Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Tintype
I awoke to a plank of mottled gray smoke hanging across the lake. The forest was oddly still, faintly reminiscent of old-time tintype photos. I read that subjects often had to wear heavy metal head clamps hidden from view so that movement wouldn’t blur the...
Joy and Thanksgiving
It's PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. This week's round up is hosted by Denise at Dare to Care. Join us! Our property received a forest service grant for a much-needed tree thinning. They dropped upwards of 200 pine and fir across 3 acres in two days....
BOOK REVIEW: WHEN TWILIGHT COMES
Do you have a favorite time? Time of year? Time of day? Marcie Flinchum Atkins’ latest book, WHEN TWILIGHT COMES: The Animals and Plants That Bring Dawn and Dusk to Life (illustrated by Michelle Morin; Chronicle Books, 2026) came out in March. This poem-as-a-picture...
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Published poet & kidlit writer
cultivating joy and inspiring
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