#writeout22

#writeout Thank You -- and keep journaling and photographing more outdoor learning!

Artist-In-Residence MK MacNaughton created this dazzling painting for the National Park Service. It reflects her inspiration from a backcountry trip in Noatak National Preserve. Original painting of mountains and valley. On Flickr Public Domain Thank You Thank you to the WRITEOUT adventure of the National Writing Project and the National Park Service — a STEAM-powered Write Out 2022. Organized…

#clmooc #smallpoems Every Town, a history

Monument in Lind, Wa on Flickr WriteOut Why I Write: National Day on Writing Yesterday, October 20th, I participated in a twitter chat for #writeout  #whyIwrite  and #NationalDayonWriting activities that are port of the WriteOut program activities. The National Day on Writing is sponsored by the National Writing Project and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) to  share…

Daily Create Getting Lost Mule Deer for WriteOut

on Flickr DAILY CREATE Today’s WriteOut Daily Create is to write, draw, whatever about “Getting Lost.” [ #clmooc #DS106  @ds106dc   #tdc3935 #writeout  We came across these mule deer near Fiddle Creek and Cole Park in April, 2022. Since they were all looking around instead of grazing, this is a perfect picture for the prompt. Of course, in reality, they know exactly where they are and where…

#clmooc Trees see history before and after we do. A Daily Create WriteOut and Poetry post about cottonwood and sycamore and their histories

An invitation and poem for the WriteOut collaborative project #clmooc #smallpoems

FOUND IN OUR LAWN OF CLOVER One day while out in the yard, I paused at circles of white in the clover– little parasols, pleated and transparent, catching the morning dew. on Flickr Beautiful and dainty, but by the end of the day, black and dying, having completed their part of the food web: to transform decaying plant matter into rich nutrients. With our iPhones, we were able to capture the…

#clmooc The two-week #writeout adventure is almost over! Tomorrow is the biggest day -- #whyIwrite

Welcome! Each Wednesday check this blog for a strategy, process, or reflection for illustration with the iPad app ProCreate. This Wednesday Wrap Up , I share about the illustrating and writing I do for WriteOut. Inspiration The inspiration for October is, of course, the season of autumn and the lovely weather that prompts us to enjoy the outdoors without the blazing heat of summer or the…

#clmooc The Smile Path Poetry #smallpoems

on Flickr A SMILE PATH A Smile Path is one of the curves around something in the way– a detour around some small impediment. Here, our usual path is up the stairs and into Cole Park, but today, after acknowledging the beautiful mule deer napping in the dappled sunlight this particular afternoon, we turned left to go around, to allow her the place she claimed today, which we witnessed, and…

#clmooc #smallpoem Ponderosa Pine

on Flickr Today’s Daily Create WriteOut prompt [#clmooc #DS106  @ds106dc   #tdc3931 #writeout ] is to find a plant that’s popped up through the cracks of pavement or rock. I have a favorite tree near Banks Lake that did just that– we’ve watched it grow— and die. Unfortunately drought, fire, and wind played a part in the life of this tree– which probably lived for over twenty years.– not long for…