Kindness

September 14, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Extend kindness to all:doesn’t matter who they are,nor what they might have done to you.Trust me on this –you never know what life might bring back to you,and you will always be glad you did. Image mine

Briefly

September 12, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A family wedding, the arrival of a new Canadian/ Ukrainian baby, and a picnic to welcome our newcomers has kept me away. Celebration is a much welcome emotion. Pictured is 9 year-old Vasylisa, celebrating her heritage. Cheers all!

Nature through my lens

September 9, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Summer’s vibrancy draws me to capture the mood. For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: nature

Miracles

September 7, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Marvel at the wonder of life:miracles happen every day,and they happen to you –bask in the glory of life’s radiance. Image mine

Babuschka VJ

September 5, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

One twin is precocious and full of life. He jumped from the car the moment they arrived and hugged me. “Babuschka VJ!” he exclaimed. The other was asleep upon arrival and slept most of the next. He ran away when he saw me at first, and startled at any unexpected noise. “He has regressed,” his […]

Manmade

September 2, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things that are manmade.

Responsibility

August 31, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

You are not responsible for everything.Be accountable.Strive to be self-aware.Know that there is so much more at workthan you could ever carry on your own:so don’t even try. My image

Good Morning

August 29, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A rare early morning glimpse from the riverside.

Two Hues

August 28, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: basically two colours.

Arrival!

August 26, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

“Coming to Canada is like landing on an alien planet,” my friend Svetlana tells me. She arrived a month or so ago, and even with her perfect command of the English language, she struggles to make sense of our way of life. “The bus system, is going to drive me crazy,” she adds. Svetlana and […]

Crisis

How did undocumented –a civil infraction –reduce people to ‘bodies’? And how did empathy –observation and support –merit death by gunshot? When we stretch for explanations –to fit the violent rhetoric –are we too not complicit in crime? Red, blue, it’s all intolerable –the global stage is watching –a nation in rapid decline. “He’ll burn […]

Winter’s Ruse

Poet’s Quandry

IfI wereto writeevery dayfor onehundred days,would my soulbe purged ofthis malaise;is it a thingto be dredged,dragged up –twistedand tiedlike tatteredbed sheetsknottedtogether;is therea remedyfor thisscourge;or is thisan inherentrestlessness,a fiery bluespark of eternalangst ignitingpassion – a callto write? (Originally posted February, 2017. Image my own)