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 
Beautiful photos, V.J.!
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Thank you so much.
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Most welcome!
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Wonderful vibrant colors!
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Thanks.
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love all the colors we get to experience this time of year………..thanks for sharing VJ
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Thank you, Wendi.
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absolute pleasure….
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Such cheering colors in these photos – also like the reflection in the first one :). All welcome this winter.
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Thanks. Yes, we crave the vibrancy to counter the grey.
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You’re welcome. We definitely do!
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Fabulous holiday vibrancy!!! I adore all your photos his week, Thanks for playing along, 😀
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Thanks so much, Cee! Good day to you.
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