Wordless Wednesday

November 4, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #119: soft

November 2, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

“It’s the hard things that break; soft things don’t break. It was an epiphany I had today and I just wonder why it took me so very, very long to see it! You can waste so many years of your life trying to become something hard in order not to break; but it’s the soft […]

Frost Warning

November 1, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Nature herself seems confused these days – flowers linger despite the frosty chill. Inside, we prepare to hunker down for the cold weather, knowing that there is always potential for hindered travel. Isolation plays with the mind, conjures certainty of malfeasance. Ric’s recovery is slow and his spirit is lagging. I feel somehow left behind, […]

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #118: frost

October 26, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

There is frost on the pumpkin, and Jack Frost, and Robert Frost, and frosty stares, and a cake to frost. I’ll likely be outside trying to capture frosty images. Where will this challenge take you? Can’t wait to read.

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #117: except

October 19, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

In anticipation of hubby’s return from hospital, I had it all planned: get him settled, run prescriptions to the pharmacy, pick up a pre-roasted chicken and salads, then home to nurse him to wellness. Except, the chickens were sold out and the salads picked over, and the pharmacy backed up, and when I finally got […]

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #116: Reason

October 12, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

We can reason our way through a problem, or be the reason for something happening, or believe in a higher reason for all that befalls us. Let this week’s prompt take you where it will, regardless of the reason. Look forward to your responses, and having a bit of fun with this myself. All are […]

A Photo Walk

October 7, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Two rivers intersect at our city’s centre, and while I often patrol the larger one, this day I decided to visit a park adjoining the second. Probably because walking is still difficult for me, I was drawn to the many benches that line the path, all vacant now due to Covid restrictions. A quiet evening […]

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #115: Pathetic fallacy

October 5, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Ribbons of colourline the landscaperaucous revelry Autumn clouds gathertheir brooding silencethreatening celebration Overnight the wind rosecarried with it the tearsof our imposed isolation. (Pathetic fallacy is a literary device used to convey emotions/mood through reference to the weather. The poem is my attempt. A better example is the novel, Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë, where […]

Shelly’s Invisible Treasure Box

October 4, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Known in class as the Quiet One, Shelly is given to wandering away from her desk for no reason. Mostly, she is good natured and easy to get along with, and as her teacher, I can tell you she is quite bright. What most don’t know is that she is a collector, somewhat reminiscent of […]