Category: Family and Friends

Love and Gratitude

August 31, 2019 ·

I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

Psalm 116: 1 (KJV)

The Sheboygan River
Kiwanis Park
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
August 29, 2019
Photos by Karl

August 22, 2019 ·

peaceful morning
a prayer from childhood
still with me

Ellen Grace Olinger

Stuart J. Mentink Memorial Park
Oostburg, Wisconsin
August 21, 2019
Photos by Karl

June 17, 2019 ·

Monday
and planning
the week
what will grow
what should rest

Ellen Grace Olinger
Published by WestWard Quarterly
Fall, 2016

Photos by Karl – June 2019

April 23, 2019 ·

I received two new print journals in the mail:

Time Of Singing, A Journal Of Christian Poetry

WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading

Yesterday, I took this photo. As you can see, our Easter Lily is in bloom, and our Christmas Poinsettia is still lovely.

Ellen Grace Olinger

October 26, 2018 ·

clouds and yet
enough light
to fill a jam jar
with the last
of the carnations

October 1, 2018 ·

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October 2016

POEM

a small card
in a devotional book
from a thrift store

words of encouragement
from one person to another

I keep the card with the book
and its history today
and tomorrow

Ellen Grace Olinger
October 23, 2017

October 2018 begins with rain and wind. A good day for blogs and books.

August 27, 2018 ·

So many ways to enjoy poetry: reading, writing, and reviewing what we have written so far. These are poems from the archives on this site.

sunrise
river of light
along the evergreens
the friends who stayed

time with old friends
poems in a journal
from years ago

Also published by Cara Holman on April 19, 2012, at her site Prose Posies.

rearranging
art on the walls,
cards, and small gifts
from friends
I see them anew

Ellen Grace Olinger