This week I am hosting the prompt over at OSI There are countless waysthat a being can expresswhat they feel inside I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!We chose to enjoy a lovely spring day by taking a hike this past Sat.Please come back on Wednesday for a walk through the woods!I told you we’d […]

Winters would be coldwithout the warm memoriesof the seasons past Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. Victor Hugo (1802 – 1885) Thank you for the wonderful insights on my last post,The Alternative to Resolutions. This week has been another to surprise me as a result of using my new […]

the impulse is strongimpossible to ignoreGlorious Journey “The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” ~Samuel Johnson~ As far as travel goes, I’m pretty new on the scene. Even so, there is no mistaking that its magical grip has […]

haiku friday & one single impression It just so happensdon’t know how I could forgetI don’t mind the rain I know that you’ve only been shown those itty bitty snippets of the trip, but I can’t be sorry, because I’m getting stuff done.I’m finally gaining momentum now, which I’m absolutely thrilled about! I’ve checked so […]

haiku friday Ineffable joyremaining clear in my mindtreasured memories Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love,the things you are, the thingsyou never want to lose.~The Wonder Years~ I have done my best to turn around my mood since last week.Right now, I’m itching to get out and about this weekend;it can’t […]

haiku friday I go up and downEmotions running wildI can’t stop crying To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent,is a great ease to a man’s heart.~Francesco Guicciardini~ I hesitated in posting this week’s haiku because of it’s woeful words.Yesterday, when I made it, that’s how I felt. I […]

haiku friday lingering in waysthat penetrate deep insidewhere is my sunshine I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree. ~James Douglas~ The rain has stayed for days, finally, I woke up with sun shining through my bedroom window.I wasn’t sure that I could take another day of this dreadful […]

Inspired by: Robin @ Bird Tweets Haiku Friday Once you learn to flystanding, walking, or runningWill no longer do… Although every man believes that his decisions and resolutions involve the most multifarious factors, in reality they are mere oscillation between flight and longing. ~Herman Broch~ In Robin’s post, she asked that we “ponder be-wingedment”.I did, […]

Haiku Friday Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it.The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. ~Earl Nightingale~ My mind and spirit thank you all for the wonderful support,I truly […]

Haiku Friday Sian planted a seed a few posts ago, which in turn, prompted this haiku.Although it really started when Lydia posted a quote from Mother Teresa. I constructed my Wordless Wednesday post around that lovely thought.Inadvertently, I had created my interpretation of Mother Teresa’s sage declaration. I really enjoyed the chain reaction of inspiration […]