Acceptance holds discovery

May 10, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Industrial

May 7, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Industrial

Backlit?

May 5, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I learn so much by following Lens-Artists photo challenges. Not sure these all qualify as backlit.

Excerpt from Cobwebs: A Short Story

May 3, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Perhaps Gothic Horror or Psychological Thriller? Read the whole piece.

April bids adieu…

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

For Bushboy’s Last on the Card – Sony and iPhone

Curly

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

My newest granddaughter has a shock of curls on top of her head and it reminds me of me when I was a baby. Of course, I needed proof, so yesterday, while visiting my mom, I went through old photo albums, and found this photo of my dad feeding me.Apparently, history does repeat itself. Have […]

Set Fire To The Rain

April 21, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

The war in Ukraine continues, and from the comfort of my sunroom, I still do what I can to help. Today, I am waiting on the arrival of our fourth family – two brother-in-laws, whose dream to land in Toronto, find work and lodgings, and then bring over the elder’s wife and child, proved unattainable. […]

Environment

April 17, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

We left the bustle of city life in 2018, touring the continent in a 41 foot motor home for a couple of years before returning and realizing that we no longer belonged. A forty-minute drive away from my lifelong home, we found our own little paradise. Environment is the theme for Lens-Artists photo challenge this […]

Muskrat

April 14, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Went to the river to clear my mind. It’s been a rough couple of weeks helping Ukrainians. Some, feeling they can’t make it in Canada, or missing family too much, have gone home. Worse than that, we uncovered human trafficking. One employment trafficking, and another procuring young women for the sex trade. I have felt […]

Boundaries

April 12, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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.

Daring

Sidestepped comfortdared to breachpersonal boundaries Knew it was a stretch Uncouth, this bodily responsepain penetrating Dark thoughts wrestlinginner rebel smirking I gleaned a moment of freedomBut at what cost? (ME/cfs is characterized by exhaustion following exertion. Post Exertional Malaise (PEM) is the result, causing symptoms to flare.)