Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Hopeful
Margaret Simon hosts our first 2026 Spiritual Journey reflections with an invitation to share our One Little Word - one word to guide our days in the coming year. Join us!fifteen years ago I am in our living room. My older son stands before me, defiant. We have...
Winter Solstice-Waiting
For those who celebrate, the third Sunday of Advent is a call to joy. This year Gaudete Sunday (from the Latin gaudeo, "I rejoice") fell on December 14th. The winter solstice– our longest night-- followed a week later. But around the world, joy feels distant, even...
Sapwood – An Acrostic
It's Poetry Friday!Our host is Michelle Kogan at MoreArt4All Join us!If you have not dipped your toe into this gorgeous "spell book" by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, you are missing true magic. It is not new (2017) but its impetus is no less relevant. Each...
About Patricia Franz
Published poet & kidlit writer
cultivating joy and inspiring
a long, loving look at the real.
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