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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Everyday Canvas
"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
David Whyte
This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.
October 17, 2019 at 4:19pm October 17, 2019 at 4:19pm
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Prompt: What books are on your winter reading list?
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The books I want to read, if put on a long list, would probably go around the earth’s circumference a couple of times.
At this point, I only know month by month the number of books I'll read because in Minja’s group, we each pledge to read a number of books at the beginning of the month, but I have more than six thousand books in Kindle and not enough lifetime left to read them. 
What I am now reading and enjoying very much is the Orphan of the Salt Winds by Elizabeth Brooks.
What I have in mind in the near future are:
A couple of books by Anne Rice about Lestat
Placebo by Joe Dispenza
The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion
Lights on the Sea by Miquel Reina
Unbreakable Mind by Matthew Piper
CRED by Ben Parris our Ŧĥē Beŋ 
The Shadow Writer by Eliza Maxwell
Dragon’s Teeth by Upton Sinclair
It wouldn’t be a surprise if I only read a few of the books above and turned to other books instead, as I usually do.
Day 2023 October 16, 2019
Prompt: "I remind myself once again that there is time, plenty of it, for favored rituals if you simply decide there is time. How do you feel about rituals?
Everyone has rituals when you think of it, especially for taking care of our bodies and our homes. That is a given.
Then I have rituals such as reading in bed while listening to soft music before going to sleep. That is my most favorite downtime.
Writing every day is a ritual, too. I try to get in some writing be it in my blog, a notebook, or something else.
Making lists for just about anything is a habit, too. I couldn’t live without my lists.
Checking on friends mostly online is another ritual.
I have other hobbies and things that I do but intermittently and if needed
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I guess I could do other things, too, but every single moment of my day is taken.
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October 9, 2019 at 4:54pm October 9, 2019 at 4:54pm
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Prompt: "I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again." Melanie Martinez How do you feel about this quote?
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Oh, yeah! I do that a lot! With or without realizing what I am doing. Melanie Martinez hit a nerve here.
For example, when the book sites send me the titles of books on sale, I am immediately drawn to the titles of children’s books, even though I don’t know that such a book belongs to the children’s genre.
Then for a very long time, inside my head, I likened the people I met to fairy-tale characters. One of my neighbors doesn’t know that she is Pippi Longstockings. The others…let’s not go there. This could take too long.
Also, when I hum a song, it is usually from my childhood, and I do it without realizing it. Songs like one-little, two-little Indians and the alphabet song.
Small wonder my kids adored me when they were little, and then, as soon as they grew up, they looked at me with an expression on their faces that might easily have meant, “Yech! Who’s this?”
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October 5, 2019 at 10:46am October 5, 2019 at 10:46am
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Prompt: Happy World Smile Day! Share a list of ten things that make you smile.
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Here are 10 things, the first five happen almost always and because of them, almost all my photos come out with a grin on my face.
The second five can happen but that is usually a rarity.
In Wdc:
1. When I see a helpful and encouraging review on the Reviewing Page.
2. When I come across an informative and/or uplifting post anywhere
3. When I find out a member does something nice for another WdC member or members
4. When SM comes up with an innovative, fun, and helpful programming addition to the site
In Real Life:
5. When I find out people I know and care about are well and happy.
6. When I do everything well on a list I have written or even finish doing whatever is on the list.
7. When I don’t forget to finish one chore before starting another one
8. When I can come up with an innovative idea for a writing project and find out that it may just work
9. When I don’t feel tired in the middle of the day with still things to be done waiting for me.
10. When the politicians and others act like human beings instead of savage beasts in the jungle, not to insult the savage beasts, btw.
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