Author Archives: wisdomfromafather
Five Minute Friday — Turn
The weekly Five Minute Friday is upon us. It’s where a couple hundred bloggers link up to share their thoughts on a common prompt. It’s always interesting to see what pops out of our collective minds in just five minutes. … Continue reading
Coming In and Catching Up
Bad me. I haven’t been in the mood for writing. It isn’t writer’s block, but I’ve been fighting a cold for a couple of weeks and it has taken me to the mat. I’ve been pushing myself to get some … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — Long
Friday. Friday. Five Minute Friday. It’s time to tackle the prompt … five minutes of unscripted writing, just letting the fingers fulfill the thoughts of the mind. Then I’ll link up with the hundreds of other participants at Kate’s place … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — Care
It’s Friday and I admit, I came up empty on this week’s Five Minute Friday prompt. I thought about it most of the day and … nada, nothing, zilch. I just couldn’t connect with the word without sounding … well, … Continue reading
They’re Always Watching
This was just a routine morning. I went out to the gazebo, stirring the birds who were taking temporary respite from the rain, and sat down to read, meditate {I’ve finished Ezekiel and am now getting into the apocalyptical writers, … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — New
Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker who thought why not take five minutes and see … Continue reading
We Had So Many Moments
There is a Funky Winkerbean cartoon taped to the file cabinet next to my desk. I look at it every day. Les Moore lost his wife to cancer and he is driving with his daughter Summer. She asks, “Dad … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday … Because
It’s Friday. Time for Five Minute Friday. Under Kate Motaung’s direction, hundreds of bloggers rally around a themed word and, well, write for five minutes. No rules. No backtracks. Nothing profound. Not perfect. Just five minutes of writing, letting the … Continue reading
Forgiveness
Originally posted on booklovers1:
Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labour and goods as…
Five Minute Friday — Hold
Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. This week’s prompt is HOLD. The timer is set … so here goes. {clock starts now} This is about a week premature. Next weekend, I’m planning to head out to Massachusetts to … Continue reading
The Light 