I took a walk back in time out of place, yet I was on time there was a war going on, the reasons, even the slogans, Just like the time I had left behind. It was not the same enemy, but the newscaster repeated the same words to me,this enemy was a threat to humanity […]

A Time I left Behind

I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven’t seen, how much I’m not going to see, and how much I still need to see. Carew Papritz

Travel Quote

No, you’re not mistaken, I already shared from this year’s Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival. But did you think all those tulips could be contained in a single post? Of course not! So I’m back with a few more for #TheFlowerHour. You’d never know from these pictures that Mt. Hood makes a backdrop to the tulip […]

April is for Tulips – At Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm

PART 4 — The Laughter Did Not Return He stepped away again. Not far. Just enough. The same kind of distancethey had seen before. A place slightly higher.A stone that held stillness better than the ground. He knelt there. No announcement.No instruction. Only—prayer. Behind Him,they gathered as they had before. Close enough to remain together.Far […]

Humor’s Long Vacation

Bird of the Week: CLXIII This weeks bird is the Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides The Buff-rumped Thornbill is found in eastern Queensland south of the Cape York Peninsula, in eastern and southern New South Wales, in much of Victoria and in the south-east corner of South Australia. The Buff-rumped Thornbill lives in open forests and […]

Another Thornbill (with a buff rump)

Life is just life. I can’t predict and follow my schedules and plans. If this is a full movie, there are commercials to chunk the whole story, and it teaches me patience and reminds me that I don’t control everything. I’m just human living on this planet Earth, and He’s my God. When checking Rojie’s […]

Praise You again and again

Wordless Wednesday

Today I want to wish a very Happy Birthday to a special lady and close friend – my wonderful Mamma. The following is a poem I wrote in honour of her. As children, we never imagine our parents being a child themselves. Often this will change and I’ve been lucky enough to listen to my […]

I’m Still That Girl

“On the road, again, just can’t wait to get on that road again. Going places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again. And I can’t wait to get on the road again.” Willie Nelson “Your mother,” began Jimmy Dillon, who sat contentedly perched on the bar stool next to mine. […]

On the Road Again

I’m convinced that one day I’ll have to sell a body part just to afford a doctor’s visit. Or plead with this body not to fall ill even when it’s clearly breaking down 🤷‍♀️ The expense is bewildering. It reminds me of when my son was very young and needed stitches after a playground injury. […]

Daily Pondering — On Kindness and Transactions