A moment of life generally taken for granted. — You scared yourself when you laughed at our plight as I relished in your easiness. The piquancy of Hope thwarted, slapped for its appearance. What does Joy do but recoil and resist in the wake of a never ending battle? Shall I refrain from judgment and honor the moment? How…

October Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Site or Sight” — Can someone bait my hook, please? This picture was captured at one of my favorite sites, the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts. Much change occurs here, and someone roles with the tides manipulating stone and debris after every upheaval. Storms roll in and they begin again. I love returning two or three times a…

October Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Site or… —

Making that decision is the hardest part. — I needed to hear you. You sat slammed against a wall Caught in a self-imposed cage of brick-and-mortar Head knocking, solid fist against cold bone. Tired eyes Rabid with fear And nothing I do matters. It’s time. It’s all it is -is time Nothing left to fight for because they fly…

September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Shadows” —

Make money and give your old yard shoes a new life. — I have had an old pair of sneakers sitting on my porch since June. I can’t tell you how many times I carried them to the trash barrel only to turn around and put them back on the porch. The idea of my shoes sitting in a landfill for 30…

August Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Toys” —

You either don’t or you do! It’s that simple. — It is actually ironic that I live in southern Louisiana because I hate to be hot! Always have. “NASA data confirms what billions around the world literally felt: temperatures in July 2023 made it the hottest month on record.” That record goes back to 1880 and .”…according to NASA data…

We must respect the choices made — I shall be richer all my life for the sorrow. Wallace Stegner, All the Little Live Things Respect Respect for a man who twines life and death in description so delicate, so fierce. Moved to tears by the truth of it all The intricacies of relations, the idiocy of youth, the foolishness…