Tag Archives: Writing

Naturalist Weekly: Micro-Season–The Mountain Stream Freezes Over

Posted on January 28, 2023 by pedometergeek

Mark S of Naturalist Weekly has blogged this week about the micro-season, “The Mountain Stream Freezes Over,” the second micro-season of the mini-season, Major Cold. He goes on to discuss what it takes for water to freeze when water is … Continue reading →

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Naturalist Weekly: Micro-Season–The Pheasant First Calls

Posted on January 23, 2023 by pedometergeek

Mark S of Naturalist Weekly has written a post about the third micro-season, The Pheasant First Calls, of the mini-season, Minor Cold. He then discusses the various kinds of pheasants as well as invites readers to post a haiku or … Continue reading →

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The Collection: Sabbatical

Posted on January 12, 2023 by pedometergeek

The new year has began and with it, is the return of Charli Mills’ Carrot Ranch prompts. Here is how she introduced the prompt: January 2, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a … Continue reading →

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Failed Haiku: Volume 8, Issue #85

Posted on January 8, 2023 by pedometergeek

Failed Haiku–A Journal of English Senryu is one of this pedometer geek’s favorite journals (mainly because it was one of the first journals to accept my haiku/senryu writing fairly regularly) How could I not appreciate (founder and now video editor) … Continue reading →

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BP: The Old and the New (Haiku Happenings and More)

Posted on January 6, 2023 by pedometergeek

The year 2022 has ended, and the new year, 2023, has begun.This pedometer geek read or heard somewhere some time ago that the new year is no longer called the new year when people automatically don’t have to mentally remind … Continue reading →

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Naturalist Weekly and Other Haiku Happenings

Posted on December 23, 2022 by pedometergeek

Mark’s Naturalist Weekly blog features the micro-season, “The Common Self-Heal Sprouts,” which is the first micro-season in the mini-season Winter Solstice. These seasons are based on Japan’s seasons, and don’t follow the seasons in the part of the world where … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve Eve (again)

Posted on December 23, 2022 by pedometergeek

It’s Christmas Eve Eve as my sons called the 23rd of December. It will soon be Christmas Day, but this pedometer geek knew that it began to look like the holiday in October. How did I know? There were the … Continue reading →

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Naturalist Weekly: Micro-Season–The Sky is Cold, the Winter Comes

Posted on December 10, 2022 by pedometergeek

This week at Naturalist Weekly the mini-season of Major Snow begins with the micro-season of “The Sky is Cold, the Winter Comes (December 7-11).” Mark S has asked for haiku to reflect that micro-season. This pedometer geek writer modified an … Continue reading →

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The Collection: Not My Monkeys, Not My Circus

Posted on December 5, 2022 by pedometergeek

This week at Carrot Ranch Charli Mills set a prompt based upon the ear-worm infecting her brain. It is as follows: November 28, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the saying, “not my … Continue reading →

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Naturalist Weekly: Micro-Season–The Tachibana First Turns Yellow

Posted on December 3, 2022 by pedometergeek

This week at Naturalist Weekly, Mark S wrote the about the third micro-season (The Tachibana First Turns Yellow) of the mini-season of Minor Snow. The tachibana is a citrus fruit which is turning yellow in Japan. To read the whole … Continue reading →

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