, I've been thinking about all that happened in 2021. All the things I've enjoyed and experienced, and even the challenging times that encouraged me to make new choices and...

Welcome to Day Nine of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021 Winter is a truly transformational time, the season when lakes and creeks ice over and become places where you can walk, fish, skate, or play rousing games of hockey. It feels surreal to walk where...

Welcome to Day Eight of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021 Today we return to the heart of winter. Living in the deep cold leaves an impression on you. I will never forget what -45 degrees feels like, nor will I forget wind chills that plunge much lower...

Welcome to Day Seven of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021 This time of year, I often think back to my childhood and the blustery, frigid winters my home state of Minnesota is famous for. Today's prompt pulls directly from those blizzardy times when the...

Welcome to Day Six of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! One thing I adore about living in New Mexico is staring up at the night skies. Away from a city, with very little light pollution, I'm always surprised to see how many stars are up there watching...

Welcome to Day Five of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! In the rush of the world, in the rush of this season, our attention is often pulled to what we consider the big blessings. The loved ones we share time with. Or holiday events we choose to partake...

Welcome to Day Four of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! Are you noticing the days getting longer? The sun dangling a bit higher in the sky? A new lightness in your body? I am, and the wonderful feeling always propels me toward new, seemingly impossible...

Welcome to Day Three of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! Normally, this is a time of year when people come together...friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, even complete strangers. As you well know, as Covid carries on, our gatherings may have changed...