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#Haiku – 2/23/26 golden faces eye nature's thunderous ire summertime drama What do you see # 329- 23 February, 2026 Image credit; Húng Pham @ Unsplash This image shows two hands touching a big sunflower, that is growing in a field of sunflowers. Image credit; Ryan Lansdown @ Pexels This photo shows dramatic nighttime lightening over open road. The sky is covered with gray and purple clouds Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

#Haiku – 2/23/26

golden faces eye nature's thunderous ire summertime drama What do you see # 329- 23 February, 2026 Image credit; Húng Pham @ Unsplash This image shows two hands touching a big sunflower, that is growing in a field of sunflowers. Image credit; Ryan Lansdown @ Pexels This photo…

Awww Mondays “Perhaps the greatest gift an animal has to offer is a permanent reminder of who we really are.”― Nick Trout Linking up with Sandee at Comedy Plus Awww Mondays Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Awww Mondays

“Perhaps the greatest gift an animal has to offer is a permanent reminder of who we really are.”― Nick Trout Linking up with Sandee at Comedy Plus Awww Mondays Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

#SenHai Saturday – 2/21/26 David Boca – Unsplash.com Haiku carefree summertime salt-kissed ocean caresses florescent treasures Senryu neath azure waters weathered hush-hush lurking confessions stone-faced SenHai Saturday #40 This image is an underwater scene. There are large rocks in a variety of colors at the bottom of what appears to be an ocean, and thin streams of sunlight from the sun above shine down into the water. Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI featured image credit - David Boca – Unsplash.com

#SenHai Saturday – 2/21/26

David Boca – Unsplash.com Haiku carefree summertime salt-kissed ocean caresses florescent treasures Senryu neath azure waters weathered hush-hush lurking confessions stone-faced SenHai Saturday #40 This image is an underwater scene. There are large rocks in a variety of…

Exploring creative expression Beginnings - years of career-driven documentation, clear and concise dry, and factual. My muse takes flight writing, I chose to pursue but, with flair and poetic attributes, expressive and creative visions words with aboutness and my imagination. I allow another fulfilling pastime, crafting with colors oils and pastels, design and illustrations, AI generated images, collages of yesteryear with every endeavor, …

Exploring creative expression

Beginnings - years of career-driven documentation, clear and concise dry, and factual. My muse takes flight writing, I chose to pursue but, with flair and poetic attributes, expressive and creative visions words with aboutness and my imagination. I allow another…

Wrongs and rights – Throwback Friday I don’t jest life’s seesaw a test there’s no win-win pell-mell once again ideation sullen and gray at the mercy of decay frowsied faults of today two wrong’s don’t make a right yet, the bruised provoke spite beyond – we’re bereft feeble minds unkept life’s twaddle blurs zest mom earth needs a rest Throwback - 31 Jan 2022 Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Wrongs and rights – Throwback Friday

I don’t jest life’s seesaw a test there’s no win-win pell-mell once again ideation sullen and gray at the mercy of decay frowsied faults of today two wrong’s don’t make a right yet, the bruised provoke spite beyond – we’re bereft feeble minds unkept life’s…

Nostalgia and Wit: A Writer’s Journey neath a willow tree wishing for wistful moments my wit off-kilter words in dribs and drabs bare their soul on blank pages a comical crises indeed may my muse be mindful of my conniving creativity as we journey to the Biltmore Estate in my 1974 GTO This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts – February 17, 2026 Here are the prompts for this week’s Writer’s Workshop:

Nostalgia and Wit: A Writer’s Journey

neath a willow tree wishing for wistful moments my wit off-kilter words in dribs and drabs bare their soul on blank pages a comical crises indeed may my muse be mindful of my conniving creativity as we journey to the Biltmore Estate in my 1974 GTO This Week’s…

#Easy Peasy Writes – 2/18/26 💖🧧 Happy Lunar Year! traditions aligned spirits reveal peace within welcoming guidance where love and hope unite hearts celebrating renewed dreams Lunar New Year 2026 begins on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, marking the start of the Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac.  The festival lasts for 15 days, concluding with the Lantern Festival on March 3, 2026…

#Easy Peasy Writes – 2/18/26 💖🧧

Happy Lunar Year! traditions aligned spirits reveal peace within welcoming guidance where love and hope unite hearts celebrating renewed dreams Lunar New Year 2026 begins on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, marking the start of the Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese…

Wordless Wednesday It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted. ~ Middlemarch by George Eliot Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for Wordless Wednesday Wordless Wednesday is a simple blog post featuring a photo that conveys a message that speaks for itself without using words. I, for one, has been known to break the rules. Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Wordless Wednesday

