V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #17: Baseline

September 24, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

(Baseline Séance from Mariposaxprs) “Your results are right on the edge of normal,” the doctor told me after administering a mental competency test and adding up my score. “Really can’t tell from this whether there is a problem or not. Educated people tend to do better on these tests (masking cognitive impairment) and others not so […]

Photo A Week: Fruits of Labour

September 8, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Finding an outlet to express myself creatively (beyond writing) has been my biggest accomplishment this year. Picking up a camera and a paint brush both happened simultaneously, as our adventures across country begged recording. Converting image to art, via watercolours, has become my passion, although to date, I’ve only had a few lessons, and each […]

Nurturing Thursday: Thought for August 2

August 3, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Originally posted on Cee's Photo Challenges:
I decided to play with along with Becca today and participate in her Nurturing Thursday. For the Love of Challenges I’ve gathered a list of challenges and their hosts. So if you know a challenge host, please direct them to my blog. Feel free to contact me anytime.…

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #9: Home

July 30, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was. Likewise, I never imagined that home might be something I would miss.” – Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Home is on my brain this week, as we […]

Share Your World

July 17, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

(Cee’s Photography posts questions each week, inviting us to share our world.) Favourite ice cream, frozen yogurt or sorbet flavour? Recently discovered a mango sorbet/ coconut ice cream combo that is over the top good. How often do you people watch? Every opportunity I get. People are so interesting. Human behaviour has always intrigued me. […]

CFFC: Diagonal Lines

June 27, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A mountainside offers a diagonal view: (Olympic National Park, Washington State, U.S.) A coastal view the same: (Washington State Coast) This sea lion hopes this slope is slippery enough to procure him lunch: (Oregon, US) The delicate lines of a spider’s web intertwined with lacy fingers: (Ontario, Canada) (Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is […]

Fishin’: A Photo Story

June 2, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Some stories are better told with pictures: Making memories with Grumpa.

Cee’s B&W Challenge: Cars, etc.

April 5, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Along the coast of California, we saw a number of sporty vehicles: All interesting from our oversized perspective: Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Cars, Trucks, and Motorcycles.

Cee’s Alone Photo Challenge

March 28, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Happy to see this fellow is alone: Concerned that this little bird is all by himself: This bird is declaring: King of the castle! This fellow has chosen an idyllic solitude: Thanks for the challenge Cee!

Cee’s B&W Challenge: Heads/Faces

March 23, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Faces that bring me so much joy, and one for fun. (Photos for Cee’s Black & White Challenge: heads/faces)

Imagine

If we could lift understandingto indigenous teachingsexpand our loveto earth, sky, and seaMake personal gain tabooand Ancients a weigh point If we could witness the mountainsslow floating across the skyand touch the dolphin’s soulanxiously swimmingwhere tuna are netted Would we cower at our insignificanceor move forward, learning to acceptthat all of life is deeply woveninto […]

Dear Child

I know a little girl,whose hair in ringletsfalls, unkempt from lackof brushing; who standswhen she should be sitting;who laughs with defiance whenchallenged, her dark eyes gleamingwith mischief; who holds her chin uphigh and stamps her feet, arms foldedin protest when she does not get her way. I see that little girl,have watched her play,with a […]

Re-de-fine-d

Ask me how I’m doingand I’ll say “fine”, notbecause I’m actually fine,but because “fine” is the onlysocially acceptable response. If I said that I have been lyinghere, for three hours now,willing my body to move,that would elicit unsolicitedadvice and tarnish my “fine”. I’d berate myself for breakingmy promise not to moan,knowing that complainingprovokes a compulsive […]