Author: VJ

Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

Ice

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Nature’s artistry, not the political kind. Beautiful and dangerous. More in the forecast this week.

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Uncertainty

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A thought as we approach a new year. Happy New Year all!

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Bomb Canada?

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My husband showed me a post last week that said the US Ambassador to Canada had stated that if Canada wasn’t going to treat the US any better then they might as well bomb our parliament buildings. I was incensed, and ready to retaliate with a hateful post of my own…except… I decided to fact […]

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Cold Moon

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December’s Cold Moon this year fell on the third consecutive month. This Supermoon is said to be a good time to ask for what we want. I’m never good at asking for what I want, so I hope I don’t get a big heaping lot of uncertainty, lol. (Taken with my iPhone, and it was […]

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Deck the Halls

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I dress up for the occasion, happy that the day has finally come to trim the tree. Then, after fluffing out the branches (our tree is artificial as I’m allergic to the real ones), I am exhausted. The nature of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. No worries, though, our Ukrainian roommate is eager to help and in no […]

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I knew from the moment she walked in the house that something was wrong. Our Ukraine roommate is usually sunny and eager to greet us when she comes home. But on this occasion, she turned her head away so I could not see what she was hiding. “It wasn’t my fault”, she responded when I […]

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Endless Clouds

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I never tire of Autumn skies – the clouds have so many stories to tell. Images are from out in the country and here in town.

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