Blogger - May 1-28, 2018 Looking back at my writing in May 2018, I can see that while I may have recurring themes, I think I write about them differently now. Have I matured or has my writing matured?

Blogger - May 1-28, 2018. Looking back at my old blog. Seven years ago. open.substack.com/pub/schnitzy...

Language, My Piano Stool, Open Mic Three poems I wrote during the May 28, 2025, Lighthouse Writers Hard Times online writing workshop hosted by Jefferson County Library (CO).

Language, My Piano Stool, Open Mic
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Interesting week. Writing from May 13-15, 2025.

Interesting week.

A Poem or Song a Day I got reminded today that I have a lot of my writing on a blog I no longer add to. Which got me thinking that I should revisit that old blog and post those pieces on Substack. Here’s July 4-10, 2017.

A Poem or Song a Day - from my first blog, in 2017.
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Facebook Live Show - Protest Songs Recorded on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Nearly all of the songs were suggested by friends. I’ll probably do another one to get through the rest of the suggestions.

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The Effects of Weather - poems April 30 was the last day of Poetry Month and thanks to the Hard Times online writing workshop I finished the month strong.

The Effects of Weather - poems
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Living Life - Song or Poem? I wrote this a couple of weeks ago on my phone and typed/edited a couple of days ago. I wrote it as song lyrics, but now I'm wondering how it holds up as a poem. Let me know what you think.

Living Life - Song or Poem?
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Poems from Protest Poetry Workshop On Tumblewords today, Cassie Holguin-Pettinato led a workshop on protest poetry. I got online late but managed to write to both prompts.

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Because my heart breaks My daughter shared two lines with me, told me the background story, and said she'd like to see what I came up with. It's humbling when someone trusts you that much.

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Mansplaining? Musing about the difference between male and female responses to political commentary I've posted on Substack and Facebook.

I've noticed something interesting when I post political opinions on Facebook. The long, "fact-based" responses nearly always come from men....I don't know why, I just know that for some reason it is almost always a man who feels a need to chastise and/or correct me and to do it in laborious detail.

January 6 Thinking about one of the saddest days in the history of America and my hopes for the future.

My thoughts on January 6, 2025

Hanging out with Dad I'm staying in my dad's unit at Brookdale which gives me plenty of time to write, but also lulls me into slug mode. Here are a couple of pieces I wrote in the past week during online writing salons.

Hanging out with Dad, poems and a link to a song for my friends. Hooray for Substack adding Bluesky to the Share options!

Post #1. Hello, I'm here!