Haiku Journaling

It seems that every new year I decide to keep a journal.  I start off with a bang and then it usually takes about two months before I slack off and then finally quit.  I have only kept a   journal for the entire year once in my life.  Then I met a lady in one of my writinhg classes that kept a Haiku Journal.  She wrote a simple Haiku and then went on to write perhaps a paraagraph just listing a few simple activities of the day that applied to her Haiku.I liked this and decided to give it a try.  Wow, it works, it really, really works. (sorry Sally Fields)

It is now April the 8th and I haven't missed a day.  I would post them on my blog, but they are really very boring.  The thing I like about it for myself though is I can keep track of anything about that day I want to remember.If you are into Haiku, you might want to try it, it is really fun.

I will share one of my regular Haiku's that have nothing to do with my Journal.

                                              Smell of fireplace smoke
                                         like campfires long remembered.
                                             Chill springtime morning.

This is often the way it is in Pinebrook in the springtime and I love it.  Whoever decided to build this lovely place had a lot of smarts.  They took a piece of land covered with tall pines and cleared out just enough space to build little frame houses.  They also built three ponds and a couple of miles of walks that are lit at night so one can stroll under the stars, hear the sound of the fountains in the ponds and just thank God for such beauty.

Hope you are finding beauty sometplace in your life today.  Blessings to all of you.