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What Else Is New?
It depends on who wants to know… This week I submitted my first entry in the Weekly Photo Challenge. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying looking at the hundreds and hundreds of submitted posts. I give credit...
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A Chosen Blanket
Although she stopped hiding her grays years ago, denial would forever be her chosen blanket. She loved to slam down on the tight skin of her drum with her knotted fingers. This is my favorite song she...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
Definition of a spinnaker by the good people at Wikipedia: A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. with...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture – Urban Art
Museums and galleries were being frequented by schools and not by the public at large. So they decided to drag that mountain out to Mohammed – and bring the arts and the culture to the people by...
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Can I Love Your Art If You’re a Rapist?
WordPress Daily Prompt: Art Appreciation Do you need to agree with an artist’s lifestyle or politics to appreciate their art? To spend money on it? In order to truly love art do you need to know where...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above – MY WORLD
“From Above. Change your perspective on something. Share a photo of a subject which you shot from directly above.” This is a view into mine own own world – my home from up above as high as I can get...
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Rosemary Has a Change of Plans
With a hop, a skip and a jump Rosemary clears the three steps to her front porch. She opens the screen door and holds it against her left hip. Her back screams in pain as she bends forward leaning her...
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A Mad Dash and a Sprinkle
“I quit!” just as she was stomping back to her office, Rose heard her mother’s voice whispering to her to not ever slam doors. “A slammed door is always so hard to open Rose.“ She fought the tears as...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Many Patterns of Mexico
Oopsie daisy! This first mosaic was created when I went with textures for a prompt… How the heck could I have done that mistake? Not sure, but below is a more direct collection of images for patterns!...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape – A State of Mind
Escape. Running away from reality. Forgetting everything. Shutting the door. Clearing your mind and changing your surroundings. None of that is needed. For me anyways. Escape …it’s a frame of mind....
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Background or Foreground – Who Knows?
Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. — Charles Simic Dolphins. I love them as much as they love to drag race our bow. Here I am sitting by the...
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A Thing or Two About Life on a Boat
Last night we had 6 people over for supper. I made my mom’s world famous tourtière. That’s french for ground pork and lots of melted lard in a lard based pie dough. That’s also french for oh-my-liver....
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With Less Than An Hour To Live: What Happens?
I am told I have less than an hour to live. This oddly makes me happy and relieved. I will finally know if there is life after life. If there is such a thing as a heaven then my father … Continue...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says More Than You Know…
I hope you enjoy my mosaic. I love taking pictures of random signs. Signs with spelling mistakes, signs that are funny, cool signs, and especially signs that are oh-my-good-lord-did-you-see-that? I...
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Unique: Story of a Girl
Unique was a regular girl. Her eyes were as brown as her hair in a bland-beige kind of way. It wasn’t that people actively ignored her, they just didn’t notice her. They say apples don’t fall far from...
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Valedictorian
She slammed the mirror down on the counter shattering it to pieces “I’m a freak! I can’t go there, I can’t go anywhere!” Alyssa’s mother smiled knowingly. “You’re one of us Al, you’re not a freak.” In...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting – Lucky Shot
I begin each day with my favorite ritual: I wake up (this is a must); I climb up the 8 steps leading me up top to the deck; and finally I take a glimpse at the sunrise. Most times as … Continue reading →
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Unique: Passing
The first thing she noticed was the smell. Bubble gum. Not any type of gum, but the stick that comes with baseball cards and hockey cards. Unique didn’t care for the cards, she always gave them to her...
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