There have been many bumps in the road as I journey, but I always try to move forward. After twisting my ankle In October, I tried the usual remedies, ice packs, and elevation but they did not work. A few days later, an xray showed a fractured ankle. While this bump in the road made me antsy for days, I decided that I needed to bring nature inside.
The healing time may have been and still is a bump in the road but with friends and family it became a time to move forward. Nature nurtures my soul during it's annual autumn fashion show.
A month later, I visited my foot specialist doctor once again. I waited with bated breath. Would she approve my travel to Denver for the NCTE Convention? After spending Zoom time preparing a presentation on free verse with my talented poet/authors, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Georgia Heard, and Allan Wolf, I was eager to take the trip. After all, the last time I saw my writer, poetry, and and literary friends was at the 2019 NCTE Convention in Baltimore.
With an ankle that was still in the early healing stage, I was more than happy to wear the stabilizing boot, walking with a walker, and using a wheelchair in the airport. So off I went to Denver hoping for four days of learning and enjoyment. Both were found but that's another Slice of Life.
- Melanie Meehan for organizing a breakfast get-together for Two Writing Teachers' friends at the NCTE Convention.
- Matt Forrest Esenwine and Irene Latham for their open invitation to the Poetry Peeps evening event at the NCTE Convention.
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I now join Two Writing Teachers on their special day, Giving Tuesday. "Every year, on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this organization leads a movement encouraging others to give. This could be giving your time, creativity, care, or any act of generosity you can share with others."
I give you my Slice of Life with inspiration from the season of autumn in Virginia, and nature photography turned into digital art image poems.
