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First Five Fragments for Friday is your weekly offering of writing prompts, art prompts, and conversation prompts.

First Five Fragments for Friday is your weekly offering of writing/art/conversation prompts.

Zen emphasizes practice over theory. I plucked this sentence from the introduction to one of my latest book purchases — Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a...

I’ve been thinking about how long it’s been since I took my camera somewhere and just played. Played with light and shadow and little moments. And, since thi...

Some days, I would rather pick up a camera than write an essay. Today was one of those days – sunny, bright, new snow, and squirrels! Our next-door neighbor’...

In July, my partner Mick and I spent a week in Dublin so he could attend a genetics conference at the University of Dublin. We stayed in the Ballsbridge Hote...

As a poet, details carry all kinds of meanings that can be used to create a snapshot of a moment, a spark of realization, an instant when everything changes....

I’m thinking about details today – the small things that we may or may not see, but once noticed, hold their own sort of beauty. And I’m thinking about what ...

Today’s post is all about peaceful images. We need them. Enjoy. Our next-door neighbor’s old tree is housing a family of woodpeckers. Early morning light at ...

Some Mondays are better left wordless. Let your mind wander. Click on the photos that inspire you to see a larger version. #gallery-12670-1 { margin: ...

It’s looking like Christmas out there. After a snowy weekend, the trees are laden with white. The air is crisp. The landscape looks clean. And thoughts turn ...

I have a few favorite places in the United States that I return to whenever I have the chance. The Badlands in South Dakota is one of those places. It’s link...

Once we admitted that we couldn’t stay at the Pacific Coast forever, we headed back to Minnesota. There was plenty to see along the way: Mount Hood, Oregon. ...

It rained the day we left Medora, North Dakota and headed toward the state of Washington. My husband Mick and I gave ourselves two days to cross Montana, Ida...

Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, the first stop on our summer road trip, offers visitors a South Unit, a North Unit, and an Elkhorn Ranch Un...

On Memorial Day weekend, my husband Mick and I got up early Saturday morning, packed his Subaru with two weeks’ worth of clothes, two camp chairs, a cooler o...

It happens to me every year: my attention is drawn outside and I never want to come back in. Here are a few reasons why: wild violets in the grass crabapple ...

One Minnesota Writer is on break this week, but will return on January 18. In the meantime, relax with the ocean. Mission Beach, San Diego #MissionBeach #sea...

One of the greatest things about my Thanksgiving holiday was time offline. There was so much to do with family and friends who visited, food that we cooked t...