Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

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Ten Things of Thankful – May 6 2022

May 6, 2022 Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

Happy Friday and TTOT day! Where did the week go? I better hurry before it’s the 13th!

Grateful for progress with daughter’s PT
Grateful for progress with other person’s medical successes.
Grateful for planning fun things.
Grateful for surviving each day a little better after my booster.
Grateful for a wedding invitation from a child I have known since birth. Over the years we didn’t see each other so much due to geographical changes. It’s nice to be included.
It has been lovely weather, less rainy this week.
You can always count on the weather to find a way to bring cheer.
Hope for those who seemed to have none.
Goodness in the hearts of humankind.
YOU and what do you have to share?

Poets & Events, writing

Author Talk with Tiffany Kouadio

May 2, 2022 Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

Adele Evershed on "Red Threads and Silver Linings: A Woman's Life in Haiku" | Author Interview – Prolific Pulse Press Podcast

What does it mean to live in a woman's body? Poet Adele Evershed joins Prolific Pulse Press to talk about her new haiku collection, "Red Threads and Silver Linings: A Woman's Life in Haiku, One Bloody Drop at a Time".The collection traces womanhood through the body's cycles: first periods, love, pregnancy and loss, childbirth, motherhood, menopause and the "reblooming" that comes after. Adele's haiku are tender, raw, funny and unflinchingly honest. In them, blood and blossom, grief and humor sit side by side."Red Threads and Silver Linings is a celebration of the female body in all its complexity. It is bloody, funny, uncomfortable, tender, occasionally heartbreaking, and wonderfully honest."— Munmun Samanta, author of *Yellow Chrysanthemum*📖 Paperback releases October 20, 2026 Pre-Order now this #1 New Release in Haiku and Japanese PoetryOrder your copy:https://www.prolificpulse.com/adeleevershedAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLCJCPK2Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/red-threads-and-silver-linings-adele-evershed/1151491557?ean=9798952428065Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/21128006674Author page: https://www.prolificpulse.com/adeleevershedAbout Adele Evershed:Adele is a Welsh writer who swapped the Valleys for the American East Coast. She is a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet, a Touchstone Award winner and co-editor of Thin Skin Journal. Her work has appeared in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Poetry Wales and elsewhere.Published by Prolific Pulse Press LLCReview copies and media: admin@prolificpulse.com#AdeleEvershed #HaikuPoetry #AuthorInterview

six sentence story, writing

Term Limits

April 29, 2022 Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

Randy sat at the typewriter, pecking away, setting his sights on the clock, ticking to 4 a.m. on the due date of his term paper. He knew he should have started sooner, but he was a working student who needed the money to keep up with school costs.

The student rubbed his eyes, stood up and stretched, and grabbed one more coffee before gathering his papers and heading to the student union. Wouldn’t you know it, he thought, the copiers are all in use. Finally, he saw an opening and took his station and copied his paper. Another term paper down, Randy left to drop it off to his professor, the drop off box was filling up fast, Randy knocked on the professor’s door to let him know, only to be told by the secretary that the professor would be gone for a week long break, returning to collect the term papers to grade when he returned.

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So, there you have it! My Six Sentence Story. Poor Randy was tired and I hope he was able to catch a few zzz’s before he went to work. Needless to say, the professor caught some of his own zzz’s. Would you like to share your Six Sentence Story? Go to Girlie on the Edge and submit yours.

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Ten Things of Thankful – April 29 2022

April 29, 2022 Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

Happy Friday and TTOT day! I took a bye week last week for a much needed staycation. Back in action (somewhat) as April winds down. Let’s do this!

Fridays with the family are back with tax season slowing down and family life picking up.
Daughter has a potential new opportunity with a program.
We got haircuts because mullets are not a good look on us. No offense to mullet wearers, because if it’s a good luck, go for it.
National Poetry Month has been – well – poetic. I was named the Poet Laureate for the Garden of Neuro Institute. The term is April to April. It is such an honor and I certainly could think of others more deserving.
Planning is in session for a virtual women’s retreat in the fall.
Write Now! is having their annual conference tomorrow. I am excited!
We are in the planning for the Fine Lines Summer Camp
Birds are showing great promise for Spring and the green has been especially luscious this year.
Our staycation was relaxing. I will confess that I worked some, but it was not so much on the computer but is reading/editing on paper.
YOU! What’s your April been like? Are your May flowers starting to stick their buds in your way?