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Daily Crochet

05/28/2025 / Liz H-H / 24 Comments
blue butterflies x 3

Grasses hiss, my gumboots slap
Across the meadow I cut a path
After last night’s damaging storm

Wildflowers open in morning sun
Testing for warmth
In a day just begun

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Sunday Evening Jubilee

01/26/2025 / Liz H-H / 8 Comments

The fridge breathes deep, mostly emptied of odds and ends ready for renewal in a whirl of call and response with the cook. An oversized Dutch Oven dozes on the right front burner, still-winter sun sliding behind the trees.      Continue reading →

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World’s Most Interesting Woman

05/18/202405/18/2024 / Liz H-H / 15 Comments

Six Sentence Stories

The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: DOUBLE. Visit, comment, and write & perhaps post your own on SIX SENTENCE STORIES

I don’t always succeed at home improvement projects, but when I do, I make double the mess.                                    Continue reading →

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Cold Feet, Green Thumb

01/10/2024 / Liz H-H / 22 Comments

Fresh tomatoes, sliced on a wood cutting board

The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences, from Denise’s one word prompt: STOCK. Visit, comment, write & post your own on Six Sentence Stories.

She leaned on her shovel and surveilled her tiny backyard plot, noting the shady spots that, come Summer, would be created by the neighbors’ overgrown deciduous trees.  Continue reading →

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Love Grows

04/19/202104/21/2021 / Liz H-H / 30 Comments

Arbor of cherry blossomsA spring wind puffed and released tiny skydivers of cherry blossom every time she walked by. She couldn’t have helped it, even if she’d wanted to, Continue reading →

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