Tag: memories

Memories, Remembrances and Respect: A small Colorado town honors local Gold Star Families and Veterans Day 2019

Posted on 11 Nov 2019 by Anna Blake Godbout

On the evening of November 9 2019, my husband and I attended our local Gold Star Dinner honoring Gold Star Families.

Category: childhood memories, creative writing, photographyTags: flag, Gold Star Families, Lest We Not Forget, memories, military, remembrances, Soldiers, Veterans Day 2019

My Nostalgic Find

Posted on 1 Feb 2019 by Anna Blake Godbout

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A most wonderful and nostalgic find in my recipe box a few afternoons ago; I decided to post it today and you will see why. 62 years ago today in 1957, my grandmother-whom we always called Nana-wrote down a recipe for Easy Chocolate Frosting… Continue Reading “My Nostalgic Find”

Category: About the Book: Journey On: Beauty and Grit Along the Way, baking, childhood memories, creative writing, grandmother, photography, poetry, recipes, tea timeTags: baking, childhood, chocolate, creative writing, family, grandmother, inspiration, journey, memories, nostalgia, photography, poetry, tea time, winter, women

The First Evening of the New Year: Quiet Blessings Live On in a Journal

Posted on 2 Jan 2018 by Anna Blake Godbout

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… Continue Reading “The First Evening of the New Year: Quiet Blessings Live On in a Journal”

Category: About the Book: Journey On: Beauty and Grit Along the WayTags: 2018, grandmother, inspiration, journey, Light, love, memories, new year, photography, winter, women, writing

Celebrating the Leap

Posted on 31 Jul 2017 by Anna Blake Godbout

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Yes, sometimes you just have to take the leap and I did just that.

Category: photography, UncategorizedTags: books, Colorado, indie, inspiration, memories, poetry, publishing, self publishing, women, writing

The Workbench

Posted on 28 Apr 2015 by Anna Blake Godbout

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The Workbench After the burial, I walk up to the old white clapboard house and peer with cupped hands into a cobwebbed cellar window. Inside the dank and musty interior, I see my grandfather’s once vital workbench ghostlike, scarcely lit by streaks of powdered… Continue Reading “The Workbench”

Category: photographyTags: aging, April, Christmas, grandfather, inspirational, memories, national poetry month, photography, poetry, Santa, spring, tools, workbench

Why I Write Poetry

Posted on 8 Aug 2014 by Anna Blake Godbout

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August 8, 2014 by annablakegodbout I am often asked why I have chosen to write poems instead of novels, short stories and essays in my writer’s life. My answer is not a complicated one: Because I want to. Because it lets me… Continue Reading “Why I Write Poetry”