My journal of big words and pretty pictures
They bicker like a couple of old magpies, harping at each other over their back fence. Myrtle fusses over her Corgi, Angus, eating the acorns that drop from Hester’s white oak tree, and Hester complains about the syrupy blooms from Myrtle’s ruby honeysuckle vines staining her white patio chairs a neon pink. On cold days, they … Continue reading Acorns and honeysuckle
Good and faithful friend Life lived well, love embodied Unconditional Photo: Grave marker at St. Francis Assisi pet cemetery, Santa Rosa Beach, FL
At 8:18 this morning (CST) earth was at its closet point to the sun. Its perihelion. Earth is only 91,404,322 miles from the sun, a blistering 3.1 million miles closer than at its farthest distance in early July. While in this position, Earth is also moving at its fastest, meaning winter in the Northern Hemisphere … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Cold
White puffs of steam escaped Wentz’s fists as he blew on his hands to warm his cold, tingling fingers, The bright sunshine did little to warm the frigid winter air. He leaned on the railing of the wooden boardwalk watching a bale of snapping turtles in the creek below grazing on the remains of summer … Continue reading Long winter’s nap
Treasures buried deep Year after year discovered Endless waves persist
She wants to be good, she just doesn’t know how. All the love in the world can’t erase those fierce years living on the street, scrounging for food and shelter. Any human contact was some harsh voice telling her she wasn’t welcome or worse, the pain of a hand on her tired and weak body. Even … Continue reading Unconditional love
Thin spiral notebook 