‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes…

SOMETIMES Sometimes when you cry, no one sees your tears. Sometimes when you are in pain, no one sees your hurt. Sometimes when you are worried, no one sees your…

There is no map for your creative life, no step-by-step procedure that someone else can hand down in a book or a blog that will magically reveal to you the…

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance. chaos into order, And confusion into clarity… It turns problems…

We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,– This debt we pay to human…

Today Is The Very First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life This is the beginning of a new day. I have been given this day to use as I…

The Rainbow Bridge. This poem comforts many of us who love and lose animal friends. But read it in privacy, and get some Kleenex first.   Just this side of heaven…

Hello, Bumby here. I write today with a heavy heart. Today Dec.16th 2009. I have to put my long time companion  of 17 years to sleep.  Tiger was her name.…

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a…

PERFECT WOMAN by: William Wordsworth (1770-1850) HE was a phantom of delight When first she gleam’d upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment’s ornament; Her eyes…