O in the Middle

September 23, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Cone flowers, motorcycles on the road, and shops For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: photos topics with ‘o’ in the middle.

Artificial Light

September 22, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Two odd photos demonstrating artificial light. For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge

Patterns in Black and White

September 20, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: patterns

Rooftops and Sky

September 18, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: pick a topic; and Weekend Sky)

Fence Me In

September 17, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: gates and fences

Going Wide

September 15, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Lens-artists Photo Challenge: going wide

Into The Storm

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

Weekend Sky

Multiple Shapes

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

For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: multiple shapes.

Dark Greens

September 9, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Midweek Madness Photo Challenge: dark greens.

Looking Up/ Down

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

Looking up, I catch a seagull soaring past. Catch an eagle looking down. Discover beauty at my feet: For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Looking up/down

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 […]