Following the Geese Home

January 2, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Weekend Sky with Hammad Rais

Red and White

December 16, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Heart to Heart is hosting Cee’s Midweek Madness challenge. Drop by to join in.

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #125: heartwarming

December 14, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Mom, having survived three heart attacks, is now back in her nursing home under quarantine. Not that we can see her anyway; everything is back in lockdown. But there is a loophole. Two essential workers, meeting the Provincial criteria and having been cleared by a COVID test, can visit. My sister applied as she lives […]

The Christmas Party

December 13, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Who would dress like that?!” Brad immediately regretted the outburst, but having just stepped into the warmth and wiping the wintry slush from his eyes, he was taken off guard. Loretta Vox stood, back to the doorway, a looming presence in black, save for the glitter of a tiara in her upswept hair and a […]

Silver and Gold

December 9, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Midweek Madness challenge: silver or gold

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #124: embarrassing moments

December 7, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Assigned to teach Civics, a dry subject in itself, I looked for ways to keep the class engaged. One day we were examining the language of some bill or another (can’t remember which) and in order to break the painful disinterest, I decided to read it out loud in my best imitation of the Queen […]

Warrior Child

December 6, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

“I am Bwana! Wild woman of the Amazon!” This the declaration of my 5-year-old self, who left to her own devices, would wander the nearby woods for hours each day, living like a feral child. No idea where the “bwana” came from, and pretty sure I did not know what the Amazon was, but such […]

Noisy Skies

December 5, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(Weekend Sky challenge)

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #123: warrior

November 30, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

That’s my warrior self. (Well, one of them.). Now tell me about yours. Looking forward to these responses. To participate, create a post and leave a link, or comment below. All welcome.

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #122: the phone call

November 23, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Do you have time to talk?” Sweet of her to ask, my 93-year-old mother. Of course I have time.“What’s up Mom?”“I’ve been thinking that before I die, I should call Karen. What do you think?” I draw a blank. “Who is Karen?”“Reg’s other daughter – she doesn’t know he was her Dad, and well, since […]

Resilience

Boxes are filling up around us. We’re making a dent in our to-do lists. Doubt seeps in. Are we doing the right thing? Then I remember all the reasons behind making this choice and affirm: We are dismantling one life to build another, purposeful existence.

Monday Mood: squirrely

The movers need to be arranged, and the closets sorted and packed, and when was the last time we bought groceries…. Head and attention are going in too many directions at once, and I’m exhausted before I get started. Might be a little cranky too. The stress of moving is real.