Nailed It Dad!

January 11, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Did you try some of the soup, Mom? I glanced around at the many pans, ingredients, and baking paraphernalia lining the kitchen counters; not to mention my son-in-law and granddaughter who where firmly planted at the stove. No, I messaged back. It’s a little busy here. An unexpected trip back to Ontario landed me smack […]

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #25: Un-lived Lives

November 26, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

“I met one of my un-lived lives at a party last night” is the title of a post on bone&silver’s blog. I loved this post, and idea, so much I decided to make it the focus of my challenge this week. How precarious are our lives, or are they pre-charted? Does destiny hold all the keys, […]

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #24: Deviation

November 19, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. – Frank Zappa For several years running, I was invited to speak to the Sociology of Deviancy class at our local university. Each visit, I opened by joking that I was never quite sure whether the invitation was a good thing or not. Truthfully, though, I […]

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #11: Point of View

August 13, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

We recently attended a dramatic version of To Kill a Mockingbird in Stratford, Ontario. Written by Harper Lee in the late 1950’s, this has been one of my all time favourite reads. Although some of the language is antiquated and no longer acceptable, the themes of the novel are timeless. Atticus Finch, the patriarch extraordinaire of the […]

Hunger (Haiku)

August 1, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge is sates & fuels. I used glut in place of sates. To participate, click on the link.)

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #5: Books

July 2, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

I can remember the exact moment that the words jumped off the page and hit me between the eyes with such an impact, my head snapped back. I was still married to my ex-husband, and had retired to the bedroom to read before sleep. The children were all finally asleep, and I had started the […]

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #1: Shift

June 4, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Challenging myself to do better is an ongoing process. I am interested in personal growth and a deeper connection with others and life in general. This quest leads me to be more introspective, and to ask the big questions. I guess you could say, I am a seeker. As a teacher, I offered my students […]

Soul Stalker

Downy blankets of white softly settle, Nature gratefully submitting to slumber as the Earth bids a seasonal adieu. Inside, my body craving hibernation, curls into layered bedding, draws shades against the snowy scene, wills respite. My soul, a cat, lulled by the miracle stretches wide paws, arches, ready to discover some mystic wilderness. She is […]

Darn Finances

Money – that vital ingredient – threatens to rebuke us, these haphazard habits equating to negligence. Investments – retirement’s foundation – falter, then plunge, a mini crisis hitting too close to home. Change – prodded by re-evaluation – commands control, scoffs at ideal’s naiveté, imperfection highlighted. (Written for dVerse’s quadrille night, hosted by Whimsygizmo, whose […]

The Last Train (Sonnet)

We wait at the station, Mother and I, one final stop for her – painless she prays; I linger at bedside – prolonged goodbye – memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims, “Why must suffering linger till the end?” I plea and bargain, call angelic names, yet the will […]

One Woman's Quest II

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