Goose Line

November 14, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Weekend Sky

Future Nostalgic

November 12, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A Texas sunset, Arizona mountain lake, Oregon mountains, and Salt Creek in Washington State, photos stirring nostalgia. (For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: future nostagic)

Gateway

November 10, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Nancy Merrill’s a Photo a Week: gateways.

Architecture Interests Me

November 8, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Lighthouses have iconic appeal. The photos below are of a residence that the owner had built to resemble a hobbit home, and a house made from shipping containers: (For Lens-Artists Photography Challenge: interesting architecture.)

Sand and Dirt

November 5, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: sand and dirt

A Day Worth Reporting

November 3, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Our Poetry Circle was invited to compose and recite poetry on the theme of trees at an outdoor event, in a nearby city. So we busied ourselves, writing and rehearsing, and when the event was cancelled due to rain, decided to take our performance local. While the weather was overcast, the rain held off long […]

Last on Card: October

November 1, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

We gathered yesterday to celebrate a daughter’s birthday. My kids don’t like me to take photos, so I have to sneak them. The featured image was the sky on the way home (unedited, of course). Can’t believe it’s now November. Where has the time gone. Just a quick update: my husband goes back in for […]

Candid With a ‘Q’ and a ‘U’

October 29, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Out of reach of our two dogs, a squirrel observes us from the Walnut tree. A quizzical hound accompanied by inattentive youth. A majestic buck lounging in Autumn leaves. (For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: candid photography, and her Midweek Madness: must have q or u in the word)

Birds and Bokeh

October 27, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: bokeh.

Weird and Wonderful

October 25, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: weird and wonderful.

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 […]