Story-tellings Archives - Martha's Murmurings

Unfurl Me

Unfurl meas with the seed hidden in darkness; Unfurl meas with the crocus who presses through the frozen earth Unfurl meas with the dandelion pressed down by the weight of mankind’s greed Unfurl my heartas so many petals reaching for the sun Unfurl my heartas with the newly hatched butterfly filling her wings with the…

Musings, Story-tellings

Happiness. A Contradiction thanks to Google

Google chose to feed me an article tonight…or perhaps it is ‘Pocket’ – some kind of pop-up article that appears to catch my fancy and get me to read and, of course, observe the advertising. Tonight was on Happiness. In particular a poem by May Sarton. As one who appreciates both happiness and poetry, I…

Story-tellings

The Higgeldy Piggeldy House and the Sock Trolls Three

A story I wrote in 2015 to convince my children to put their things away… … it didn’t work… but the lore of Sock Trolls now lives on in our lives forever. 🙂 Enjoy! There once was a house. A higgledy piggledy house, all in shambles. With toys on the floor, under the couch, thrown…

Story-tellings

Best Friends Forever

A story I wrote some years ago for children to help them process grief when a loved friend passes. It’s based on my own life, and loss of my own bestest-best friend when I was a girl. you live on always in memory and love, Regina I have a very bestest best friend. She is…