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Haiku Dialogue: Through the Prism of Pink

Posted on April 30, 2020 by pedometergeek

The week’s theme for The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue was the color pink. The column, which is edited by Tia Haynes, focuses on a color as seen through the lens of haiku poets. Here is the one that Tia chose … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Dialogue–Yellow

Posted on April 10, 2020 by pedometergeek

The focus of Haiku Dialogue, a weekly column of The Haiku Foundation, changed to color. Tia Haynes, continuing as the editor, chose to begin with all the hues of yellow. Her commentary included the fact that this column received the … Continue reading →

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A Stitch in Time…

Posted on March 25, 2020 by pedometergeek

While it is nearly the end of the first quarter, this pedometer geek is still working on New Year’s resolutions. At one time there would a monthly blog post about the books being read (Resolution 1: Read more books) and … Continue reading →

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Hero: A 99-word Flash Fiction

Posted on December 16, 2019 by pedometergeek

This week’s prompt over at http://www.Carrotranch.com was to write a 99 word (no more, no less) flash fiction about a gnome and go where the prompt led. This is the pedometer geek’s take on the prompt which is tentatively titled … Continue reading →

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The Journey of a Thousand Miles…

Posted on August 29, 2019 by pedometergeek

…begins with a single step. This pedometer geek hasn’t been too vigilant this year about reporting either the miles or the steps made throughout the months. Nor has there been any blogging about the books read and challenges attempted and/or … Continue reading →

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Story of Shards: 99-word flash

Posted on January 30, 2019 by pedometergeek

Story of Shards A favorite author of mine, Jennifer Estep, writes fantasy fiction for teens and adults. I actually stumbled upon her writing when I won a copy of her YA novel, Dark Frost from her Mythos Academy series. Once … Continue reading →

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The Journey of a Thousand Miles…

Posted on December 4, 2018 by pedometergeek

starts with a single step, but this pedometer geek has been slacking. The thousand mile goal has been met for the year, but… This slacking pedometer geek hasn’t posted statistics on books or walking for the past three months. Just … Continue reading →

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What-the-Tuck: Two New Trends

Posted on November 30, 2018 by pedometergeek

This pedometer geek reader has recently identified what could be new What-the-tuck trends in novels. Because of the predominance of repeated use of particular words and phrases, there are two that I have added to my growing list. The first … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Place: Meadows & Fields

Posted on October 28, 2018 by pedometergeek

The Haiku Foundation’s weekly column, A Sense of Place, has recently focused on  meadows and fields. From the sense of sight, hearing, taste, and touch respectively, K.J. Munro selected these haiku of mine. It is always gratifying when someone else, … Continue reading →

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The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men…

Posted on September 5, 2018 by pedometergeek

…gang aft agley. Borrowing the line from Robert Burns’ poem ‘To a Mouse’ just about sums up this pedometer geek’s goal to complete the thousand miles by the end of August. On August 22nd, plans were derailed when this pedometer … Continue reading →

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