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Looking back, it’s been a pretty fantastic year for me. I started blogging only 8 months ago, yet I feel that I’ve been doing this all my life. It’s just something that feels right to me.
I’ve made many bloggy friends, and for that I am grateful. You’ve all enriched my life in so many [...]

Welcome to “Silly Haiku Wednesday!”
Click here for info and background on this weekly event!
The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
This week’s theme is: Aftermath
My submission for this week:
Melancholy Smiles
Everything a paler shade
Worth it? Yes, it was.

 
Next week’s theme: New [...]

Winding down – can we relax now?

I had been waiting to talk about our concert on the 12th until I had some of the recordings to share with you – it went so well, and we’ve been asked to come back again next year. We were high on adrenaline for days after, and continue to get terrific feedback even now. So [...]

Welcome to “Silly Haiku Wednesday!”
Click here for info and background on this weekly event!
The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
This week’s theme is: Crunch Time!
My submission for this week:
Wallets now empty
Tree is up, dressed, and twinkling
Here we go again!

 
Next [...]

Hello all! I’m Chanda, The Eco-Cheap Mom. Since I am guest posting today as the winner of the Haiku Challenge held a few weeks back, I figured I should start off with a little haiku.
Reduce, Reuse, and
Recycle for a Most Green
Holiday Season!
‘Tis the season to waste according to http://www.recycleworks.org/. Household waste increases 25 percent during [...]

Welcome to “Silly Haiku Wednesday!”
Click here for info and background on this weekly event!
The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
This week’s theme is: Guilty Pleasure?
My submission for this week:
Dancing around it
We pretend not to notice
And sing the same song…

I’m [...]

This is what it’s doing here today… *sigh*… but wait!

My back yard… and my group! This is a rehearsal recording (meaning I stuck a cheap recorder in front of one speaker while we were rehearsing) of ShaMoo, myself, and 2 of our closest friends singing “Let it Snow”.
Our first major concert as a quartet [...]

Welcome to “Silly Haiku Wednesday!”
Click here for info and background on this weekly event!
The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
This week’s theme is: Spirit of Giving
My submission for this week:
Commercial nonsense!
Focus on the family,
Not on the price tag.

 
Next week’s [...]

My throat was a bit sore today, so instead of joining my comrades in a caroling gig the large group had scheduled (they can do without me for this!!) I decided today was the day the tree would go up. I did wait until the Hubby went to work though – he gets all huffy [...]

We have a winner for our Silly Haiku Wednesday Challenge!
Chanda, the Eco-Cheap Mom, will be guest posting here on December 20th. Can’t wait!
Congrats, Chanda!

Welcome to “Silly Haiku Wednesday!”
Click here for info and background on this weekly event!
The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
This week’s theme is: It’s a Haiku CHALLENGE! …challenge..! …challenge..!
My submission for this week:

Where is your haiku?
Is you is, or [...]