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 
I love the first pic! I like how black and white brings out the detail.
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Thanks. It really can make a difference.
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You’re welcome!
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these should be postcards!!! gorgeous!
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Thanks Wendi!
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you are very welcome.
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Oh I enjoyed your landscapes for this week, especially your first photo 😀
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Thanks Cee!
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VJ, you captured the clouds well between the fence posts. It adds to the effect. Keith
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Thanks Keith – exactly what I tried to do.
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I’m seeing broken image links. I’m not sure if the problem is on my end or yours?
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Oh oh. They show up on my end.
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There they are! I’m glad a checked again. I like that first one in particular for the way it evokes a bygone era.
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Glad it worked. Thanks.
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You’re welcome.
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