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) […]

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, […]

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 […]

horns! Cee’s Black & White challenge is horns.

A coyote emerges from the brush and crosses our path in a blur, his powerful limbs plowing through the watery fields as he disappears as fast as he’s come. “He’s on a mission,” Ric laughs. I am sorry I missed the shot – hadn’t expected to see anything this early into our sojourn. Today, we […]

Why wither as fall,frost-fresh, rustlesprairie spirit? We climbto that beautifulbee-bright, wild songlisten, never lonely Rain on our walk,after, wet, makingwater an Eden. *** This week, instead of a challenge, I offered an invitation to join me over at magneticpoetry.com. To read other ‘found’ poems, visit the original post. I love how the words given reveal […]

A month of dating two different men was driving me crazy – not in my nature.   I gave myself a deadline.  Choose one or neither by September 1st.   I hadn’t heard from Ric in days, but my time with John was heating up.  Although younger than me, our wits and sense of humour […]