Sweet peas bloom in the morning sunshine of the Scottish garden, and the scent is, well, sweet… Moths enjoy the thistles… And when the night comes, badgers frolic! Earlier badger post More Scottish gardens TENDU: Dancing in the City He’s a damaged diva, used to getting his own way. She’s an autistic ballet girl who…

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brought-to-self #brink of choice#

Length of stay: 1 dayVisited: May 2024 Aztec Ruins National Monument is located in southwestern New Mexico. Don’t be fooled by its name as this community was not actually built by the Aztecs of Mexico. The ancestral Pueblo people constructed these multi-story great houses over a thousand years ago, which remained in use for about…

Pvt. Smith was as cocky and proud as the next trooper, but he also thought of the Army as a learning experience and considered his new adventure as a chance to experience things he would not otherwise have the opportunity and on April 23, 1944, he stepped off a train near Camp Stoneman, California.  It…

Zig-Zag lines combine with yellow for Wordless Wednesday. Wordless Wednesday: Zig-Zag in #Gold

On May 12, 2024, I shared my elation at regaining access to my Facebook account after discovering on April 12th that it had been hacked. My initial fears about the hacker’s nefarious actions were not unfounded. On Saturday morning, June 22nd, I was shocked to see the captioned notice of suspension of my Facebook account…

It was just another day at the county fair.Everything looked the same.  Vendors gathered in their dedicated spots.The music venue sat under the white canopyby the pond that never changes location. Henna ink has lightened – the faded hummingbirdno longer reminds me of Mom, the wolf, incognito,but the memory shines like the glimmering pond… Chatter…

the cosmos within— Hope keeps the lamp burning dreams glimmer as stars In reply to #Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Glimmer – August 6, 2024 Cosmos – Haiku 2024 #Moonwashed Weekly Prompt

Close Encounters of the Human Kind Send In The Crowds: Italy

We have another theme and this week Dawn from The Day After has chosen Shadows and Silhouettes. If you want to find out more about this then please take a look at her post. It is an interesting challenge and one I really had to think about, like many of the others. Then I had…

(Created on Canva by Dawn Pisturino.) I’m pleased to share that the paperback version of my short chapbook, Lunar Gazing Haiku, reached #1 Amazon New Release in Poetry for Teens & Young Adults and Haiku & Japanese Poetry yesterday, and I’m very happy about it! Thank you to everyone who bought my book! Thank you…

The first Black African president of an independent African The first Black African president of an independent African country was Kwame Nkrumah. He became the President of Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) when it gained independence from British rule in 1957. In February 1966, while Nkrumah was on a state visit to China, his government…

is the title of an oil painting by Yehudo Epstein. We first saw this painting one hot summer day at the Holt Festival at the end of July this year. It was hanging in the exhibition on ‘degenerate art’ (entartete Kunst) on loan from Stephen Fry’s mother Marianne. It had never been exhibited before.The trip…

Last Friday’s hummingbird photos raised a few questions about the magnificent, little ones, so I wrote a poem in response to those inquiries. You will find the poem after the second photo. Hummingbirds are master aviators and quite fascinating to witness. Sadly, depending on the weather, I can see them in my area for only…

A real kick in the plants followed us home from Hawaii. It was perfectly legal. We cleared the agriculture station and TSA, but inside the airport, past all the security, they allow a kiosk to sell some kind of very straight and tall species that charmed the plants off Nate. It’s called plumeria, and for…

“In the end, you only have yourself. You can’t control how others treat you or what they say about you. You can’t force people to stay in your life or to love you. You can’t make someone understand you or appreciate you. But what you can control is how you respond to it all. You…

“Spiderwebs are images of the nonlinear, of the many directions in which something might go.” Rebecca Solnit This week Patti invites us to share some zig-zags, and my first thought was of the image above. Now THAT is a spider that understands and believes in zig-zags😊. Moving on to a more pleasant example, I’ve included…

Describe one habit that brings you joy. Writing brings me joy daily. Soon after I wake up, I settle in my comfy chair with my little dog in my lap and open WordPress. I hastily check my stats, then open my comments. I am always delighted if I find my dear friends there waiting for…

marsh grassesfinding a new summer homein a bubbling brook Marsh Grasses #Nature #Haiku

Prayer is Powerful Why do you worry?If you believe in prayer,you know its power. * More of my prayers have been answered than I can count, some of which were absolutely incredible. I’ve written on the power of prayer (see also, Winning Prayers) in past posts. Regardless of how our prayers are answered, the act…

I couldn’t be happier that my poem, A Mother’s Love is Forever, is Published on Spillwords Press on my first granddaughter’s 1st birthday, thanks to Dagmara K. and team with my 2nd granddaughter’s birthday trailing right behind her. I would be so grateful if you would go HERE and read the rest of my poem…

My summer blogging break continues, but the end is in sight, and I’ll be easing back into WordPress soon. I’ve been traveling, painting, editing (as slow as cold molasses), and playing pirate with the hubby (I’ll share photos, I promise). I hope your summer (or winter) has been all you wished it to be. I’ve…

AN ENCHANTED WEDDING (in the Scottish Highlands)A Lone Bagpiper calls usIts unique tones drifting across the lochClambering up the majestic mountain Skittering over the manicured lawn.Gently herded by the musicthe wedding guests gulp downremnants of welcoming champagne,late-comers gaze longingly at the table of filled flutes.A winding path leads usdown to the lochonto the lawn.Nail thin…

Rumi, a famous Persian philosopher from the 13th century, once aptly penned: “The wound is where the light enters you.” An Introduction to Healing Wounds of the Past

This week’s W3 Prompt #118 is as follows: Punam’s prompt guidelines You can join in W3 here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/07/31/w3-prompt-118-weave-written-weekly/ Let’s Talk About Food Oooh, I don’t want to talk about food I’m on a diet If I think about food, it’ll make me hungry Break down my resistance I’ll succumb *** Let’s talk about food, yummy!…

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