Happy birthday to

 Stevie Wonder!

Original digital painting, "Apple of My Eye,"  (c) by Kevin Slattery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbenaOqv4yQ

Mother's Day and My Two Mothers

Here's a double haiku for my mother.

although we sometimes

saw her optimism as

unrealistic

a glimpse of light

when no one else can see it

brings hope, not deception

Besides remembering my own mother, I want to honour my unofficial second mom, Frances C., a good friend of my mother. When I needed dating advice or a good easy recipe, I knew I could call her. She was a Virgo, and had common sense and objectivity. She also had the cooking and baking skills that my mother and I lacked. What a great lady!

 

Wardrobe Warning

trudging through puddles:

long camel hair winter coat

is sprayed with mud dots

Daily Haiku Prompts:  winter, coat, spray

August Moon

you bask with delight

in the August moon's glow and

I get drunk on the sight

Daily Haiku Prompts: summer, moon, imbibe

Moving Day

when the movers bring

new people and furniture

the sad  house ghost leaves

Daily Haiku Prompts: new, ghost, leaves

April 23 double haiku

plans for today changed

so I savoured golden joys

spring, coffee, friends

on Shakespeare's birthday

golden forsythia blooms

I wait for tulips

Daily Haiku Prompt: gold

Writing with Tarot Card Prompts

Talking with my critique partner about Tarot cards reminded me that some writers use Tarot cards for plotting and characterization.

My muse has been sleeping on the job.

Can I reawaken her by using Tarot cards?

Tarot Cards for Creative Writing is a blog post by Whitney Hill, which gives examples of using Tarot cards for writing prompts.

https://whitneyhillwrites.com/writing-updates/tarot-cards-for-creative-writing/

Of course, that made me look for an owl Tarot deck!            

TAROT OF THE OWLS 

written by Pamela Chen, art by Elisabeth Alba

contains an easy to understand guidebook for beginners and a deck with delightful, imaginative owl art. 

I glanced at the guidebook last night and haven't even tried the deck yet. 

But, much to my surprise, this morning writing ideas came flying in. 

My moose muse has returned!