Month: December 2025

Book Review of SUNFLOWER TANKA Anthology… & Threshold – for TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge, No. 44 & 45, “Holiday” & “New Year’s Resolutions”

December 30, 2025

  Where the Sunflower Tanka meets the stars 💫☺   Dear friends here in WordPress land… and on Starry Steps alleys maybe a bit too today, ✨ 😊 This is my last review post of 2025, and it brings much joy to be reviewing a wonderful collection of syllabic poetry today, which I am sure … More Book Review of SUNFLOWER TANKA Anthology… & Threshold – for TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge, No. 44 & 45, “Holiday” & “New Year’s Resolutions”

Sally Cronin Reviews “The Blues and the Beautiful”… & Robbie Cheadle shares 2 of my photos on LatinosUSA, Epicentre South Africa

December 27, 2025

  A most wonderful thing today… to have “The Blues and the Beautiful” reviewed by Sally Cronin on her vibrant blog magazine! Thank you very much, Sally, for your beautiful review of my second poetry collection! This review cannot but feel as a lovely gift these playful and shiny Christmas days. 💝 You can read it … More Sally Cronin Reviews “The Blues and the Beautiful”… & Robbie Cheadle shares 2 of my photos on LatinosUSA, Epicentre South Africa

Blue and Orange “Merry Christmas!” Shine… with a Golden Touch 🎄✨

December 25, 2025

  “Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.” ― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy   Golden orange and blue glimmer delight, in the shape of stars clad in much brightness… and angels watching over the joyous shimmer, … colorful December rustle twinkling with beauty, happiness and hope!  💝   My playful ornaments  and colorful decorations … More Blue and Orange “Merry Christmas!” Shine… with a Golden Touch 🎄✨

December Time… & Book Review of “Miracles & Ghosts Pasts: A Christmas Collection”🎄 by D.L. Finn

December 23, 2025

  “Within twenty-four hours, Opal’s life had changed. She was filled with hope once again, or as happened to the Grinch, maybe her broken heart mended and grew. It was time to get back on her path and live again. She was ready.” – D.L. Finn, Miracles & Ghosts Past: A Christmas Collection ( Christmas … More December Time… & Book Review of “Miracles & Ghosts Pasts: A Christmas Collection”🎄 by D.L. Finn

Lauren Scott Reviews “The Blues and the Beautiful” 💙💝

December 21, 2025

    I am happy to share such splendid news today… wonderful author and kind blogging friend, Lauren Scott wrote the first review of my new collection, The Blues and the Beautiful, and shared it on her blog, at Baydreamer Writes ~ Lauren Scott, Author Thank you, Lauren, for your amazing review of my second … More Lauren Scott Reviews “The Blues and the Beautiful” 💙💝

Starry Steps Creations… and my “something else” timeline

December 20, 2025

  “We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of … More Starry Steps Creations… and my “something else” timeline