An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]
I know that abyss –swallowed up as I waspunch-drunk on darkness Bled as I emerged,each reach a scrape –there was release too Revived now, I honourthat passage, recognizethe making of a woman. (Making of a Woman first appeared here, December 2021. Image: self portrait in ink)
I also fell in love with Hoo Gnu. And you are fortunate to see Redpolls regularly in your neck of the woods, they only rarely show up in Colorado.
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Last year was the first time I saw them. Or at least, the first time I noticed. Thanks Tanja.
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Ah … Hoo Gnu and Sven 😍
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love your pairings, VJ!
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Thanks 🙏
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Oh i really like your matching for this week. 😀 😀
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Thanks 😊
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Adorable! 🙂 ❤
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😊
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Your “stuffies” are so cute!
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Lol. Life needs mascots.
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I’d go with Winnie the Pooh–if he would grant me the honor.
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