Shades of Green

November 2, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

All is green, come summer here, the river and its banks, and the rolling fields of corn. For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Green.

Autumn Blessings

October 31, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Pre-camera years, I bemoaned the arrival of Autumn as Winter’s harbinger. The lens, however, has the magical ability to transform one’s perceptions. Suddenly, I have new appreciation for golden forests, and white flowers lingering against a backdrop of fallen leaves: Even the robin, typically associated with the onset of Spring, exudes new charm amid the […]

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #70: alien

October 28, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

“I’ve never seen anything like this!” I’m at the doctor’s again. It’s a followup visit with the specialist to verify the new treatment is working. It is working…sort of…except for the large, red welts on my face. “Leave it to me,” I respond. “Always presenting teaching material.” “Yes, well, I have no students anymore, so […]

Inspiration Rekindled

October 27, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Eight years now, I have been blogging. It has been a process of unfolding. In the beginning, I wrote for reflection, but as life changed, so did my need. I dug deeper and poetry emerged. I remember at one point telling my husband that I wished I could create my own images to pair with […]

Textures

October 26, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

So many textures tempt –tree bark and tree art a fuzzy caterpillar – oh that tickles …and some things, are better admiredfrom a distance, hands off! (For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: textures)

Summer Stragglers

October 25, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Other blooms may fade,succumbing to Autumn’s chill –Snapdragons stand tall. (For Cee’s Flower of the Day.)

Layered

October 23, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Above, below, in the middleso many layers to small town life The perceived but a reflectionideals mirrored in stillness some layers more transparent –a pie-lovers paradise. For Lens-Artists Weekly Photo challenge: layered.

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #69: kindle

October 21, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

My gears are seizing up; creativity sabotaged by self-doubts. The inner critic declares my efforts worthless. My paints sit dormant. I fear stagnation. “I need something to kindle my inspiration,” I tell my artist friend. Together we visit a local artisan’s workshop. A listing of art classes informs us of an upcoming sketching class. We […]

Never Too Old To Play

October 20, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

“Do you know where your wife is?” the man across from me spoke into his cell phone. I could hear my husband’s laughter from across the table. I wore a long black robe that rustled about me as I strutted through the room, fluff from my feather boa leaving a trail. A sparkling tiara perched […]

Safe Lines

October 19, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Reassured, are weby the lines that definesolid constraintsto protect, or guide Not meant to obscure,although intended to shapeI follow some lines,can appreciatively conform outside the linesis more my naturepurely intellectuallya promise I make. (For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: lines)

Present Distance

I’ve lived the fog of distance –life’s highway a series of hillsdestination without promise Have learned that acceptance gains perspective,that climates change, and hope sustains,and that in the stillness dreams renew. Now I travel quieter paths, appreciatespace, have surrendered to a slower pace –certain that this too will change. (image my own)

Floral Balm

Of Trauma Born

Goodbyes tarnishfaith, like ashesscattered My heart grows dismissal,craves a balm of connectionseeks quiet harbour Remind me what it feels like to be safebreath nurturing life,love a rhythmic flow In meditationI reach for peaceimagine salvation But this wayward chaosunrestrainedcements me in doubt Tainted intentionsI lift up to the Universea tempest without hope My soul incubates malicea […]