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  •   A narrow island for the pelican…     This post was written in response to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow. Read more

  • Seeing Mt. Rainier always makes me smile. Seeing it from above hanging out with his pals Hood, Jefferson and the Sisters is unbelievably cool. My last Spring break trip with the family was all good, nice and relaxing, but the coolest part was being able to take pictures of big landmarks from above. I picture Read more

  • Kitchen sink with a dash of blue… In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “From Every Angle.” Read more

  • I am the happiest when there is a trail beneath my feet. Always! And especially if they’re with me…   This post was written is response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Beneath Your Feet. Read more

  • 50: Good morning, day!

    Waves breaking at the shore, sun starting to shine low in the horizon, a breeze blowing lightly and fresh. She stands, watching the waves and feeling the sand between her toes. The sand feels cold. A bigger wave makes the water find its way to her ankles. Good morning, day!   written in (late, actually Read more

  • Internet and network are down at the building. Email still works, but with no network, there’s not much to do. On the way to cafeteria everyone seems happy and relaxed. We get several hi’s accompanied by big smiles. We sit down by the window, catching the sun that’s again shining bright outside, and we eat Read more

  • Met a friend to go for a walk and then have lunch together. The walk was on the short side for my own standards (I’m a walker), but longer than what my friend thought she could make:  1,5 miles, going around ours and some nearby buildings. By the end of it she was feeling great Read more

  • Wednesday the day was though, I barely had time to go potty. Had lunch at my desk working like crazy. But for 1 hour, from 12:00 to 1:00, I attended an event a team I’m part of was organizing. We realized employee satisfaction is not great and one of the points that scores low in Read more

  • Just before noon, I’m annoyed by a task I need to do at work. I decide to use lunch time to go for a walk and refresh my mind and mood. It’s cold. I see I’m not the only one who used lunch time to keep moving, although there are less people than when the Read more

  • Got late to work. Won’t be able to leave late. Rush to lunch, ask to go so can eat at the desk. While waiting, notice the sun shining bright outside after so many cloudy days. Take the to go box, sit on a table by the window, facing the sun, pull up sleeves to soak Read more

  • Straight lines. A few horizontal, most vertical. Some cutting the landscape diagonally, but always up, reaching for the sky. They are brown or grey. Occasionally disrupted by a fighting leave, trying to hold tight in spite of the wind. But today there is no wind. And the sky today is blue. If you look really, Read more

  • This week’s daily post writing challenge is to post a Haiku for each day of the week, until Friday. I made it! Here’s my fifth and last one. sandy beach, warm sun inviting us to relax, life can’t be better Read more

  • This week’s daily post writing challenge is to post a Haiku for each day of the week, until Friday. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make them all, but I’ll try. Here’s my fourth one. when the sun sets down golden takes over the sky breath taking beauty Read more

  • This week’s daily post writing challenge is to post a Haiku for each day of the week, until Friday. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make them all, but I’ll try. Here’s my third one. benches on a trail inviting meditation feeling well at peace Read more

  • This week’s daily post writing challenge is to post a Haiku for each day of the week, until Friday. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make them all, but I’ll try. Here’s my second one. sad eyes on big face walking slowly towards me massive elephant Read more

  • This week’s daily post writing challenge is to post a Haiku for each day of the week, until Friday. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make them all, but I’ll try. Here’s my first one. big mountain over us it’s always there day and night watching us with love Read more

  • Dear Abby, I’m 37 years old and I’m aware that I have a great friends, wonderful nephews I babysit sometimes, an awesome job on a great company. A good life, most would say. But somehow sometimes I feel everything is just plain wrong in my life. My best friends are irritating and do everything wrong, Read more

  •     This post was created in response to the Weekly Writing Challenge: Image vs. Text I never considered myself good at drawing, but also never considered myself too good at writing either and I’m still here writing… recently I draw some stick-men images to illustrate my workouts on one of my blogs, and the drawing Read more

  • This will be a very short post, to show a dialogue I had with my daughter last year when she was about 3,5 years old. And it will show how metaphors sometimes do not work with kids… ” Sweetheart, if you eat too much candy now you won’t be hungry for dinner”. “But I’m eating just Read more

  • Solitary woman, sitting alone on a park: Solitary bird, at the top of the cross, while his fellows hang out at the roof: This post was published in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitary Read more