It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted. ~ Middlemarch by George Eliot Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for Wordless Wednesday Wordless Wednesday is a simple blog post featuring a photo that conveys a message that speaks for itself without using words. I, for one,…

Tomorrow’s dreams yearning for fresh air crisp and clean mountain life, nature breathes dawn's softness, sunsets bathed in golden hues seasons bring perfect scenes time slows in stillness and quiet tea brews #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 52, Cinquetin, 2/17/26 Colleen is hosting this week's Tanka Tuesday. This week, let’s try something different. This form is called the Cinquetin. Choose any theme you want to write your poem about.

Tomorrow’s dreams

yearning for fresh air crisp and clean mountain life, nature breathes dawn's softness, sunsets bathed in golden hues seasons bring perfect scenes time slows in stillness and quiet tea brews #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 52, Cinquetin, 2/17/26 Colleen is hosting this week's…

Blog News! – PoetrySoup’s newest Anthology Exciting news from PoetrySoup! Three senryu poems I submitted were accepted for PoetrySoup’s newest anthology, "Diverse Voices: This is my fifth appearance in a PoetrySoup anthology, and I'm thrilled. 🥳 Poetry has always been more than ornamented language. At its finest, it is testimony. It bears witness to suffering and hope, to injustice and resilience, to the quiet dignity of the human spirit and its loud insistence on being heard.

Blog News! – PoetrySoup’s newest Anthology

Exciting news from PoetrySoup! Three senryu poems I submitted were accepted for PoetrySoup’s newest anthology, "Diverse Voices: This is my fifth appearance in a PoetrySoup anthology, and I'm thrilled. 🥳 Poetry has always been more than ornamented…

#Haiku – 2/16/26 spring ushers in — shy bullfinch utters "pew pew" lost in red berries trees don red baubles bullfinch fluffed in crimson blush where Jack Frost still dwells What do you see # 328- 16 February, 2025 Image credit; Daniil Silantev @ Unsplash This image shows a bullfinch sitting on a tree branch. The bird is fluffed up to conserve body heat.

#Haiku – 2/16/26

spring ushers in — shy bullfinch utters "pew pew" lost in red berries trees don red baubles bullfinch fluffed in crimson blush where Jack Frost still dwells What do you see # 328- 16 February, 2025 Image credit; Daniil Silantev @ Unsplash This image shows a bullfinch sitting on a…

Awww Mondays “My philosophy when it came to pets was much like that of having children: You got what you got, and you loved them unconditionally regardless of whatever their personalities or flaws turned out to be. ” ― Gwen Cooper, Homer's Odyssey Linking up with Sandee at Comedy Plus Awww Mondays Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Awww Mondays

“My philosophy when it came to pets was much like that of having children: You got what you got, and you loved them unconditionally regardless of whatever their personalities or flaws turned out to be. ” ― Gwen Cooper, Homer's Odyssey Linking up with Sandee at Comedy Plus Awww Mondays…

#SenHai Saturday – 2/14/26 Haiku a moment in time when existence is blissful spring's canvas delights Senryu atop mountain high I listened for my echo my spirit laid bare SenHai Saturday #39 The photographer describes the image as yellow flowers bloom at the mountain’s foot. But what I really enjoyed was what he wrote after that… Woke up at dawn, hiked 3 hours through the darkness, and climbed over 1000 meters of elevation — but when you stand in front of this view at sunrise, with everything falling perfectly into place, every step was worth it. Moments like these make you forget the struggle and just feel awe. featured image - Pascal Debrunner – Unsplash.com

#SenHai Saturday – 2/14/26

Haiku a moment in time when existence is blissful spring's canvas delights Senryu atop mountain high I listened for my echo my spirit laid bare SenHai Saturday #39 The photographer describes the image as yellow flowers bloom at the mountain’s foot. But what I really…

Foreverness a glance timeless shadows entranced align in cosmic dance perchance sublime beyond being divine Reena’s Xploration Challenge #417 The theme for this week is IMMORTALITY Wisteria can symbolize longevity and immortality due to its amazing durability. Some individual plants are thought to be more than 1000 years old! The Musette, created by Emily Romano is a poem that consists of three verses of three lines each.

