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 […]
Awesome as always
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So sorry for the late response. I got hacked last Friday and I’m starting to catch up on everything. I’m loving your selective color this week! I think that first one is my favorite with the color in the parents buttocks. LOL! 🙂
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You get my sense of humour! Thanks.
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I sure do! Love ya VJ! 🙂
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So pretty!
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Thank you!
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I love these!
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Thanks!
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You’re welcome, VJ!
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Wonderful selective coloring VJ 😀 😀
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Thanks Cee!
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I love this!!
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Thank you!
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Very lovely! 🙂 ❤
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Thank you.
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VJ, nicely done. We have been seeing the color around our birdfeeders – goldfinches, cardinals, orioles and, of course, squirrels. There is no such thing as a squirrel proof birdfeeder. Keith
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No, there is not. Keeps it an adventure. Loving all the colour!
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