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Minus 1 + 3 Practices = Lorrie's Lent Life

Minus 1 + 3 Practices = Lorrie's Lent Life

Here’s what I’m giving up and adding for Lent.

Lorrie Tom Writes, Power LinesLorrie TomMarch 4, 2025power lines and poetry by lorrie, Lorrie Tom WritesComment

An Ode to Skiing

Oh, how I love skiing! Here’s an ode to the days when my legs could handle skiing the big bumps!

Lorrie Tom Writes, Power LinesLorrie TomMarch 1, 2025power lines and poetry by lorrie, living the writing lifeComment

Find Something Ugly and Write About It

Once you see ugly power lines as a perch for your poetry, you can’t unsee it!

Haiku, Lorrie Tom Writes, Power Lines, Reading & Writing Life, Writing IdeaLorrie TomFebruary 21, 2025all things haiku, power lines and poetry by lorrie, writing promptsComment

Anatomy of Lorrie's 2025 Haiku

Here’s the haiku that will guide me through 2025 and what it means to me so far.

Haiku, Lorrie Tom Writes, Reading & Writing Life, Writing IdeaLorrie TomFebruary 18, 2025all things haiku, writing promptsComment

What Worked in 2024

Ax throwing made the list and that was a big surprise!

Lorrie Tom Writes, Reading & Writing Life, Writing IdeaLorrie TomFebruary 18, 2025writing prompts, living the writing lifeComment

My Reading Life Began With a Crime

And now I’m a serial reader with no hope of rehabilitation.

Books & Reading, Lorrie Tom Writes, Reading & Writing Life, Writing IdeaLorrie TomDecember 6, 2024Once in a while book club, currently reading, writing promptsComment

If 229 Villa Rita Could Speak

What if our childhood homes could speak? What are the stories they would tell?

Family of Writers, Lorrie Tom Writes, Writing Idea, Writing RecipesLorrie TomOctober 18, 2024family of writers, writing promptsComment

There is No Place Like the Grand Canyon

Do you have a place you love beyond all others? Here's a way to write about it.

Family of Writers, Lorrie Tom Writes, Writing Idea, Writing RecipesLorrie TomOctober 10, 2024family of writers, writing promptsComment

Power Lines and Wrinkles

A triplet of haiku about admiring power lines and wrinkles--things that I often think are ugly!

Haiku, Lorrie Tom Writes, Power Lines, Reading & Writing LifeLorrie TomOctober 4, 2024all things haiku, power lines and poetry by lorrieComment