V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #73: whole

November 18, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Joseph was eighteen when I first met him, a hulk of man with dark eyes that always glanced away, and a permanent hunch, like a cowering animal. He didn’t communicate verbally, but with patience and a steadying touch, could type out his thoughts, if the mood struck him. Some days he would pace and flutter […]

Numbers

November 6, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge : things with numbers.

From the Back

August 7, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Cee challenges us the week to consider our subjects, in black and white, from the back. I find the pattern of a bird’s feathers is highlighted from behind. Caught these two riders as they road past in Arizona. Can’t get enough of these two lovelies. Had to include their sweet backs.

Big Little Blessings

June 20, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

A 6:15 a.m. phone call changed my life: “Hello Grandma…it’s a girl!” There is no describing the thrill. I packed a hasty bag and drove the hundred kilometres in record time, scooping up that little bundle immediately on arrival. Her little tongue moved in and out rapidly as her gazed fixed on mine. I could […]

Three Times Blessed

May 23, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Recent upheaval has plummeted me into a dark space, where I am not willing to settle. Depression has followed me throughout life, and while I acknowledge it has a place, I am not willing to let it drive. I learned long ago that the only way for me to counter the clouds is to be […]

Feathers

May 15, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: feathers

Home Means Family

April 26, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Seems we were missed – a heartwarming piece of information. Also seems that so much has happened in our absence – two breakups first time home purchase and acquisition job promotions job losses renovations – inside and out a new haircut loose teeth baby has disappeared We’ve been busy (when I’ve been up to it) […]

Unexpected Playmates

March 19, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Rain has been threatening all morning, but I’m anxious to get outside, so the compromise is to drive to the end of the street and see if anything is happening. An osprey is on the ground in the middle of the parking lot. Rolling down the window, I snap some photos. The bird doesn’t budge, […]

Texture

February 21, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This crumbling foundationa testament to character –hard battles fought and won. I built fences, long ago –tried to bury my fallaciesbut all that decays, too Structures either maintain or not,but life continues, a constant flowlike a river, softens our perspectives. (Images for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: texture. Words penned for my ‘wild card’ challenge, my […]

Reaching and Reaching and…

February 10, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

We reach out; we reach up; we reach back. Such was the topic of this week’s challenge. Often, in my past, reaching equated with grasping – fear clouding common sense, and even hope. In recent years, I have had to learn the importance of reaching out, having lost so much independence through illness. I am […]