Photo Credit: Richard Kasperowski @ Unsplash By the lily pond, I have peace and solitude. Nature captivates. Columns of green leaves, Combined with golden fishes, Color o'er our pain. So, I'll sit down here And listen to the frogs sing. Internal joy found . Written for the What Do You See #68 from Keep It... Continue Reading →
Defeating My Diet: Weekend Writing Prompt #195
I'm trying to get fit, healthy, and trim, But I'm the victim of a gargantuan appetite. It makes me seem to want to eat all day, And won't leave me alone through the night. When I'm on the brink of reaching success, I feel my cravings taking full control. I find myself overeating again, And... Continue Reading →
Finding Joy Daily: RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge
From Freeimages.com View life like a fruit! Sink your teeth in its sweetness! Take each bite with joy! Written for the RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #344: Bite and Teeth.
All Waiting Has an Ending: Sunday Devotion
Micah 7:7 But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Waiting for the phone to ring to know if I had been chosen for a teaching position, I remember thinking that I must not have gotten the job... Continue Reading →
Preparing for Fame: Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge
Photo Credit: Tim Grundtner at Pexels. com Joy thought that the lure of danger as part of the blast of being a gymnast. People think you must be crazy to challenge gravity because eventually you will be hurt, with her grandfather comparing her to the cuckold who lives next door whose wife utilizes very good... Continue Reading →
24-Hour Question: Would I?
From Rory's 24-Hour Blog Question: If no one ever read your blog would you still write, keep and maintain the blog or would you change the way you write so as to keep your blog and be read? Would you change your style to be read more often or would you simply take more steps... Continue Reading →
A Misunderstood Unicorn: What Do You See?
Photo Credit: Tim Hufner @ Unsplash Many have walked through those gates without turning it into a melodrama, as Judith has done! She wants her exit from this godforsaken place to be noticed by the others and properly envied. She has always felt like a unicorn stuck among donkeys. Few have even tried to understand... Continue Reading →
Why Black History Month is Still Important to Me: Sunday Writing Prompt
Each February, I discover more of the past, through the many blog posts and Facebook posts with information on the inventions and contributions of Blacks to American culture. As a little girl, I loved Black History Week, and I was ecstatic when it was made a monthly celebration. Learning of the strength and courage of... Continue Reading →
Taking Jesus at His Word: Sunday Devotion
John 4: 46-53 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was... Continue Reading →
Misunderstandings Abound: Three Things Challenge #494
What the eyes don't see doesn't stop one believing, If the meanings of regular words are misunderstood. No matter how much you try to educate a person, It's hard to get them to believe their way isn't good. Simple words like rights, unity, ethics, and morality Tend to get lost so often in politic wrangling... Continue Reading →
