No big box hereour shops line upin historic rows Our fraganceeau-de-fermeearthen fresh Our spires remindersthat values are simpleand life blessed. (Photo mine)
Anxiety burnsan acidic devouring confidence impaled –mind wanders to childhood dreamsuncovers fear’s origin. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. I came across this tanka written in May/21 that seemed to match with the image I recently posted on my other blog. I decided to pair them here.)
We wait at the station, Mother and I,one final stop for her – painless she prays;I busied at bedside – prolonged goodbye –memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims“Why must suffering linger till the end?”I plea and bargain, call angelic names,yet the will to survive refuses to bend. The […]
One Woman's Quest II 
Love the photos, something wonderful about water, deeply spiritual for me – probably because it sustains life.
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Yes. I feel the same way about it. Thanks Paul.
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Very welcome VJ
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Hi V.J., I adore all your photos this week, especially the pool splash. 😀
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Thanks Cee. That was a fun one.
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so very true.
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Thanks, Wendi!
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🙂
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So true. What is interesting and surprising is we have a global water crisis, even before climate change makes it worse, yet very little is talked about it. Keith
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True. Wonder why that is.
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It is the ostrich-head-in-the-sand trick. Speaking of sand, Saudi Arabia is oil rich and water poor. For several years now, the royal family has permitted praying with sand instead of water to preserve. Thinks of that.
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Wow. There’s a thought!
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Gorgeous and refreshing! A shower always makes me feel like a new woman 🙂
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Thanks. Refreshing is the word I was thinking of too
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Most welcome! By the way, I got my “Books” Page started and UP, so thanks for your encouragement… Also, I’ve just reserved 9 of the books on your list from my local library–hope they don’t all come in at once 🙂
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Oh, I’ll have to check it out. see what I’ve missed. At one point I had two bookstores. My favourite part was all the free books I got.
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Oh, “free books”, I’m positively drooling!!!
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I was in bibliophile heaven.
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I would be too! Mercy!
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