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To Travel or Not To Travel?

To Travel or Not To Travel?

Friends are talking about summer plans for travel. It’s that time of the year. Ric and I exchange knowing glances. Travel is likely not in our future. The Winter seems to have taken a toll on my mobility. I’ve been doing restorative yoga, and taking small walks to encourage my legs but every effort is […]

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Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

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Why We Write (tanka)

Format ImagePosted on June 18, 2026June 16, 2026Categories creativity, poetry, writingTags creativity, poetry, tanka, writing9 Comments on Why We Write (tanka)

Peace?

(Image my own)

Posted on February 26, 2026February 24, 2026Categories culture, current affairs, poetryTags peace, poetry, tanka, what if20 Comments on Peace?

Winter’s Ruse

Format ImagePosted on February 19, 2026February 18, 2026Categories nature, poetryTags poetry, tanka, winter12 Comments on Winter’s Ruse

We Are Clay (tanka)

(Photo collage mine)

Posted on January 29, 2026January 27, 2026Categories change, creativity, photography, poetryTags life, poetry, tanka13 Comments on We Are Clay (tanka)

Turning (tanka)

Format ImagePosted on December 18, 2025December 17, 2025Categories poetryTags change, poetry, tanka, uncertainty27 Comments on Turning (tanka)

Lull (tanka)

Format ImagePosted on December 11, 2025December 10, 2025Categories nature, poetryTags healing, poetry, riverside, tanka16 Comments on Lull (tanka)

Autumn Tanka

Format ImagePosted on October 2, 2025September 30, 2025Categories birds, nature, poetryTags autumn, poetry, tanka16 Comments on Autumn Tanka

Fair Time

September is fair time here in Southwestern Ontario. From small town get togethers, to big city exhibitions. Who doesn’t like a fair?

Posted on September 4, 2025September 2, 2025Categories culture, poetryTags fairs, poetry, september, tanka16 Comments on Fair Time
Spring’s Antics (tanka)

Spring’s Antics (tanka)

Oh that Spring gale,
she’s such a storyteller –
awakens the land
fiddles with expectations –
Welcome post-Winter trickster.

(Image my own)

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories nature, poetryTags poetry, seasons, Spring, tanka45 Comments on Spring’s Antics (tanka)
At The Edge (tanka)

At The Edge (tanka)

Paddle to the edge –
life has falling off points, and
I am curious –
Defy fear and leap, or freeze?
Faith armours brave, takes a chance.

(Image mine)

Posted on April 30, 2024April 29, 2024Categories change, life, poetryTags chances, life, poetry, tanka35 Comments on At The Edge (tanka)

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