Author Archives: Winding Stream Press

About Winding Stream Press

Janice DeRuiter Eskridge, M.F.A. is a poet who worked for over a decade as a poet-teacher for California Poets in the Schools. Helen Shoemaker, Ph.D. L.M.F.T. is a university professor who teaches in the areas of child development and counseling. She is also a therapist in private practice.

Framed Invasion

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Winding Stream Press

The man with the ravens head invades my mind. A Siamese cat draped over his arms is a feline accessory to complement his careful look. Raven’s glossy wings sweep back in an unseen wind to fly them all somewhere. No … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Graphic Art, Imagination, Skies and Sea | Tagged experimentation, Imagination, metaphor, reflecting, transformation | Leave a comment

Garden Meditation Focal Points

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Winding Stream Press

Before I leave my newly landscaped yard, here are focal points we created. Photographs are courtesy of my iPhone 11 Pro. With the current Covid-19 shelter in place orders, these spots create soul food. This is the llama that started … Continue reading →

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iPhone 11 Pro Portrait Mode in the Garden

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Winding Stream Press

I decided to use the same plant to show the different portrait mode settings and how each one can be used to highlight a plant in different ways. So either this geranium feels very loved at being photographed and talked … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone 11 pro, iphoneography, Observation, Photography | Tagged flowers, geraniums, images, iPhone 11 pro, iPhone 11 Pro portrait mode, iphoneography, nature, photography, plant portraits, plant portraits in mono, taking photographs with decreased vision, vision loss, world of flowers | Comments Off

iPhone 11 Pro Max- Playing with New Camera on Portrait Mode

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Winding Stream Press

IPhone 10 had portrait mode but I only used it like a macro lens for flowers. I purchased the iPhone 11 Pro for the camera. Max was to help me see better. So let’s begin. The first portrait I tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgian Shepherd Tervuren, Dogs, iphoneography, Life with a dog, Photography, Uncategorized | Tagged Belgian Tervuren Shepherd, Dog portraiture, dogs, iPhone 11 pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, photography, portrait mode iphone, Portrait selfie, Portrait Stage Light Selfie | Leave a comment

In the Air of My Mind-Art and Poetry

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Winding Stream Press

Florentine Falcon a screen print on etching paper by femmefatale_quinn (you can find her on Instagram) In the Air of my Mind between waking and sleeping a world waits to be seen a cave of light a place between … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Graphic Art, Imagination, Observation, Poetry, poetry and art, Visual Art, Writing | Tagged Art school, cobras, dreams in poetry, etching paper, falcons, greens, images, Poetry, poetry on art, reds, screen print, snakes and falcons, writing journal | Comments Off

Morphine and Fentanyl-A Chemical Concussion

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Winding Stream Press

September 10, 2019 I disappeared for awhile. I’d been in a rough patch health wise. One night I was curled on bathroom floor in pain too weak to move, my husband called 911 and an ambulance arrived. My husband … Continue reading →

Posted in Hospitalization, Illness, Observation, U-Turns, Uncategorized | Tagged Aging and Medication, Concept of Self, Delirium, Doctor carelessness, Drug Reaction, Family and Friends, Fentanyl, Hospital, Morphine | Leave a comment

Skeleton Sketches-Poetry and the Visual Arts

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Winding Stream Press

Sketch by Quinn Clarice Mae for an assignment to imagine a model without skin. What does it feel like to be a skeleton But not know you’re dead? It started at a tea party, my fascination with skeleton’s about town. … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Imagination, pen and ink sketches, Poetry, poetry and art, RV Life, Uncategorized, Visual Art | Tagged art, art and visual art, death, education, images, Imagination, Poetry, sketches, study abroad | Leave a comment

Shadow Selfie as Self Realization Art

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Winding Stream Press

In a picture of the black and white lines of a playground, I find myself an alien being with angled arms, tilted head And strangely straight legs. Where is the crooked woman I see in the mirror? Yes, arms and … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Graphic Art, Imagination, iphoneography, Observation, Photography, Poetry, poetry and art, trees, U-Turns, Uncategorized, Visual Art | Tagged composition of photographs, growth, images, Imagination, inner wisdom, life paths, nature, Observation, Poetry, reflecting, transformation, trees, walks, Writing Poetry | 1 Comment

The Artist-Poetry and the Visual Arts

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Winding Stream Press

Selfie by Quinn Clarice Mae DeRuiter The Artist I walked behind the old city at twilight. There, a wood called to me. Entering it wrapped me in a twilight mystery. Eyes, I felt them just there behind a wall topped … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Graphic Art, Imagination, meditation, Observation, Photography, Poetry, poetry and art, trees, Uncategorized, Urban Scenes, Visual Art, Writing | Tagged art and poetry, artistic selfie, Florence, images, nature, photography, Poetry, school abroad, selfie, sunset and poetry, travel | Leave a comment

Meet Tacara’s Moishe Meshindi-The long haired dog

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Winding Stream Press

I mentioned the long haired dog at the end of my last post. I thought it only fair that you meet him. Moishe is a Belgian Shepherd Tervuren. This breed is long haired and are very, very intent herding dogs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgian Shepherd Tervuren, Dog Agility, iphoneography, Life with a dog, RV Life | Tagged Belgian Shepherd Ttervuren, companion dog, dog training, dogs, Lance 2375, motor scooter agility, Trailer life | Leave a comment