This too (the chaos) shall pass

How did the time get away from me so quickly this morning?  My daily routine was all out of whack and it wasn’t even 8:00am yet. As my daughter reminded me that we had to drop off her car before her hair appointment, the phone rang, adding a few minutes more delay.  Finally, I was […]

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Dust bunnies and Diaries

“My mom used to force us to do this at least twice a year”, I said, as we sifted through each and every item in her closet and drawers.  My daughter is quite the packrat and I knew we had better take a day (and preferably a full one) before her move to Texas to […]

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Falling into a new season

“You’re gonna miss this, mom”, she says after I halfway scold her for one of her annoying habits of doing something to about 95% completion.   And I know that she is right.  That all too familiar constriction begins in my throat and I silently pray that I won’t be forced to speak any time soon.  […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns

From the Weekly Photo Challenge: lines to patterns. We see lines and patterns in the world around us, in nature and things man-made. Sometimes we don’t realize they’re there: on the street, across the walls, up in the sky, and along the ground on which we walk. IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, […]

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Weekly Writing Challenge: Dialogue

“Lee-see-o, Where are you?” I could hear my grandmothers voice growing louder the closer I got to her back porch.  Granny, complete with silver bun and glasses, was easygoing and lenient, but when dusk fell it was time to go inside.  “Coming, Gran”, I would yell back as I begin to say my goodbyes as […]

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The little foxes

Mom used to repeat that long-ago penned slice of wisdom originating from The Song of Solomon; “It’s the little foxes that spoil the vines”. In my younger days, when I had never yet set my gaze on a real live fox much less these vineyards he desired to spoil, it didn’t make much sense to […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

I thought I would focus on something very important to me….Chocolate! The first is inside my candy jar and the second is inside my candy wrapper. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside (ohthethingsweshallsee.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside (bluejbluej.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside (scottseyephotos.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside the Boatwright’s Shop (johnrobertsphotography.me) Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside […]

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Remembering

  I will always remember that violent day,   Where I was, how my heart broke, how we gathered to pray.   For the victims, I felt horror, for their families I cried.   On that day my belief in security died.   The pictures and video with power to haunt,   Most nations supportive, […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: A different point of view (Take 2)

Took this at Olympic National N.P., I think it was at Rialto Beach

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Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual Point of View

My husband and daughter were in a fishing tournament today. Instead of shooting the boats straight on, I noticed a storm cloud brewing overhead, so I angled the camera up. The result was pretty cool. Related articles WB Yeats in Sligo, Ireland | Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV (ireland-ms.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual […]

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