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 […]
One Woman's Quest II 
A beautiful image. Do you get many robins hanging about all winter?
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Thanks. The robins migrate. The trees were full of them, so they must have just been getting ready.
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Simply lovely ❤️
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Thank you!
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this is lovely, V.J. The berries are delightful by themselves, but as I saw the full photo, I noticed the bird in the background. Well done!
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Thanks Hannah.
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You are most welcome, V.J.
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it’s been a good year for nuts and berries here in the UK – I just hope that doesn’t mean a severe winter is on its way as our heating system is currently kaput!
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Oh no! Our winter has come in early and with a sever chill.
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Yikes!
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Oh wow that’s beautiful..we dont have like that here..
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No? Glad you enjoyed it.
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I love how the trees that have berries are so beautiful this time of year……..no leaves, just berries 🙂
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creates a whole new atmosphere. Thanks.
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yes, it really does! like seeing another side of the same coin. 🙂
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Yes!
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🙂
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Beautiful! ❤
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Thank you!
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