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Year of the Monarch—A Visit to Craik-Patton House

By Laura Boggess 6 Comments

monarch butterfly in wildflowers

Laura Boggess visits Craik-Patton House for a garden party and shares about the Year of the Monarch project.

Filed Under: Blog, Butterfly Poems, Nature Poems, Year of the Monarch

Honeybees, Death, Grief, and Life: “The Honey Field” by Laura Boggess

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Rose The Honey Field Boggess

“The Honey Field” by Laura Boggess is a story of death and grief, healing and recovery, life and love — and honeybees, of course.

Filed Under: article, Bee Poems, book reviews, Books, Earth Song, Poems, poetry

Year of the Monarch: Butterfly Dreams

By Laura Boggess 7 Comments

star flowers

Laura Boggess dreams of the the monarch’s annual migration and wonders poetically if the monarchs, also, dream of her.

Filed Under: Blog, Butterfly Poems, Year of the Monarch

The Honey Field-1

By Laura Boggess 12 Comments

Oswego Creek trees and frost

Read the first installment in a delightful new serial novel by Mildred’s Garden author Laura Boggess. Then check back every two weeks for more!

Filed Under: Earth Song, Nature Poems, The Honey Field

Fiction Saved My Life: A NaNoWriMo Interview With Author Laura Boggess

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

golden flowers on green bokeh

Why write fiction? And how can you promote it if you’re an author? Catch this inspiring NaNoWriMo interview with author Laura Boggess.

Filed Under: Blog, Mildred's Garden, NaNoWriMo

50 States of Generosity: West Virginia

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

autumn sunrise Bear Rocks Dolly Sods wilderness Davis West Virginia

We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on West Virginia, The Mountain State, where “Mountaineers are Always Free.”

Filed Under: 50 States, Artist Date, Blog, Mildred's Garden, nature, Poet Laura

Poet Laura: Passing the Feather Again

By Laura Boggess 11 Comments

honey bee with yellow flower

Laura Boggess closes out her term as Poet Laura and passes the feather to Tweetspeak’s newest resident poet.

Filed Under: Blog, Poet Laura

Sitting in ‘Mildred’s Garden’ with Laura Boggess

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

pink rose mildred's garden book

“Mildred’s Garden” by Laura Boggess combines music, poetry, the beauty of West Virginia, and a refugee story into a delight of a novel.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Fiction, Mildred's Garden, poetry, Refugees

The Beekeeper Inn, Helvetia, West Virginia

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

Bare trees with purple mountains

Fictional characters Mildred and Cindy (from the novel Mildred’s Garden) continue their bed and breakfast tour, visiting the charming Beekeeper Inn, in the Swiss-American community of Helvetia, West Virginia.

Filed Under: Bed & Breakfast, Blog, Mildred's Garden

Poet Laura: Deep Listening to Dog Days and Brown Thrashers

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

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Join Laura Boggess and Natalie Goldberg and Emma Lazarus for deep listening with a Brown Thrasher amidst the dog days of summer.

Filed Under: Blog, Poet Laura, Summer Poems

Poet Laura: On Independence Day I Found a Butterfly

By Laura Boggess 4 Comments

row of colorful pinwheels in tokyo

The butterfly heralds the arrival of summer and invites childlike wonder. Our Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, shares a butterfly story and three butterfly poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Butterfly Poems, Poet Laura, William Wordsworth

Poet Laura for Arbor Day: The Company of Trees

By Laura Boggess 6 Comments

Giant tree and couple in traditional japanese garb at Kanazawa

For Arbor Day, our Poet Laura reflects on the company of trees and a way of nurturing them from their infancy as backyard volunteers.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Poet Laura, Tree Poems

Poet Laura: Chocolate Saves Mardi Gras

By Laura Boggess 10 Comments

Snowy trees for Poet Laura and ice storm

Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, spends Mardi Gras without power but offers up a chocolate sonnet after a gift from her chocolate patron.

Filed Under: Blog, Chocolate Poems, Poet Laura

Poet Laura: Poultry Poetry—Feeding Grapes and Reading Sonnets to Chickens

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

Water Droplets on grapes

This month, our intrepid Poet Laura visits chickens on a chilly day, bearing delicious grapes and heartfelt sonnets.

Filed Under: Blog, Chicken poems, Poet Laura, Shakespeare, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

Poet Laura: The Generosity of the Earth

By Laura Boggess 3 Comments

Poet Laura - bench by water in leafy woods

As we leave 2020, our Poet Laura reflects on the generosity of the earth to her inhabitants, and considers ways to give back to the earth. Earth poetry included!

Filed Under: Blog, Generous, Nature Poems, Poet Laura

Poet Laura: The Generosity of a Poem

By Laura Boggess 5 Comments

The gift of poetry - eifel tower lit at night

Can a poem be generous? Our Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, considers the generosity of gifting a poem, whether crafted or curated, to another.

Filed Under: Blog, Generous, Poet Laura

Poet Laura: A Dedication to Whimsy, From Your New Poet Laura

By Laura Boggess 18 Comments

starry sky over turtle bay

Meet Laura Boggess, our newest Poet Laura and the first “Laura” Poet Laura and get a glimpse of her dedication to whimsy.

Filed Under: Blog, Poet Laura

Resilient Book Club: Part 4—Relating

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

two wooly sheep cuddling

In the final discussion in our book club of Resilient by Rick Hanson, Laura Boggess leads us in a conversation about Relating, and our inner strengths of courage, aspiration, and generosity.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, Resilient

Resilient Book Club: Part 3—Regulating

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Pair of tigers

In this week’s book club discussion of Rick Hanson’s Resilient, Laura Boggess helps us consider a third way of meeting our needs and building resilience, through regulating our thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, Patron Only, Resilient

‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ and Literary Citizenship

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

Laura Boggess

‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ by Laura Boggess shows us how to be a literary citizen in our own little corner of the world. Meet Amy Pinkleberry.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Literary Citizen, poetry

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