Communication

October 14, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

All day, as I try to write, the birds chatter outside my windows. Happy talk mostly, but the occasional row: My favourite image of communication is the understanding between a child and dog: (For Lens-artists challenge: communication.)

Communication

December 4, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: communication. My kids may kill me for posting these old pics, so please don’t mention it, lol.

Hidden Messages

August 10, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

“I’m not as smart as you. I’d probably be okay if I was smarter.” “That’s not true, June. You are very smart.” “Do you really think so?” My sister and I are doing dishes after supper. June suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. “You got 96% in your nursing program,” I remind her. “Intelligence is not your […]

Shopping 2016

February 26, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

“If I could write a prescription for lifestyle changes,” my doctor told us on the day of my diagnosis, “I would say no Costco, or any big box stores for the next two years, and only twenty minutes tops for groceries.” If you are a Costco addict like me, you can feel the pain. Of […]

In The Moment

Euphoric, wrappedin silent aftermath,love’s vibrationstill aglow Push asidethe fearthe effortit tookto get here Bask in the moment –tomorrow, I’ll cry. (In The Moment first appeared here in December, 2019. Image my own.)

Winged

Heron’s wings span six-feet widegreat grey appendages in rhythmic flight Dragonfly wings are camouflaged, propel elongated bodies who hover in sight Monarch’s wings are stained-glass delicatewith each flutter, sprinkle fantasies of delight My wings, imaginary, give me faith and hopemechanisms of spirituality, my soul’s fire ignite. (Image mine)

If

If we could see the soulcomprehend the constructoutline each contoursip the sacredness –Would there then be peace? (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)