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 […]
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Hi VJ, these are excellent photos for this week 😀
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Thanks Cee!
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Beautiful shots with gorgeous light! 🙂 ❤
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I really like the second photo with the contrast of the sharp and straight edges of the buildings and the curvy clouds. The buildings really pop!
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Thanks Heather
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VJ, I love how you captured the sun shining on the church amid the shadows of the other buildings. Keith
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Thanks Keith
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A different take on the weekend sky series!
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Thanks. Cee’s challenge fit in, so I went for it.
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