I Wish My Art Would Quit Judging Me

August 22, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

A set of 150 watercolour pencils – a gift from my husband – challenges me to paint. In the busyness of moving, I have let this practice slip, and a number of sketches sit in my portfolio case waiting for me. Inspiration comes from the photos I take. The lone turtle (featured), for instance, begged […]

Forlorn

August 9, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This sweet bushtit landed on my path while I was visiting Redding, California this past spring. After playing with the image, what emerged was a forlorn little fellow for whom I wrote this haiku. My heart goes out to all those in Redding, and elsewhere in the world where forest fires are ravaging lives. (Submitted […]

Hunger (Haiku)

August 1, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge is sates & fuels. I used glut in place of sates. To participate, click on the link.)

RDP: Duck

July 21, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Mother Mallard and her baby ducks foraged along the shoreline of Sparrow Lake at day’s end. As she waddled past the dock, her little ducklings fell in line, like wind-up toys trying to catch up. All except one little fellow, who lost in his own world got left behind. “Peep! Peep!” He let out a […]

Share Your World

July 17, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

(Cee’s Photography posts questions each week, inviting us to share our world.) Favourite ice cream, frozen yogurt or sorbet flavour? Recently discovered a mango sorbet/ coconut ice cream combo that is over the top good. How often do you people watch? Every opportunity I get. People are so interesting. Human behaviour has always intrigued me. […]

Currently Unavailable

June 13, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I apologize if my attention appears to be lacking, but I am currently immersed in creativity and the ability to focus, otherwise, has plummeted. (Inspired by Daily Addictions daily prompt: plummet)

Nebraska

May 7, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Two goals are motivating us: staying ahead of the worsening weather and getting home. Strong gales announce our arrival in Nebraska. Ric is visibly worn out from trying to keep the rig on the road. We consider abandoning our plans and pull into a Cabela’s, thinking that we will wait out the storm, but the […]

Monday Mood: Exhausted

The events of the past few weeks, plus the rain, seemed to have caught up with me. Day’s goal: rest, rest, and more rest. (Photo mine)

End the Fray

This breach –this ever-widening gapfear inducedpits usagainst themas if humanitycan be dividedsalvationa selective process. We need a balmto soothe societalwounds, a tonicto calm the angstuntil clarityquells the uproarand kindnessreplaces this sin. (Poem originally appeared June 2019. Image my own)