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Still Friends After All These Years
“To get the full value of joy you must find someone to divide it with.” ~ Mark Twain “Friendship arises out of mere companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common...
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Why Is Your Structure Such?
You fascinate me. I don’t know you. Don’t know much about you, actually. I know the monarchs; so regal, vibrant. The little yellow ones—fleeting, quick. But I’ve never seen you. As I chored about the...
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Once, We Were Young
“Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes.” ~ Horace Mann As another autumn (and another birthday) are upon me, and as I face the daily blows of...
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Wrapped in Pink Silk
It was a day like any other. Dawn. First things first: Put on the coffee, dog out, blinds up–which wakes up the cat; thus, feed the cat. Pour first cup. Turn and watch. Astonishing. Fog threads spin...
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2017: Joy in Weathered Space
November 2011 “There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you’d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you’ll never understand what it’s saying.” ―...
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The Weekly Photo Challenge theme this week is “Jubilant“. I’m sharing the abundant flowering of a clematis I bought three years ago at WalMart. In its first year it had less than five blooms. Thinking...
View ArticlePurely Summer
With summer in full swing here, I’m going to change things up a bit. Increased family demands and just loving the outdoors has nudged out any time for writing so I’m taking a break from it this summer....
View ArticleCurve Around the World
“There is something particularly special and personal about the circle and how its curves comfortable rule every aspect of our lives.” ~ Kat Kahr, Parallelism of Cyclicality In choosing photos for this...
View ArticleLost in the Details
“Wherever you are, be all there.” ~ Jim Elliot Life is made of a myriad of moments, a multitude of details. It’s so easy to be overwhelmed with all the big stuff of life that we overlook the fine-tuned...
View ArticleMy Local Artist
This week I’m featuring the photography of my favorite local photographer. (Be sure to turn up your screen brightness for these.) His chosen profession is law enforcement. He’s one of those gems—giving...
View ArticleThe Green-Eyed Ninja
He came right to my door, yes he did. As he circled, I froze at such weaponry! Was I friend or foe? Before I could speak the eyes stared me down. Green eyes! Green eyes staring at me! And he reached...
View ArticleShadowLands
Moon Shadows “Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, Sun Shadows because, without them opaque and solid bodies will be ill-defined;...
View ArticleNovember, Gift of Light
“It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. The rich colours of grass and earth were intensified by the mellow light of a sun almost warm...
View ArticleChristmas Reflections
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.” ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder...
View ArticleWild, Reckless Reclamation
“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Doesn’t it seem children have an insatiable desire to create? And don’t they provide continual delight with constant surprises of...
View ArticleSea Points of View
The sea. The place for … Thoughts … To contemplate … ponder … focus. Release … To let go … exhale … relax. Cleansing … To wash clean within. Forgiveness … You have been forgiven. Therefore, forgive....
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“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.” ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder...
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Color Me Red! (Lens-Artists #135 “A Glimpse into My World”)
Here in the depth of winter the Lens-Artists theme is “GLIMPSE INTO MY WORLD”. In the midst of all that is black and white around here I use this time to spice up everything in my world with my...
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A Tree and Me
If ents are not characters of fiction then surely their home is my backyard. I love them deep as they are tall. Is it folly that I talk to them? Aloud even? I think not. It is said that one must spend...
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Comfort in Curves
“There is something particularly special and personal about the circle and how its curves comfortably rule every aspect of our lives.” ~ Kat Kahr, Parallelism of Cyclicality “The next best thing to...
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