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 
Oh, a lego truck. Cool.
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Lol. Thanks 🙏
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Very enjoyable! Your photos remind me of simpler times.
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The life here reflects it too. Thanks
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You’re welcome.
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These are wonderful shots! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks 😊
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Thank you for this wonderful entry for the challenge! Love both images but the train track is my favorite!
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Thanks. Favourite topic around here – country roads.
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These photos remind me so much of all the places I’ve lived out in the country. We used to have a lot of railroad crossings like the one in your picture when we lived in Oklahoma.
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They are so quaint aren’t they? Thanks
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I really like the last photo!
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Thanks 😊
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Welcome!
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VJ, it looks like one of those transformers. Good picture. Keith
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No kidding. Some of that farm machinery is huge.
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These are really wonderful back country roads. I haven’t traveled that far in my country but have seen the pictures shared by others on local media.
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Thanks
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I love these! They are quintessenitial summer in the country.
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Indeed! Thanks 😊
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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