Not programmed to comply –cannot tolerate oppression:a pressure cookerready to explode Do-gooders sit upstraight and smileencouragement:I slouch defiance Don’t ask me to respectthat which is disrespectful –my fuse is shortof that I’m certain Don’t slot me;leave me –creative inspirationis not lacking here I’m a free agenta incorrigible scamp –authority doesn’t scare me’cause I’m beyond control. […]
Every child bears the sparkof eternity’s promise…Where’s the threat in that? What mechanism of hateequates slaughterof innocents with justice? This is society’s bane –the unconscionable policiesof greed lacking accountability (Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)
A simple shoebox, repurposedwith plastered images of dreams –paper affirmations of aspirations –shelved and forgotten, its contents snapshots, faded and torn, remnantsof another time, a different future –captured when potential was primeand possibility untainted by illness This one was retirement – a supposedcelebration – but note how the colourhas drained the cracks obliteratingpride of accomplishment; […]
One Woman's Quest II 
Awww they’re so pretty and sweet. ^^ I bet she loves them.
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She does! Thank you!
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Fresh and delightful , uplifting VJ
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Thanks Paul. What else do you do for a 3-year-old who lives for pink, lol?
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Exactly so 🙂
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So sweet and upbeat!!
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Thank you!
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These made me smile. I love how light and airy they are. I see a children’s book in them…
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Thanks Sarah! My husband always says that about my art – that I should write and illustrate a children’s book.
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I love, love, LOVE this V.J.!
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Thanks Terri! So fun to do.
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