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 
These are just beautiful! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah
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It is very inviting VJ!
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Agreed. Thanks
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Such a bright day to watch these greens 🙂
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Indeed. Thanks
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A beautiful and inviting place!
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Gateways into nature and greenery are the best!
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Thanks Tanja!
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These are lovely. A gateway surrounded by plants can be so inviting!
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Peaked my interest. Thanks Heather. Saw the weather forecast – are you about to get dumped on by snow?
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We are being spared, but northern SK is in for it!
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Lol…I’m looking out the window and the snow is blowing in pretty good. I guess it doesn’t pay attention to the forecast 😆
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Oh no!
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It didn’t stay!!
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Thank goodness
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