You’ve Got Colour

May 16, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Red-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, and Great Blue Heron. For Bird Weekly’s challenge: birds with colour in their names.

Evening Drive

May 15, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Weekend Sky Challenge

Living in Black And White

May 14, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: buildings. Photos my own.

Purple!

May 13, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: purple

Wordless Wednesday

May 12, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Images my own.

Garden Season

May 11, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Not a gardener myself, I live vicariously through the efforts of others. For Lens-artists Photo Challenge: gardens.

VJ’s Weekly Challenge: What could you talk about for 30 minutes without preparation?

May 10, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What could you talk about for 30 minutes without any preparation? Your answer is your prompt for this week. Send me photos, prose, poetry, or whatever else demonstrates your topic. Can’t wait to see what you come up with. Participate by creating a post and linking back here, or just leave a comment below.

Burnout: A Review

May 9, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

I first heard sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski on Brené Brown’s podcast, Unlocking Us. Wanting to know more, I ordered an audio version of their book Burnout: The Secret To Unlocking the Stress Cycle. As a woman, their words resonate from beginning to end. Emily Nagoski, PhD and her twin sister, Amelia Nagoski, DMA, exam […]

Birds and I, Contemplating Clouds

May 8, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Weekend Sky

Cute Factor

May 7, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hard to beat the goslings, but I think this Blue Jay doing an imitation of “Take my wife, please!” is pretty cute too. For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: cute factor.

Upside Down

Upside downchanges the focus Grim becomes joyfulSerious silly Upside downshe owns the world No more lava floorsor tedious chores She is liberateda conquerer Upside downa sensitive child learns Is at certain timesa preferable viewpoint. (For Eugi’s Weekly Challenge: viewpoint. Image borrowed from my daughter’s collection.)

Quantity and Quality

Raised in a battlefieldquantity doled outin abuse, qualitynot yet defined Now I write myselfout of the darknesseach chapteran uphill climb Page by pagereconciliationno shortage of wordsvalue between lines. (Image my own.)

Soul Power

How bright is the soulthat dares to stand alone,who gives voice to injusticewho is willing to sacrificeself for a higher purpose… What song might we singshould such a spirit move us? (Image my own.Soul Power first appeared here May, 2018)