by Barbara Jacksha | Feb 8, 2023 | Spiritual Adventures, Writing |
When I was a girl in Minnesota, I used to love reading while lying on the dock at my parent’s lake cabin, gently rocked by waves pushing against the dock’s metal supports. I’d often put my book aside and look down through gaps between the planks to where clear,...
by Barbara Jacksha | Dec 21, 2022 | Spiritual Adventures, Writing |
Happy Winter Solstice! Welcome to the last day of the year, the end of the old, the beginning of the new. In a normal year, I would have shared much more with you, but during this past year I spent most of my time and energy just putting one foot in front of the...
by Barbara Jacksha | Jan 1, 2022 | Writing |
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...
by Barbara Jacksha | Dec 31, 2021 | Writing |
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...
by Barbara Jacksha | Dec 30, 2021 | Writing |
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...
by Barbara Jacksha | Dec 29, 2021 | Writing |
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...
