Hello, readers, and welcome back to Wednesday Words. Do you know that April is National Poetry Month? To celebrate, in this post I’m sending you a Charlene-original poem: “Portland Cathedral.” Its story began one afternoon in Portland, Oregon, many years ago while Hoyt, my husband, was attending a meeting at … [Read more…]
Welcome back to another Wednesday Words. Today I invite you to think about three little questions with big consequential answers. I first saw these questions years ago on a piece of paper posted behind the counter in a nearby eyeglass shop. My theory is that by posting them in the … [Read more…]
Hi there, readers. Welcome back to Wednesday Words. You may notice today is not Wednesday. 🙂 Yesterday when this was supposed to be mailed to you there were technical issues, so this is a day late. Sorry… This post is one of those about writing that I told you I’d … [Read more…]
Hi there, readers. Welcome back to another Wednesday Words. Today let’s think about sailing ships in rough seas. Let’s think about ourselves as the ships and LIFE as the sea. Here’s a wonderful piece about this from The School of Life: An Emotional Education. In the seventeenth century, the Dutch … [Read more…]
Dear readers, welcome back to Wednesday Words. When I began this series, in the very first post I said my aim here is to lift people up. That’s still my aim with Wednesday Words. In a world full of writing and talking that does NOT lift people up, especially during … [Read more…]