Resuming my spiritual quest, reading through some stuff I'm familiar with and some new stuff, the first place I went looking was Swami Vivekananda's poem, The Song of the Sannyasin. For those who are yet

I'm the mother of an 8 year old girl. From a sweet little angel, she's fast becoming a terror I'm having to match my wits against everyday. My husband usually takes her side, believing I shouldn't try

This post is dedicated to my husband of 10 years. Yes, we just celebrated our 10th anniversary 3 days ago. And I'll be the first to admit that it has not always been smooth sailing, it's been much more

Hello everybody! I hope you are all doing wonderfully and doing what you love to do best. I have many many days of catching up to do and I will devote some time to this every day from now on. For today,

A dear soul passing on and lost forever to the mysterious sands of eternal time Never to set foot on earthly land again Never to smile, touch, see, or talk again Here all these years, here this morning,

This is a poem I wrote for @papa-pepper's Wild and Strange Contest Season 7 - Round 4 poetry contest ( where a winning photo led to winning art that led to a winning meme and finally will lead us to a

After I so excitedly shot off a post here three days ago regarding my first cryptocurrency investment/trade on bittrex, I converted my existing sbds (2.334 SBD) into Steem and bought some more Ripple coins.

In the world of crypto that whales, dolphins, minnows, and redfish trade in, I'm a bright red redfish trading in single digit Steem! YES, I finally joined the traders club today! With 6 steem in hand,

Hello Steemit! This is my humorous attempt for the 55 word creative story contest by Aggroed. Check out the contest and other entries here: I hope you enjoy the short story. Thank you!  Aggroed's

Today's one of those days when I'm inspired to write about what I did. My day started early. I had registered for a walk/run event and my dear sister who's an experienced half marathoner came with me as

Hello Steemit,  This is my entry for @gmuxx's art prompt writing contest 1. The art prompt is a painting by @yusaymon.  When I first came across @gmuxx's contest and @yusaymon's painting, inspiration

Hello Steemit! Week 4's contest was a story writing prompt. And a call for helping Colette, a wonderful lady who's unfortunately needing to battle cancer. I was very happy to see the number of people who

Every day when I'm cooking or cleaning I listen to atleast a couple of Ted Talks vidoes on Youtube. I was thinking that maybe some of these that I like especially I could share with you. For those who

(Image from pexels.com) What if I cry? And what if I should smile? What if I destroy? And what if I should create? What if I fall? And what if I should rise! What if I die? And what if I should forever

Dear friends, welcome to Potpourri Treasure! For this week we are going to have the writing component only. Are you ready? Put your thinking cap on and answer this question. `It is 2317. Inspired by the

Hello Steemit!  I'm sorry for the delay in announcing the winners!  Here they are:  Week 2 - The amazing @rhondak  Week 3 -  The nice and helpful @papascrubs  CONGRATULATIONS

You are on the road outside your house. Walking. There's nothing in your hand. Or around your shoulders. Or your back.  Your fancy laptop and keyboard are now no longer huge tools you need to

Life is a mysterious thing that happens to us. But, we must live to complete it. The better we live, the better our lives and our memories afterwards.  Predictable? Not quite. Every once in a while,

Contd from Part 1: ....................She was the most beautiful, kind-hearted, smart, and hard-working child I knew. And as the days passed, I loved her more and more. It was only when she was about

dear friends, ready for this week's Potpourri Treasure Challenge? This week PT has a mix of 3 questions/activities for you to do. They are based on a theme... and the theme is "All things Steemit". You