Paths I have walked, literally, as I have explored the countryside around me from the time I could walk, and figuratively, as I walk through life.
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About
I was first inspired by the beauty of the local landscapes of Carnegie and the trails and byways along the Chartiers Creek and throughout the Chartiers Valley, paths I’ve been walking since I began to walk. Those paths led me away to learn new things, and led me back, to interpret what I’ve found.
My biggest inspiration for poetry, prose and artwork is still the world right around me, and I enjoy the opportunity to share it from the perspective of one who walks and hikes and bikes and carries a camera, art materials and journal everywhere—even around the house—so the inspirations are fresh.
The familiarity of weather and structure and cultural habit are a starting point, a base to build upon as I walk other paths while building my stories.
Latest Journeys
Poem for Saturday: August 28, 1941
Bits and pieces from The Pittsburgh Press, evening edition, August 28, 1941 1935 Ford sedan for $95. ’33 Auburn Sedan for only $5.68 per month. Cary Grant’s Mexican jaunt to invest $300,000 in silver mines there. Fred Astaire is building a private golf course on his San Diego County ranch. Steelers Make Guard Out of …
Poem for Today: Pawprints and Raindrops
It rained this morning, softly whispering in the trees all around the house, and I have been remembering my kitty Kelly and this poem inspired by her and a certain drizzly summer morning in 2009. I could have no better tribute to her gentle and loving personality. August 11 was the day she left us …
Short Story: Into the Storm
The morning’s session had gone very well. Leaping aboard her little boat, she clamped her painting onto the easel so she could study it while she washed up and had a little bit of lunch, then she’d get right back to work on it while her thoughts were fresh. The painting was a large pastel …
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