Porto, Portugal, June 2023 It seemed like a blip on the radar, No place I really wanted to see. A glade devoid of trees to enjoy, Or a copse of insignificant trees. Yet, as I walked through the clearing, The cunning but simple art spoke to me. Be courageous, not timid, in the journey, Willing... Continue Reading →
I am one of those hapless people who walk into Home Depot and catch the decorating bug. I want to paint the whole house new colors, clean out the cupboards, add new lining paper, and replant the garden. I can think of a hundred new DIY projects and spend accordingly. I am the kind of... Continue Reading →
The Rodin Museum, Paris, May, 2023 The quarrel over who would do which chores had gone on for nearly two days! Nick and Sharon wondered if the marriage had been a mistake. They disagreed on who would clean the toilet, change the newspaper in the cat's litter box, and clean up the confetti in the... Continue Reading →
Image credit to Sarah Whiley Walls are built to divide and keep some sights or people from each other. But travel teaches us that behind every gated wall and national border are people who are just like us, struggling every day from the moment the alarm bell rings until lights out at night to live... Continue Reading →
What a nuisance you are, infesting the grass. Bothering us without us knowing we've been bit. Then blisters the size of a quarter appear all over, And the itching sends us into a scratching fit. You don't fight fair and square, for I cannot feel When you use my body for your meal of the... Continue Reading →
Image credit to Sarah Whiley I sat on the hillsides, looking at the cemetery below. I wondered why I was alive, and others didn't survive. I knew I wasn't special or any more highly favored or blessed. I can't explain why or why not, but I am thankful to be free. I have tried to... Continue Reading →
Image Credit Sarah Whiley I am in the liminal state of wanting to stay and needing to go. I want to hit the road and find new out-of-the-way places. There is no substitute for traveling the road less taken, To do new things and see a few unfamiliar faces. I want to go where there... Continue Reading →
Photo Challenge from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie On cold, chilly days when the sun plays hide and seek with the clouds, I suffer from the grayness that freezes my heart and seeps inside my soul. But a trip to the local museum is just the healing medicine I need. As the colors thaw my heart and lift... Continue Reading →
Members of the writing group sit around the Formica table, looking at the crimson-colored flowers in the wallpaper, trying to reseed the soil of their imaginations. Communication is their product, and all are winners of writing awards. Abstract literature links them in an elemental way, for their thinking is dissimilar to others who in all... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Masahiro Miyagi via Unsplash Embarking on a journey of over a thousand miles, The intensity of my anticipation never stops growing. But the thought of going solo triggers my anxieties, And overcoming the panic means courage showing. So, like a caterpillar bursting forth into a butterfly, I board the plane and take my... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 