We walked up the road to the Daley Plaza for the Chriskindlmarkt. That’s the German market that comes to Chicago every year. Mr. Nine and I used to go every Thanksgiving weekend, but it had been a while. Mom had never been there, and it was so delightful to go on this night, ...
Posted in Living on the Diagonal, musings, Photography, Poetry, Seasons, winter | Tagged blog, blogging, Carole Coates, February, musings, Photography, Poetry, writing | 13 Comments February 12, 2022 A Love Story: The Beginning [Hope you enjoy this Valentine’s Day classic. It’s one of...
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I can’t separate my creative process from my process of tending to the conditions of my life. One could say I haven’t had the luxury to solely focus on my own poems, but I’m pretty sure that luxury would not have served me. Most of my poems come to me as I do what I do i...
Summer reading deserves lovely summer settings, and on perfect summer days, this is where I like to read–our own patio and garden. Now I hasten to add, I have done nothing to make this space so perfect. All credit goes to my husband the genius and hardworking gardener. We have lived...
What ash cloud?! There was enough rain on the Lambeth and Wandsworth rides to prompt the putting-on of raincoats, but in Wandsworth this just demonstrated a certain style amongst the colourful ladies of the group, and in Lambeth we weren’t deluged until we were in the cafe after complet...
This sighting was absolutely thrilling for me and I was on cloud nine for the rest of the day . Another source of happiness filling my idle time has been the company of our cats, Laudy and Pip. They have no idea what a blessing and source of company they are to me, but I count ...
I’m so excited for her! I left there on cloud nine! 1:15pm I swing over to the water station to fill several of our 5 gallon water jugs and by this point I am just thinking, “Wow, it has been the best day EVER!” Why? No idea! I get all the jugs filled while replying ...
Nancy RueggandMitch Teemleyfrom my writer’s group both posted this review of my latest novel. Nancy wrote it and then Mitch reposted it on his blog. I ‘m so very grateful to both of them. The writing journey is lonely until you gather a community around yourself, and these two have...
one of the best things I did was to rely on logical consequences. If they wanted clean clothes, they were responsible for doing their own laundry. If they wanted to eat, cook. My son decided one day, at age nine, that he wanted cake. I handed him a recipe book . . . and he suc...