The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, June 2023 I haven't participated in a long time in Share Your World by Pensitivity 101 in a while, but I think January 1, 2024, is a good day to start again. Did you stay up to see in the New Year last night? I didn't stay up to necessarily see... Continue Reading →
Porto, Portugal June 2023 Hope in the new year. Fresh chances to change our lives. Stay forward-looking. Â Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #495: Fresh and Hope. Happy New Year to Everyone.
Daily writing promptWhat are your biggest challenges?View all responses As 2024 enters, I am already dreading the election commercials and the ugliness of politics in an election year. Since 2020, it seems that the United States has been the epicenter of Hate, as state representatives redraw voting maps that dilute or reduce the power of... Continue Reading →
Life can change quickly. In the time to wink the eye, Difficulties cease. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt #344 for Sammiscribbles: Wink in 13 words exactly.
Eating changed for me. Foods that I loved don’t love me. My tummy aches now. Not quite a great thought, but I wanted to write something. Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge: Tummy and Ache.
Daily writing promptWhat is your all time favorite automobile?View all responses I nearly made Douglas have a wreck, screaming, "Vette! Vette!" Every time I see one, I go nuts! I have wanted one for years, but before, at 4 feet and 11 and three-fourths inches, I couldn't reach the accelerator and brake on the yellow... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat was the last thing you did for play or fun?View all responses This question hit me like a ton of bricks falling on me. I couldn't remember the last thing I did for fun or play! How is that possibel. I used to finding a reason to smile or laugh and just... Continue Reading →
Painting by Joe Hill; Image credit: Tessa Mills Every day the news worsens, and it seems as if the world is being torn apart. It’s as though everyone is angry, letting hate flow like liquids from our hearts. I don’t believe this craziness is permanent, and we can and will see a better day, If... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptDescribe a man who has positively impacted your life.View all responses We called him Uncle Red, and I never learned why he had that nickname. He was the only one of my father's siblings that did not drink alcohol. He worked at the train depot behind where we lived with his sister, our... Continue Reading →
Douglas in Porto, Portugal, June 2023 One more day of life! Praise the Lord for this blessing! Let joy rule our hearts! Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #493: Praise and Joy!
Help from Heaven 