Fun in my new living quarters at www.widowsphere.blogspot.com 

De-stress with Art. Start your own art journal. http://www.lisathomsonlive.com/art-journaling-therapy/

Blogging about my new Book! Woo-hoo! Barefoot Days completes this trilogy about three small-town friends! Come visit for a chance to win! https://darlenedeluca.com/2017/04/21/drum-roll-please-its-release-day/

No 38 in my #ShePersisted series combines a painting I did for my daughter years ago and a quote that came to me in  my sleep.

https://dareboldly.com/2017/04/21/the-shepersisted-series/ 

Today's final poem of the week by Elizabeth Acevedo is a doozy. It's about rats. And before you scrunch up your nose, you really have to listen to her recite this powerful poem.

http://bit.ly/2pZ6vod

It's Wednesday, so that means it's Editing for Grammarphobes day. Do you know the difference between peak, peek, and pique?

http://karenwojcikberner.blogspot.com/2017/04/editing-for-grammarphobes-20-letter-p.html

Thanks!

At 94 my mother continues to inspire us, even as her health fails and she becomes weaker.  This week, I've written two blogs about my mother and her legacy.  I am blessed.

https://dareboldly.com/2017/04/18/in-the-space-between-living-and-dying-there-is-life-as-we-know-it/ 

https://dareboldly.com/2017/04/19/whats-in-your-dna/  

As you know this week I'm sharing the poetry of Elizabeth Acevedo. Today's poem has the poetess celebrating and embracing her afro-latina heritage.

http://bit.ly/2oVbQj9