Welcome back! It’s been almost two months since my last post, and the least I can do is offer an explanation and tell you what’s been going on in my life in the last few months. January 2022 I’ll have to start in January. I spent most of this month in hospital with my mother,Continue reading “Update, June 2022. Time Flies!”
Category Archives: Personal Posts
Why I love long car journeys #Mondayblogs
I travel across Spain from south to north about once a month. That’s over 800 kilometers, and I go by car. I could travel by plane or train, which is faster, but unfortunately it’s not practical and here’s why. My husband and I stay at my mother’s cottage, in a tiny village which has 200Continue reading “Why I love long car journeys #Mondayblogs”
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Castles in the Air’ #April2021 @Pixabay #Tanka #ThursdayMotivation
Castles in the air, Memories of what could have been, Hopes for what might be, Visions of dreams I once saw From the stained castle windows. All pictures from pixabay and all thoughts my own, although I’m sure someone has already expressed some of them.
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘5 Steps to Writing a Poem’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Poetry #ThursdayMotivation
Today’s just one of those days… The Moon’s hiding In night’s black cave, The darkest hour, Seconds before You surrender, The moment when Hope has devoured Your weary dreams, Open your eyes, Look up to sky, The cloud has passed, The moon is always there, However dark the night. @LucciaGray Being almost 62, I’ve hadContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘5 Steps to Writing a Poem’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Poetry #ThursdayMotivation”
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Invincible’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation
Today I needed a WAM Morning, that is my Water And Music therapy. Step 1: I get up and jump into the shower while my favourite motivating song/s of the moment are playing, loud enough to block out my terrible singing! The songs vary depending on my mood. Today it was The Champion sung byContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Invincible’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation”
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘The Sun Will Rise’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862. After darkest night Sun will rise on horizon Bringing light and warmth **** We cannot avoid dark nights, there will be one every day, as surely as the sun will rise. As the sun sets, the night gradually darkens untilContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘The Sun Will Rise’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation”
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Butterfly Effect’ #March2021 @Pixabay
Don’t worry, I’m not going to introduce you to Edward Lorenz’s hypothesis, presented at the New York Academy of Science, in which he states that the flutter of a butterfly’s wings could set in motion a movement of air which could eventually lead to a hurricane on the other side of our planet. There areContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Butterfly Effect’ #March2021 @Pixabay”
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Still Winter, Soon Spring, Welcome March!’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Tanka
Still winter, soon spring, Birds build nests, trees start to bloom, Stormy, windy March, Go you! Leave winter behind, New year, new life, rebirth, hope. **** I discovered this fabulous webpage full of wonderful poems to March by nineteenth and twentieth-century poets which you might like to read, while you listen to birds chirping! I’ve noticedContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Still Winter, Soon Spring, Welcome March!’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Tanka”
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘The People I Love’ #February2021 @Pixabay #Tanka
Al final del camino me dirán: —¿Has vivido? ¿Has amado? Y yo, sin decir nada, abriré el corazón lleno de nombres. Pedro Casaldaliga 1928-2020 Paraphrased translation: At the end of my journey they will ask if I have loved and I will show them my heart full of names. **** We are all aware of ourContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘The People I Love’ #February2021 @Pixabay #Tanka”
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘White Swan’ #February2021 @Pixabay
White Swan This is no black swan Who was once a duck, This is no mirror Hanging on the wall, This is no painting, Seen in museums. She’s a brave, white swan Travelling alone Towards the unknown, Sure to overcome Any sudden storm. The queen of the seas **** Events that are difficult to predictContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘White Swan’ #February2021 @Pixabay”
Rereading Jane Eyre 