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 […]
So refreshing. and also a reminder of our own autumnal years.
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Thanks Paul.
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A real pleasure VJ
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Wow, this really brought back some memories V.J.! I hadn’t thought about pressing leaves between sheets of wax paper for a lonnng time.
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Right! Thanks for commenting Terri. I am still unable to comment on your site.
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I’m so sorry V.J.! I’ll check it out and see if I can figure out what’s going on. If I can’t figure it out, I’ll check with the Happiness Engineers and see if they can find out what’s causing the issue. Hope you’re doing well sweet friend!
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Getting stronger every day!
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again, you brought back some very happy memories with your descriptive words! š thank you VJ
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Thanks Wendi!
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thank YOU!
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I agree with Olga! š ā¤
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Thanks!
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Beautiful image and words. Those leaves look like they are perfectly placed. š
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Thanks Olga. I found them like that and they begged for a photo, lol.
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