Sheepshead fish teeth {image search}

I learned how to fish this week and I want nothing more than to see sheepshead teeth up close and personal.

Tomorrow, there will be 100 days left in 2023. This is both a long time and a short time. You could accomplish something big. It could sail on by.

The first 100-day project I did was with Lindsay Jean Thomson’s online community (#the100dayproject). Since then, I sometimes jump in with that community and sometimes start at a different time. I love the challenge and the structure of the 100 days, as well as the creative focus.

I will do a 100-day project (poem-a-day) to close out this year. I have a few folks joining me with their own creative project. Please reply or comment if you would like to join and we can cheer each other on! If you are interested but don’t know what to do, I suggest keeping it really manageable (e.g., 5-minute watercolor, photo-a-day, 10 minutes of {insert your favorite creative outlet here}). Keep it simple. Keep it easy. Keep it FUN.

I have found that the poem-a-day project yields what I would describe as ‘short and punchy’ poems. I very much like this style so I’m happy to be nudged in that direction. Here is a poem in the style I’m describing by another poet:

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Fog by Carl Sandburg

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

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Currently reading: Taste, My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci