Category: Writing
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The Week In Seven Photos – 50 Word Story
One of those weeks just hanging around and wandering the paths under cool blue skies On an empty path there was the sudden desire to joyfully scream “PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE” and hear it echo across the lake as I enjoyed a delicious sip. Obviously this crabby fella isn’t a fan.
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The Week In Seven Photos
Imagination and escape became a theme in my life this week as I was not in the mood for the current reality. “If you want to escape this reality all you have to do is open a book and your imagination.” (unknown) Photography and books are wonderful avenues of escape as the cares of the…
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Monday Musings
I’ve always loved the power of words and the ability of a writer to masterly compose a sentence that leaves you swimming in the depths of the powerful emotions they evoke. I don’t have any such sentences like that for you, but I do have a few words and phrases that have been bandied about.…
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Monday Musings – 50 Word Story
Back in the ’90s Seinfeld was my favorite show and who knew decades later life would become a permanent episode of “Bizarro World.” At dawn the day arrives appearing normal, but then the hours roll along and with a subtle shift on the surface the “bizarro” creeps into the scene.
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The Week In Seven Photos
During these topsy turvy days where confusion reigns I find myself desperate for facts and honest answers and thought I would go straight to the source and ask the chicken why she crossed the road and imagine my surprise when it swore and let me know “I’m a free-range chicken and I do what I…
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Monday Musings
As the days drift by and I pause for a moment with the stillness of a dragonfly amidst the blurring landscape of life, I appreciate that in the journey of letting go I’m surrounded by calm waters.
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The Week In Seven Photos
While wandering through my days this week, now permanently called “Someday, Noneday, Whoseday?, Whensday?, Blursday, Whyday?, Doesn’tmatterday” after reading an article in The New Yorker on the Lexicon For A Pandemic, I was reminded of my journey toward a simple lifestyle that began in the ’90s. It would take another twenty years of making small and…
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Flowers And Movies
While my mother and I may not spend many hours gardening together, we have enjoyed a lifetime of sharing books and movies. One of those books was the 2000 New York Times best-selling memoir A Year By The Sea: Thoughts Of An Unfinished Woman written by Joan Anderson. Over the years we’ve had many great conversations…
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Monday Musings
There are many simple things along the way in life that one can develop strong opinions about, like not being a big fan of seafood after a bad reaction to my first seafood dinner, but then discover how quickly opinions can change after one fabulous lobster roll has you constantly thinking about placing your next…
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The Week In Seven Photos
The month of July usually begins with me having the wonderful excuse to hide indoors from the heat watching the Tour de France and baseball, but as nothing is normal, I spent some time outdoors in the morning watching the blue jays have to air out their wings by 9:00 a.m. We’re still hoping to…
CIMPLE - A Curious Introvert's Musings & Photos about Life and Enjoyment 