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 […]
These are really amazing 🙂
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Thanks.
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Beautiful photos, VJ! The first two just melt your heart.
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Thanks!
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Most welcome!
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So beautiful! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks 😊
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Very cute.
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Thanks 😊
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Oh my goodness, VJ, these are fabulous! Those first two will just melt your heart….
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Thanks Terri!
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I love how you focused just on the puppy’s face. The expression is priceless!
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Thanks Heather. She is a character
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You’re welcome.
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The first two photos in particular are just irresistible!
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Have to admit, they make me smile.
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