Red: A Welcome Sight
For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: red.
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V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #87: morning
“You do more in a morning than some people do in two weeks,” a graphologist once told me, having analyzed my handwriting. It was not news to me. I was raised to be a morning person. Waking before the rest of the family and getting ahead of the day was my way. Until I got […]
Read MoreClichéd Fun
The grass is always greener –magnificent clichescarry on –the writing on the wall,a little bird told mein the nick of time,don’t cry over spilled milk –Is it cliché to saymuddied waters –me over the edge? Thank you all for keeping me entertained with your creativity. My poem is compliments of your gifted responses. Here are […]
Read MoreOlder Than Old
When I was ten, my family travelled to England to visit my father’s family. Grandmother gifted us this odd looking vase, something she claimed to be over a hundred years old. I inherited it when my mother went into a nursing home. Always a conversation piece. This 1,000 year-old tree continues to thrive on Goose […]
Read MoreV.J.’s Weekly Challenge #85: mission
Winters in Ontario, Canada, can linger far beyond their past due date – not a scenario I look forward to – so this week I’ve made it my mission to seek out signs of spring. While the river is still frozen, I found this break in the ice on an offshoot stream. It’s a start. […]
Read MoreI Found It!
What glorious posts this week’s prompt has inspired. Thank you for your conjuring, your images, and your words of inspiration. Sun God, Reena SaxenaUntil, parallaxShockingly Good Day, I Write HerPassion from the Sky, Poetry PaletteSun’s Trail, radhikasreflectionInto the Sun, bushboys worldSun, nowathomeNo Matter What, SgeoilSunny Day, oneletterUPDreaming, Stuff and what if…From Rise Till Set, Hammad […]
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A walk in nature reduces life-sized problemsto ant-like awe – an open secret often ignored. I travel back roads, am humbled bythe power of farm machines, the vastness of the sky. Gratitude larger than this limiting skin. (For Cee’s On the Hunt for Joy challenge: make yourself small; Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: roads; […]
Read MoreV.J.’s Weekly Challenge #84: sun
Despite Ric’s protest that the light is not good, I take the camera and drive to the river. It’s February, traditionally a sunless month. I need to get out. The sky is heavy and grey, clouds undefinable. Still, the sun makes his presence known, as if he too is tired of the somber mood. I […]
Read MoreOh, Those Eyes
Love abounds with four-footeds around Those eyes that watchour every move,speak volumes (For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: eyes.)
Read MoreV.J.’s Challenge #83: Product placement
Product Placement Unintentional My shampoo is soft,sensitive with rose petals –his is fortified,extra fresh – blind purchases,both conditioned. A tanka inspired in the shower. Too much I say! Products invadingmy creativity. Hope you have fun with this one. To participate, create a post, link back here or leave a link in the comments. Respond however […]
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One Woman's Quest II 