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Two steps forward, one stumble backward

2025 March 16th1994 February 28th

There are two sides to every story. Even my own story. Probably every story I’ve ever told myself.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags -all posts-, perspective, quotes, self, terri guillemets

Tea Time

2025 April 17th1994 February 15th

Tea brings Time to a crawl, its frantic pace resuming on noticing our empty cups.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags -all posts-, quotes, tea, terri guillemets, time

Wheee!

2025 March 16th1994 February 8th

Sliding down the banister of life is so much more fun than ambling down the steps.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags -all posts-, inner child, life, play, quotes, terri guillemets

Inkdreaming

2025 March 16th1994 January 22nd

the smell of ink is
intoxicating to me —
others may have wine
but I have poetry

Terri Guillemets

Categories Creativity Journal Tags -all posts-, alcohol, favorites, ink, poems, poetry: about, popular, senses, terri guillemets, wine, writing

Hear & Now

2025 March 16th1994 January 18th

Music echoes rhythms of the universe
Music is audible time
Music is past meets present
Our heartbeats are the drums of life
We dance to life, not music

Terri Guillemets

Categories Creativity Journal Tags -all posts-, music, poems, quotes, revised, terri guillemets

Party angels

2025 March 16th1993 December 31st

Every time a champagne bottle pops, a party angel gets its wings.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Conversations Tags -all posts-, alcohol, angels, ha ha, party, popular, quotes, terri guillemets, wings

Winter’ish

2025 March 16th1993 December 4th

In Phoenix, Jack Frost doesn’t nip — he just tickles.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags -all posts-, arizona, desert, ha ha, phoenix, popular, quotes, seasons, terri guillemets, weather, winter

Voyages

2025 March 16th1993 December 3rd

A journal is a journey — our own personal passages of self.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags -all posts-, journaling, quotes, self, terri guillemets, writing

Orkestrel

2025 March 16th1993 November 16th

Birdsong:  a branch of music.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Creativity Journal Tags -all posts-, birds, favorites, ha ha, music, nature, outdoors, popular, quotes, sounds, terri guillemets, wordplay

Venerable

2025 March 16th1993 November 11th

Autumn is Spring turned antique.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Creativity Journal Tags -all posts-, autumn, nature, outdoors, quotes, seasons, spring, terri guillemets, weather

A lesson from clouds

2025 March 16th1993 August 15th

they never stand still—
but they’re not
in a hurry either

Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags -all posts-, calmness, clouds, nature, outdoors, quotes, sky, terri guillemets

Man vs Nature

2025 April 15th1993 June 20th

Human nature is just about the only nature some people experience.

Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags -all posts-, humans, quotes, society, terri guillemets

Sonoran seasons

2025 June 21st1993 April 24th

Winter in Phoenix is springtime
Spring is summer askew
Summer is torturous hellfire
Autumn is summer part II

Terri Guillemets

Categories Personal Journal Tags -all posts-, arizona, desert, ha ha, phoenix, revised, seasons, snarky, summer, terri guillemets, weather, year
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