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.

There’s a Story Here

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Summer: the time when young legs learn teamwork, and young wings learn to fly. For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: One image, one story.)

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Oh, the places I’d go…

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…if only I had wings… (For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Anything that flies)

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Future Nostalgic

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A Texas sunset, Arizona mountain lake, Oregon mountains, and Salt Creek in Washington State, photos stirring nostalgia. (For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: future nostagic)

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A Soldier’s Farewell

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Written and performed by my brother, Laurie Moody. Today is Remembrance Day

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Gateway

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For Nancy Merrill’s a Photo a Week: gateways.

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Architecture Interests Me

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Lighthouses have iconic appeal. The photos below are of a residence that the owner had built to resemble a hobbit home, and a house made from shipping containers: (For Lens-Artists Photography Challenge: interesting architecture.)

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Sand and Dirt

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For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: sand and dirt

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A Day Worth Reporting

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Our Poetry Circle was invited to compose and recite poetry on the theme of trees at an outdoor event, in a nearby city. So we busied ourselves, writing and rehearsing, and when the event was cancelled due to rain, decided to take our performance local. While the weather was overcast, the rain held off long […]

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