What exactly is poetry? There really isn’t a concrete answer to that question. It’s kind of a personal experience for each individual. But I like this simple definition best: literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. TheContinue reading “Poetry is a Hard Sell”
Author Archives: Dianne Lehmann
Priorities
When we moved into our current house at the beginning of December of 2020, there was much to be done. First up, we had to get ready for the delivery of the greater bulk of our belongings. We had each driven a car from Arizona to Wyoming, both cars packed tight with the bare necessitiesContinue reading “Priorities”
The Five Senses
I read an article the other day that stated that we have more than the usual five senses that people talk about. However, they were not talking about extrasensory perception and so I was not as greatly interested as I had been when I read the title of the article. Not that I’m necessarily aContinue reading “The Five Senses”
Grace Ellen
Ellesbeth Gracelyn Nealy is about to have her afternoon tea, as she has done for most of her life. On most days, since moving a short time ago, she takes her tea alone in the little sitting alcove of her suite. Her grandson has caused her suite to be added to his house. It isContinue reading “Grace Ellen”
Grace
She has whittled it. And refined it. She has pared it down over the years. Until it is something fine and indefinable. The young don’t have it. With their restless and boundless energy. Always fidgeting and stuttering. She makes reaching for a glass of water and act of grace. She glides from her chair intoContinue reading “Grace”
Karens
Boy that really bothers me. I read an article this morning about a woman who insisted that some Walmart employees scan and bag her purchases in the self-checkout section of the store. Her reason for that was because there were no regular cash registers open. She said she would have gone to one of thoseContinue reading “Karens”
Color, Pattern, Texture
A good afghan will incorporate all three of those qualities. I’m not talking about Middle Eastern people called Afghans. I mean the kind that you use to keep yourself warm on a cold winter evening while sitting in your chair with a cup of hot herbal tea and a good book. I guess most peopleContinue reading “Color, Pattern, Texture”
Why, Just Why?
I read a blurb for an article the other day that made me laugh and then made me scratch my head. I didn’t read the article. Maybe I should have. Anyway, the blurb said that dogs can tell when a human is lying to them. What I want to know is this: why would youContinue reading “Why, Just Why?”
Tooth Extraction and Dental Implant
I did it. I survived. Wouldn’t have been possible without my husband. Literally and figuratively. Wyoming is a very sparsely populated state. It’s the least populated state in the United States and the tenth largest. Alaska (the largest state in our nation) has more people than Wyoming. A long time ago, we lived in California.Continue reading “Tooth Extraction and Dental Implant”
Power
We all have power. Power over ourselves. Power over others. But what does that mean really? We say it all the time. We say, “I don’t want to let so and so have that much power over me.” Or we say, “I wish I had more power over my job.” I ask again, what doesContinue reading “Power”
