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Monthly Archives: August 2013
The Slivered Moment
To take the time, the slivered moment between have-to’s and oughts, to take the breath between panics and joys and everyday’s fleeting, to pause, to be still, to surrender for just a moment to the moment and the Maker of moments brings … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith, Photography, Poetry
Tagged calm, Descanso Gardens, pause, photography, poetry, prayer, reflection, still, stillness
3 Comments
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea
Renewal, creation, grounding, reflection, barefoot still, . . . pause.
Posted in Photography, Poetry, Thoughts, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged photography, poetry, sea, thoughts, weekly photo challenge, weekly photo challenge 2013
23 Comments
Home, Home, and Deranged ♪♪♫
♪♫♪ Home, home, and deranged, where the deer and the cantaloupe roam. ♪♪♫♫ . . . Wait . . . Okay, I have it now. ♪♫♫ Home, home, now in flames, where the dear little ants ♫♫♪ . . . No … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Photography, Poetry
Tagged deer, Descanso Gardens, humor, photography, poetry
19 Comments
I Am Here
I am here; do you see me? Fingertip to fingertip in a world where alienation is the norm, I press in and on, seeking like-minded, like-hearted. I am here; do you see me?
Posted in Photography, Poetry, Thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged alienation, community, grandchild, grandchildren, photography, poetry
17 Comments
There is a Different Way of Seeing
There is a different way of seeing. A handicap spot, and you seem so able as I cluck my judging mental tongue. But I don’t see the pain and fatigue that chains your ankles to the ground, making even … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Poetry, Thoughts
Tagged compassion, photography, poetry, seeing, thought for the day, thoughts
18 Comments