How do you define success?
December 19, 2022 – 13 years since we began Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin. Blogs are a wonderful way to learn and create. I am growing older here, and grateful every day.
And Bloganuary again this year.
Tag: Achievement
Two Years – Large Print Poems
We began Large Print Poems on August 7, 2020. Hope the posts are useful.
I reprint new and old poems there. For readers who follow both sites, I often vary the presentation – perhaps a different picture with a poem.
Creative Note: Hope and Gratitude
This year, Easter And Spring Poetry reached 500 Followers. The posts are new, and I also reprint content in new ways. An old haiku with vintage art, or a new photo – and the post is new.
December Poems: 2009 – the present
lighting the
Christmas candle
tiny flame
transforms
the night
December 2009
Hermitage 2005 and The Writers’ Bistro 2007
Quiet Christmas Poetry 2014
Winter storm
evergreen branches
bow to the ground
December 2010
mild December day
pheasants in the fields
apples still on some trees
poems to write
many books yet to read
December 2011
preparing a meal
of fresh vegetables
New Year’s Eve
December 2012
New Year’s Eve
nearing the end
of a book
with many more
to read
December 2013
almost dawn
small pink poinsettia
waits by the window
December 2014
almost too bright
December sun
through leafless trees
December 2015
He giveth snow
like wool:
he scattereth the hoarfrost
like ashes.
Psalm 147: 16 (KJV)
December 2016
Quiet Christmas Poetry, 2014
Thank you to GT Graphics in Sheboygan, Wisconsin for a beautiful second printing of our large print chapbook. Karl and I created this book from the posts at my site, Quiet Christmas Poetry.
December 2017
different voices
create new songs
harmony
December 2018
New Year’s Eve morning
gardens are happy
to be covered with snow
December 2019
cold – yet from this ground
daffodils will grow
again
December 2020
older vision
grateful for my chair
by a sunny window
December 2021
Ellen Grace Olinger
Photos 2021
Yesterday was the 12th anniversary for POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN and WordPress.com.
Karl helped me begin this creative work in 2009. His photos add so much to the blog. Here are some of his photos from 2021.
Lake Ice – Lake Michigan
Oostburg, Wisconsin
February 18, 2021
“Frozen Woods” – March 13, 2021
The Town of Holland – Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Oostburg, Wisconsin
March 18, 2021 – “A blustery day, light reflecting off the water.”
Harrington Beach – Wisconsin State Park System
March 20, 2021
Kohler-Andrae State Park
Sheboygan County
Wisconsin DNR
September 21, 2021
PHOTOS BY KARL
Achievement – 12 Years
Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com!
You registered on WordPress.com 12 years ago.
Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging.
December 19, 2021
all that lasts
all that lasts
all that returns
all that endures
daffodils, primroses,
ferns, daylilies, hosta . . .
The gardens are an endless source of education and inspiration. There have been losses, and other plants seem to always return – over the years and different weather conditions. Our gardens are all perennials now, and we usually buy a planter of flowers from a local store.
I recently completed the draft for a new book of poetry. We decided on Karl’s photo of swans and Lake Michigan for the cover. My goal is to publish by the end of the year. And that can be revised. The last few years, I began a new book a few times. So having completed the draft now is an achievement. Grateful.
Karl’s photo of the winter beach is the cover for Quiet Christmas Poetry (site and large print chapbook).
Elin Grace Publishing
Oostburg, Wisconsin
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 