A fun find via Chris Donner for Tuesday Tides:
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2024 – Daring to be More
Posts for the Month
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Morning from the 5th Floor
However dark the days begin
Off in the distance, Light breaks in
Proving all is not lost and
Everything has a reason

Along the Beach on a Summer’s Day
Tiny at times
Impressive at others
Drumming along
Every day
Simply shaping in new ways

Mount Rainier from Hartstene Island
Forest-cloaked
Image immortalized
Reining from afar
Strong as ever
The touchpoint of grounded stars
Snowcapped
Impressive might
Glorious even in the gray
Heaven-tapper
True delight

Stairs off a Beach on Hartstene Island
Relaxed by the water that go on for
Eternity where rules have no meaning beyond
The grains of sand, the shells and driftwood about
Rocks rounded
Each moment the waves wash
Away the rough edges
Time to inhale the tide, sans time.

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34
Until I know which way is sound
Problems multiply all around
I can either go with focus or frazzle
No need to get lost in the razzle-dazzle
Time will go on just the same
Heart true to goals, ignore the game
Everything about is still wild, still tame
Any choices I have are mine to make
Imagination’s the shield, insanity to shake
Reason, Risk and Resolve is the trio to take.

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Well, for a few Saturdays here and there, ‘stepping back’ to the stairs in preparation for the 832 steps involved with the Base2Space in October.
In the meantime, congratulations to everyone participating in the Relay for Life in the Valley today!!

Close to the air
Or
Long ways away
Out of the city,
Roads lead the way
Adventure awaits
Dreams a mile high
Over the rainbow
Wednesday Words and Amazing Authors!
Yes, it’s just over a week away…Come and see us and tons of other great authors and books from all over the NW at Evergreen State’s Longhouse in Olympia, Saturday, July 16th!


Washington State Patrol's Blog
Because paradise is a library
The story of my journey...
Young Adult Author
Spreading Faith, Hope, & Love
My journey as I run, ride and live through cancer
Disabled. Loud. Proud
Denise Ruttan, Author, Editor and Photographer
Cherishing the Past while Celebrating the Present
Award-winning Author
Where Dreams Meet the Business of Writing
This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
It started as a 366 - now a regular Photoblog- just for the love of taking photos and sharing them.
WRITER Of SPECULATIVE FICTION & OTHER STUFF
Capturing Life's Chapters
Fantasy Romance Author
Reflections on Life through poetry, essays and photos
sweet happy endings
Ideas change everything
Poet, teacher and former Washington State poet laureate
LITERATURE- THOUGHTS - LIFE - WORDS - BUSINESS
A blog for authors, about authors, written by an author
Authoress Website and Blog
Figuring out Freelancing
On becoming extraordinary
Tough, Elegant, Wise
Vintage image treasury
mybrandofgenius
LyannV + Family ... photographers
Photographing the rainbow of life
So what's really going on in 2016?
Adult & YA Romantic Fantasy Author
The Presents of Presence
Creative Writing Tips and Authorial Support from Fantasy Writer Victoria Grefer
Musings, Photography, Writing, and More
Nature Photography by Jeffrey Foltice
Tonette dela Luna ~ Writer, Storyteller, Avid Dreamer
What Ever Pops Into My Mind and Poetry!
Healthy Start
Can you all hear me in the back?
the belief that there is room in your life for a new obsession every day
http://www.CreativeWritingInstitute.org