Foreverness

a glance timeless shadows entranced align in cosmic dance perchance sublime beyond being divine Reena’s Xploration Challenge #417 The theme for this week is IMMORTALITY Wisteria can symbolize longevity and immortality due to its amazing durability. Some individual plants are thought to…

No sight? – Throwback Friday the unknowable lingers still after 20/20 hindsight hindsight is good foresight is better second sight is best unexplainable throwback - Jan. 28, 22 Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

No sight? – Throwback Friday

the unknowable lingers still after 20/20 hindsight hindsight is good foresight is better second sight is best unexplainable throwback - Jan. 28, 22 Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Moving on Many thanks to the Jesús, Happiness Engineer at WordPress, for resolving the issues with my stats. Below is my chat with WordPress support. Me - My concerns are I am an US blogger, and I have over 53,000 visitors from China. When I chatted with WP support 2 days ago, there were over 27,000 visitors from China, and that number has already increased to 53,000.

Moving on

Many thanks to the Jesús, Happiness Engineer at WordPress, for resolving the issues with my stats. Below is my chat with WordPress support. Me - My concerns are I am an US blogger, and I have over 53,000 visitors from China. When I chatted with WP support 2 days ago, there were over…

#Easy Peasy Writes – 2/11/26 shimmering mists share nature's breath first glimpse of spring Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

#Easy Peasy Writes – 2/11/26

shimmering mists share nature's breath first glimpse of spring Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Wordless Wednesday "I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here. When I come back to it, I never have to remind it of anything; I begin just where I left off." ~ O Pioneers! by…

Wordless Wednesday

"I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here. When I come back to it, I never have to remind it of anything; I begin just where I left off." ~ O Pioneers!…

Springtime Bliss I am having issues with the comment box missing on some of my posts. Also, my stats are wacky due to Chinese spam bots. Everyone, be sure to keep recent back ups of your blog(s). 😊 life in fairytales blissed by cotton candy clouds yearning hearts pulsate the joys of spring time cherished morphing into one's own fate #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No.

Springtime Bliss

I am having issues with the comment box missing on some of my posts. Also, my stats are wacky due to Chinese spam bots. Everyone, be sure to keep recent back ups of your blog(s). 😊 life in fairytales blissed by cotton candy clouds yearning hearts pulsate the joys of spring time…

Finding Peace in Our Spirit across realms of time shadows merge into visions footsteps find their way with nowt to worry about peace resides in our spirit What do you see # 327- 9 February, 2026 Image credit; Yasmin Onuș @ Unsplash This image shows a long stone corridor with repeating arches, where soft sunlight creates dramatic shadows and highlights the historic architecture. Mardin, Türkiye…

Finding Peace in Our Spirit

across realms of time shadows merge into visions footsteps find their way with nowt to worry about peace resides in our spirit What do you see # 327- 9 February, 2026 Image credit; Yasmin Onuș @ Unsplash This image shows a long stone corridor with repeating arches,…

Awww Mondays “Only felines were better than humans at sarcasm.”― Gavin G. Smith, The Age of Scorpio Linking up with Sandee at Comedy Plus Awww Mondays Unless stated all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Awww Mondays

“Only felines were better than humans at sarcasm.”― Gavin G. Smith, The Age of Scorpio Linking up with Sandee at Comedy Plus Awww Mondays Unless stated all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

#SenHai Saturday – 2/7/26 Haiku rainy day autumn a flurry of leaves connive paddling in puddles Senryu dreary day forecast wearing last year's galoshes childhood memories SenHai Saturday #38 Polina Kozovkova – Unsplash.com Here is this week’s image to get our creative juices flowing! Please create one senryu and one haiku to accompany this image prompt. Remember that traditional American haikus and senryus are three lines presented in a 5-7-5 syllabic pattern.

#SenHai Saturday – 2/7/26

Haiku rainy day autumn a flurry of leaves connive paddling in puddles Senryu dreary day forecast wearing last year's galoshes childhood memories SenHai Saturday #38 Polina Kozovkova – Unsplash.com Here is this week’s image to get our creative juices flowing! Please create…

#Haiku – 2/6/26 snowdrops murmuring dressed in white-wedding attire Jack Frost the best man Reena’s Xploration Challenge #416 We have a word prompt for this week. Susurrus a whispering or rustling sound Susurrus refers to a whispering, murmuring or rustling sound. It is often used to describe the quiet but continuous noise of things such as leaves moving in a breeze, or hushed voices.

