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 […]
There are mouse bitssplayed across the sunroomstuck to my favourite throw rug and great globs of glue The trap my husband setto catch the recent invasionapparently lured the hunterfor she, stiff legged andface matted, is skulkingelsewhere I stepped on a gluey biteyes not yet openbefore notingthe disarray Hard to concentratewhen a tail detachedfrom a thigh […]
Pretty in pink. π π
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lol
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Oh the freedom!! Such cute photos, VJ!
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Ha ha – thank you!
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Most welcome!
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I love the freedom of not having to buy something new. Since I had the good fortune of losing weight, I needed to tailor my suits, but never wear them except to funerals and weddings. So, I tailored one suit and one sports coat and slacks.
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Congrats on the weight loss Keith! Bet that feels great.
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Thanks it does. Let’s hope we can keep it off.
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There’s always that….lol.
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So true, many a times fashion trends rob our freedom in many ways π
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They sure do. Thanks.
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I like your attitude! And those photos – wow – I’m still trying to figure out how that hair happened in the first one π
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My daughter was dressing her up as Cindy Loo Hoo. No idea how she did it.
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Very impressive job.
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Thanks, lol.
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Beautiful! β€
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Thanks. Hope it made you smile.
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It did! π
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So true!
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Lol.
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