It’s the last day in January 2019 already and last of my daily mindful writing posts for the annual January challenge This challenge is always fun and stretches me beyond what I hope for, even when I hit a slump about midway through. It’s amazing all that goes on in a day, and to pick up and share one piece of it, is both challenging and enriching. January is really the best month for daily mindful writing. Winter offers an ideal time for mindful introspection as well as silent snow days. Looking back, the top three posts that were read are: Walking With Depression, Fractured Time and The Unfinished Poem. Thank you for joining me on this mindful writing journey.
February 1st starts National Haiku Writing Month. February, the shortest month of the year, is ideal for the #NaHaiWriMo challenge of writing one haiku or senryu per day. Same mindfullness with more brevity and a whole lot more editing. Less words but more work. It may be the easiest form of poetry to write, but the hardest to write well.
We are in the claws of a Polar Vortex here in the North Eastern U.S. My thermometer read -7 degrees this morning. The radiators are hissing, storm windows frosting and even my hands are chilled to the bone writing this in my old leaky house. Many of my friends and family are decamping to warmer climes, and the dog walks are shorter, quicker and more to the point. Winter is exhaling frosty exclamation marks!!!
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Polar Vortex
in a dream–I’m trapped
by three polar bears and a lion
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