Packing Dilemma

Are you an organized packer? My husband, son, and I are packing for a weekend trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I started helping my son organize his clothes yesterday and thought that I would not have too much of a problem. Well, that thought was incorrect. Since we are going to a wedding there are several events that need different clothes. With the way the weather has been lately, I have been hesitant about what to bring. It's puzzlement so wish me luck. Follow my path during this weekend because we have never traveled to Pittsburgh.

 It's time to join Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life Story Challenge - Day 16.

Summer On! Clunker Challenge

 Clunker Challenge from  Linda Mitchell

Last week, Linda offered her clunker lines in exchange for a quick poem and a clunker line from each writer. I eagerly scrolled through the clunker lines and found two that looked appealing:

found a bit of sunflower  &  trees turned so orange the road looked blue

With these, I decided to write a pandemic poem since many bans were altered and the thought of summer travel seems so uplifting. 

A ban lifts,

lives change,

travel surges.

Summer 2021 opens

for roads untraveled and

newfound destinations sought.

Adventures await so find the why of

breathing in freshness, basking in sunshine,

feeling the tingling sensation of salted seafoamed oceans,

and the pure pleasure of tousled hair and loud music on open highways.

Walk, drive, ride, fly, or dream of places where trees turned so orange

the road looked blue or places where a bit of sunflower carries a

memory. If travel is not an option, create a fantasy trip to a 

secret garden with no boundaries. Be free.

Options are limitless. Find open spaces

Lve without fear of disruptors.

Gather nature's gifts.

Bring them indoors.

Honor the road

for it holds

your 

©CV, 2021

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While I sent Linda this clunker, summer dressed itself in ..., I decided to use the prompt.

Summer's Fashion Statement

Summer dressed itself

in robes of golden sunrise.

Skyblue hopes

billowed in the breeze as

summer washed the woods

in dew-drenched sparkles.

Daylight-glow puddled

on delicate leaves.

A parade of stilled daylilies posed

in gardens rich with chocolate mulch.

At day's end, summer dressed night

in indigo dreams as serenity pillowed

 under a moonlit canopy.

©CV, 2021

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Yesterday and today, I offered The Spiritual Journey Thursday community and guests an opportunity to celebrate summer with the topic, "Nurturing Our Summer Souls". As the host, I designed an advertisement with photos and artwork from Jan Annino, Donna Smith, Fran Haley, and myself to publicize the event. Please stop by to read my post and link up to other responders. 

Then, visit the Poetry Friday Roundup at author poet Laura Shovan's blog. She shares her poem, "Millicent Patrick Speaks of Monsters," which won honorable mention in the Baltimore Science Fiction Society’s annual poetry contest. Look further to find more poetic goodness from other poets.