Barn and Silos

November 2, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Two perspectives of the same barn and silos before an Autumn storm.

I’m a Creep

October 29, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Halloween brings out our shadow sides – a chance to express those hidden fears and quiet thoughts. Working with AI, I have brought some of my self-portraits to life, creating 3-D monsters which bring to mind the song “I’m a Creep” by Radiohead. “But I’m a creepI’m a weirdoWhat the hell am I doing here?I […]

October Drive

October 26, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Capturing the tail end of Autumn on a recent drive to town. The clouds never cease to mesmerize me.

Orchids

October 22, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Our home, with all its windows and light, seems to be a good host for orchids. Here are a few of our plants.

A Wish for Peaceful Resolution

October 19, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

What times we are living in. One for the history books for sure, as 7 million people took to the streets yesterday in support of the No Kings protest. As an outsider (Canadian), I am pleased to see my neighbours take action, peacefully, to oppose what is happening at a governmental level. I cannot imagine […]

Breaking Open

October 15, 2025.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’ve started a second TikTok account just for the exploration of dreams. (@DreamCrone). It had 600 followers and lively discussion up until 2 weeks ago. Then I decided to lead my followers through an exercise examining the power of symbolism. I used my dream as an example. The exercise requires telling the dream aloud, using […]

What’s the hold up?

October 12, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

There’s a rucus at the feeders and I look out to see several finches lined up and looking towards their favourite lunch spot. The pecking order has been disrupted… Do you think I could scare him off? Not a chance.

Magic of Poetry

October 8, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve been writing poetry since I was nine. I was hooked at an early age by the ability to turn daffodils into yellow crowns, and to compare fog to a cat. In illness and troubled times, poetry is a therapeutic outlet. In joyous times, a celebration. The magic comes, when I pull out an old […]

More Art Lessons

October 5, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

The second lesson was creating blind portraits. I have done this before and like this exercise so much, I have committed to doing one a day. These are from the course: To do this exercise, look at yourself in a mirror, or gaze at a portrait of yourself. Glancing only once at the paper to […]

A Quotation

October 1, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sometimes a quotation just speaks to the heart. This one, by Sanober Khan, author, really spoke to me. I have not read her work, but the poetry in this piece certainly sparks my interest. Do you have a particular phrase or quotation that speaks to you?

Poet’s Quandry

IfI wereto writeevery dayfor onehundred days,would my soulbe purged ofthis malaise;is it a thingto be dredged,dragged up –twistedand tiedlike tatteredbed sheetsknottedtogether;is therea remedyfor thisscourge;or is thisan inherentrestlessness,a fiery bluespark of eternalangst ignitingpassion – a callto write? (Originally posted February, 2017. Image my own)

Sun Knows

Expectations

Expectations artificialliving in an urban junglelonging for nature’s calm – time moves too swiftlybarely registerlet alone participate We are guests in our ownexpectation’s dysfunctionlicensed for depression a smorgasbord for abuseintentions mislaid,disappointment unavoidable The ego pretends to be openbut she’s an actress off cueplaying out a sentence – condemned to basicspraying to escapethis dystopian malfunction. (Image […]