Spark

November 22, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It took me many years to reconnect with my creative spark, but I’m so glad I did. There is so much hope, release, and beauty in the act of creating. How do you bloom yourself?

Recipe For Love

November 15, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Relationships are complicated. Each generation, it seems, struggles to find the answers. My tanka is a one observation. What would you add?

Carry On

September 13, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

For the past year and a half, my husband and I have committed to helping Ukrainians fleeing war. This has included opening our doors to house five families. We have been witness to unimaginable darkness and at the same time been deeply moved by the drive and resilience of those whose lives have touched ours. […]

Miscommunication

August 30, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The desire to be understood is riddled with personal agendas. When both parties are grasping for that same reassurance, communication becomes a minefield. I prefer conflict avoidance, but recognize it only defers the pain (and often adds to it). No matter how empathetic, or compassionate I try to be, there are always those relationships where […]

Photo and Poetic Fun

July 17, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I don’t believe in hauntingignore the seasonal hypewish the woman in the graveyardwould stop wailing every night Someone get the girl a coatdoesn’t she feel the creeping cold?And when I call the police on herwhy do they look at me like I’m crazy old? (Spending way too much time wiling away the hours.)

For Ukraine

June 28, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Adolescence

May 24, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Poem and image my own

Why We Write

April 26, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What do you quest after?

April 19, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Note: Should read “to lift us higher”. Ugh.

The Roads Most Taken

March 12, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

I follow roads, looping along the river’s banks. Back roads leading to special places frequented by my camera’s favourite subjects: birds. Which road beckons today?Shall I wander where the Yellow Legs wadeor chase the elusive Kingfisher?Every path an adventureevery sighting a gift Which road beckons today?March routes find robinsand the frisky antics of mergansers,Summer, I’ll […]

Ukraine

Planted seeds for prosperity –images of children frolickingthe delight of yellow horizonstradition setting our fields ablaze Till greed came knocking –brother turning on brother Rhetoric and lies shrapnelshattering our dreams Only the deer frolic nowunwitting participants inthis unprovoked slaughterland mines defiling landscapes But seeds are not lost,nor are the legacy of generationswhose soil has known […]

Winter, Please

(Image my own)

Sing Along

Dove’s mournful cryspotlights Nature’s calling –Let us find a harmonic notesing along for conservation,for preservation, for a strongtomorrow – find our voicesand join the chorus. (Image my own)