Urban Renewal

Rushing, racing, crossing Riverside Drive; Nerve endings raw. Frazzled! Tardy! Tense! Suddenly, stranded center-strip, Street sounds suspended, Startled, silenced by shock of serenity! Pavement Paradigm Toppled by verdant vision, Nestled underneath blossoms. 🌳🌳🌳… Read More →

Photo Friday: Metropolis

This photo was taken from our balcony at the l’Hotel de la Paix one gray morning in Geneva, at the peak of rush hour.  Not even the din rising from the city’s traffic-clogged… Read More →

Haiku Friday: They’re Back!

Perfect poked holes poised Cicada cacophony Canopy chorale  

The Joy of Fitness (Again)

In honor of my graduation from physical therapy, I submit this entry to the Trifecta Writing Challenge. After six months of repair and recuperation I am nearly back to 100%. I suspect that… Read More →

Photo Friday: Artificial Light… “Oh, What a Night!”

This week’s Photo Friday challenge prompt is “Artificial Light”. I chose this photo, taken at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, on the evening we went to see Franki Valli in… Read More →

Haiku Friday: Nest Egg

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above

From above, many otherwise unnoticeable or unremarkable images are transformed into unusual and unparalleled works of art. Whether Nature’s mastery or human creativity, opportunities abound to capture the mystery. This gallery was photographed… Read More →

Aprons Away!

    I’ve always harbored a fascination for sprinklers. It’s been in my blood, part of my lineage, ever since I can remember; when the only relief from the sweltering summer heat was… Read More →

Toasty

“Temperature” is an interesting prompt for this week’s challenge, since it usually refers to a specific attribute that is absolute, measurable, etc. In response, I select this photograph, taken a few months ago,… Read More →

The Shadow Knows…

Malevolent Ying Ko (“Eagle’s Beak”), Ruled ruthlessly; running rampant. Reformed: Humanity restored, Resolve renewed. Perfected psychic powers Put to noble purpose: Rid the world of the evil Lurking in “the hearts of men”.… Read More →

Haiku Friday: Pervasive

Nature’s fine green talc, Sprinkled nonpareils atop Backyard bannisters.

Suspended in Space

Thrust into thin air, Releasing the trapeze that has been my life, Up to now. Buoyed only by the air beneath me, Hoping that another will come in time; Suspended in the void,… Read More →

Hidden Treasure

Today, I share a very special poem; one written for me by my Dad, when I was sick with pneumonia in 1978. As the young, working Mom of two children, aged 7 and… Read More →

Priceless

🍪🍪🍪🍦🍦🍦🍪🍪🍪 Precious moments strewn before me Each day they fill my memories Cropping up from nowhere, Like bursting leaves on springtime trees. A tiny hand in mine, A tear to wipe away, A… Read More →

“Va Pensiero”

Tonight, as music fills this hallowed hall And transfixed patrons breathe and sigh as one, I’m moved to tears: this music from the past Performed across the sea from whence it came. The… Read More →