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SenHai Saturday #56 and Haiku Girl Summer

Posted on June 14, 2026 by pedometergeek

This week at the I Write Her blog, Susi Bock provided a photograph of a baby elephant standing in a shallow pond with mud on its face for inspiration in writing a haiku and a senryu. The photograph was attributed … Continue reading →

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SenHai Saturday #55

Posted on June 7, 2026 by pedometergeek

Today over at Susi Bock’s blog, I Write Her, she posted a photograph of cherry blossoms blooming in the spring for inspiration in writing both a haiku and senryu. The photo is attributed to Daniil Silantev through Unsplash.com. Using that … Continue reading →

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Merlin App…What I Have Discovered

Posted on June 5, 2026 by pedometergeek

A little over a year ago, this pedometer geek birder downloaded the Cornell Ornithology’s Merlin app. For those unfamiliar with the Merlin app, it records birds based on their calls and songs. (I first learned about the app from my … Continue reading →

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SenHai Saturday #54 and Haiku Dialogue

Posted on May 31, 2026 by pedometergeek

Each Saturday at Susi Bock’s blog, I Write Her, she posts a prompt based on a photograph. This week it is an aerial photograph of waves crashing over a submerged shipwreck as the inspiration for writing both a haiku and … Continue reading →

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SenHai Saturday #53

Posted on May 23, 2026 by pedometergeek

Taking a little time away from my Saturday to-do list to write some haiku and this post, this pedometer geek checked out Susi Bock’s blog, I Write Her. Susi provided a photo by Andrei R. Popescu through Unsplash.com for inspiration … Continue reading →

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SenHai Saturday #52 and Books

Posted on May 17, 2026 by pedometergeek

Susi Bock posted a photo by Rod Long through the Unsplash.com site (I must admit that I have never looked at that site, but I digress) for inspiration in writing a haiku and a senryu in this Saturday’s SenHai prompt … Continue reading →

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Senhai Saturday #51, a Haiku Happening, and a Bit More

Posted on May 9, 2026 by pedometergeek

Susi Bock posts a photo every Saturday on her site, I Write Her. This week’s Senhai prompt is a photo by Kevin Bessat at Unsplash.com showing a set of stairs in the middle of water (a lake, perhaps?) with a … Continue reading →

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SenHai Saturday #50

Posted on May 2, 2026 by pedometergeek

Just a quick blog as this pedometer geek has too much to accomplish this weekend. Having said that, I checked out this Saturday’s blog at I Write Her. There, Susi Bock posted a photo attributed to Marco Grasso at Unsplash.com … Continue reading →

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Politics as Usual…Or One Person’s Perspective

Posted on May 2, 2026 by pedometergeek

When my older sister took the required course, PAD, short for Problems of American Democracy, or what other high schools called Civics, Government, or POD (Problems of Democracy), in her senior year of high school, she and her class had … Continue reading →

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SenHai Saturday #49

Posted on April 26, 2026 by pedometergeek

This week on the blog I Write Her, Susi Bock wrote the post, SenHai Saturday #49, which included a photo image. Using this image as inspiration, she encouraged poets to write a haiku and senryu based on it. The photo … Continue reading →

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