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 
Great captures! I could jump into a nice cool bath myself, right about now!
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Thanks. It has been hot!
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Lovely captures indeed
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Thanks.
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These are wonderful!
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Thanks Heather
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You’re welcome.
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Love these actions shots! Just to let you know…the link to your bird weekly is not working. I’m getting an error when I try to view your post.
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Yes. Sorry, Lisa – meant for it to appear tomorrow. It will show up then.
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Okay, sounds good. I approved the pingback, but couldn’t view it. That makes total sense. Wanted to make sure you didn’t have a problem on your end. WP can be cranky sometimes! 🙂 I look forward to viewing it then.
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I love these V.J.! Their bath time looks like fun! 🙂
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Thanks Deborah.
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