#Haiku – 2/6/26

snowdrops murmuring dressed in white-wedding attire Jack Frost the best man Reena’s Xploration Challenge #416 We have a word prompt for this week. Susurrus a whispering or rustling sound Susurrus refers to a whispering, murmuring or rustling sound. It is often used to describe the…

The gray scarf – Throwback Friday winter’s doldrums of mixed emotions stacking a plethora of mawkish notions stirring the pot for much-needed renewal condone charisma and accept the unusual overlook the clime and its unpredictability another face-off of nature’s tomfoolery it’s witless to wallow in a poor situation let’s accept acclaim for unique reflections the scribbles and scrawls perhaps a la carte but our woven words come from the heart…

The gray scarf – Throwback Friday

winter’s doldrums of mixed emotions stacking a plethora of mawkish notions stirring the pot for much-needed renewal condone charisma and accept the unusual overlook the clime and its unpredictability another face-off of nature’s tomfoolery it’s witless to wallow…

Easy Peasy Writes – 2/5/26 vibrant hues yearning to stay nature's impulsive brushstrokes laud Jack Frost's designer whims patchwork quilt unfolds Dodoitsu A Dodoitsu poem is among the longest Japanese poetry form. Dodoitsu is made up of four lines, with the first three lines consisting of seven syllables. The fourth and final line has five syllables only. The Dodoitsu is a fixed folk song form of Japanese origin and is often about love or humor.

Easy Peasy Writes – 2/5/26

vibrant hues yearning to stay nature's impulsive brushstrokes laud Jack Frost's designer whims patchwork quilt unfolds Dodoitsu A Dodoitsu poem is among the longest Japanese poetry form. Dodoitsu is made up of four lines, with the first three lines consisting of seven…

Corporate world woes During my career, professionalism was a must. I was a multi-line commercial insurance underwriter for large companies, plus I owned an insurance agency when I lived in South Florida. I was introduced to the corporate world in my early twenties. My goals weren't set for a career in the insurance industry, however, I ended up there for over 40 years. …

Corporate world woes

During my career, professionalism was a must. I was a multi-line commercial insurance underwriter for large companies, plus I owned an insurance agency when I lived in South Florida. I was introduced to the corporate world in my early twenties. My goals weren't set for a…

Renewal and Purification as winter retreats slumbering nature awakes purification as I rise with the dawning renewal weaves unknown dreams #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 50, To Cleanse, 02/03/26 Yvette is hosting this week's Tanka Tuesday. For this week, let’s focus on the idea of cleansing. You can choose to go with purification or atonement if you’d like. Find a syllabic poetry form that works for you, and let your inspiration flow. Need help finding a form? Click here. Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Renewal and Purification

as winter retreats slumbering nature awakes purification as I rise with the dawning renewal weaves unknown dreams #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 50, To Cleanse, 02/03/26 Yvette is hosting this week's Tanka Tuesday. For this week, let’s focus on the idea of cleansing.…

Wordless Wednesday "Everything that's worth having is some trouble." ~ Anne Of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery Wordless Wednesday is a simple blog post featuring a photo that conveys a message that speaks for itself without using words. I, for one, has been known to break the rules. Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for Wordless Wednesday Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Wordless Wednesday

"Everything that's worth having is some trouble." ~ Anne Of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery Wordless Wednesday is a simple blog post featuring a photo that conveys a message that speaks for itself without using words. I, for one, has been known to break the rules. Joining Sandee…

Beyond light Photo Credit; Steve Busch @ Unsplash both young and old stars dwell in giant pinwheel time bends in vastness What do you see # 326- 2nd February 2026 The photographer described this image as; Triangulum Galaxy. Not your normal-looking galaxy. This galaxy is known as a flocculent spiral galaxy because its arms are made of patchy segments, not long, continuous spirals like you see in most other galaxies.

Beyond light

Photo Credit; Steve Busch @ Unsplash both young and old stars dwell in giant pinwheel time bends in vastness What do you see # 326- 2nd February 2026 The photographer described this image as; Triangulum Galaxy. Not your normal-looking galaxy. This galaxy is known as a flocculent…

Blog News – Spillwords Press Awards 2026 🏆 Spillwords Press Awards 2026 I am delighted to announce I am among those who received Socialite of the Year (Honorary Award) for the Year 2025, by Spillwords Press. Another name I recognize from the honorary group, is fellow blogger, Melissa Lemay from Mom with a Blog. "The Spillwords Press Socialites of the Year 2025, a vibrant group of individuals who truly embody the heart and spirit of our community."

Blog News – Spillwords Press Awards 2026 🏆

Spillwords Press Awards 2026 I am delighted to announce I am among those who received Socialite of the Year (Honorary Award) for the Year 2025, by Spillwords Press. Another name I recognize from the honorary group, is fellow blogger, Melissa Lemay from…