Growing with gratitude for life's challenges
… every day that I’m able to get out of bed,and even better, get out of the house… …a river nearby, and a camera with whichto capture the glorious gifts of nature… …the love that flows between generations,the wicked freedom of being a grandparent… … the blessing of travel, and the discoverythat enables ongoing learning…. […]
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Oak leaf, of mighty,even in falling maintains fight –stand out brilliance. (For Cee’s FOTD. We are headed south and have found Autumn again.)
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In the late 1980’s, I began to study the psychology of dream interpretation as offered by our local university. One of the exercises our professor recommended when doing dream work, was to give each recorded dream a title, and then periodically list those titles, in order, to elicit new understanding. The assumption behind the exercise […]
Read MoreIt’s twenty-two degrees celsius here in Lufkin, Texas, where we have stopped for a couple of nights to catch our bearings. Camera in hand, I’ve decided to wander the property, hoping to catch the ducks in the pond by the entrance to the KOA. The ducks are not in residence but I had noticed […]
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A month of dating two different men was driving me crazy – not in my nature. I gave myself a deadline. Choose one or neither by September 1st. I hadn’t heard from Ric in days, but my time with John was heating up. Although younger than me, our wits and sense of humour […]
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Six feet across, spread the heron’s wingsgreat, grey appendages in slow flight Some wings are camouflaged, propelinsect bodies who hover within sight. A Monarch’s wings are stained-glass delicatewith each flutter, sprinkle fantasies of delight. (For Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week challenge: things with wings.)
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“Do you like cornflowers?” I was certain I heard the gardener say. “Very much!” I replied excitedly envisioning a sea of blue amongst the velvet violets of bearded irises and buttery yellow of day-lilies. “What are these?” I asked when the job was done, pointing to odd looking flowers, whose centers over-powered the drooping petals. […]
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The cold is unrelenting, and sleep does not favour us this first night out, so at 4:00 a.m. we decide to take advantage of Walmart’s 24-hour service and get some groceries. The sight of food stirs hunger and from there we find an all night Denny’s and order an early breakfast. That Ric is overtired is […]
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One Woman's Quest II 