I learned that what I thought I knew for the last almost 16 years I really did know and I learned that when I tell people that vulnerability is beautiful and powerful stuff that I'm not completely full of crap because I learned that being my hot mess self, my sometimes neurotic, kind of geeky, … Continue reading Gratefulness ~ A lesson…
Prose
“I’d Pluck a Fair Rose” ~ Sound of My Day
It's not an old, classic Cornish folk song but it sounds like one and I absolutely adore the longing the words convey. "I'd Pluck a Fair Rose" Eleanor Tomlinson, Poldark, 2016 Songwriter: Michael O'Connor, Winston Graham I'd a pluck a fair rose for my love I'd a pluck a red rose blowin' Love's in my … Continue reading “I’d Pluck a Fair Rose” ~ Sound of My Day
Gratefulness ~ A role model…
A reverse role model for me, who I don't want to be, is my old self... Any version of Gwen that was operating in the old operating systems pre the 2020 version. I've come too far and grown too much. I appreciate Old Me for doing what she did to survive and for taking the … Continue reading Gratefulness ~ A role model…
Gratefulness ~ Something learned…
I learned how loved I am.
Gratefulness ~ An invention…
Technology that allows me to connect with friends near and far, even the other side of the planet, instantaneously. Human connection is powerful and essential and technology may hinder it in some ways, but in others it aids it.
Gratefulness ~ Something in nature…
I've enjoyed watching the Calleta Silkmoths for the last month or so. They were in a mating season about a month ago and I saw many land on a bush outside where they laid eggs. I watched the eggs for them to hatch. I've been keeping an eye on the caterpillars there, waiting for them … Continue reading Gratefulness ~ Something in nature…
The Qi ⁂ rdp
It was his qi That ebbed and flowed Between the dark open water's Endless cold And the glistening sunshine Tickling the liminal space Where she walked in the swash In endless grace In one the wide expanse Of all that has been In the other the hopes For all that he dreams At times he … Continue reading The Qi ⁂ rdp
Crazy ⁂ sws
Coyness... Who played best? Him? Her? ⁂ I am learning that I sometimes don’t need many words to still say so much. Here is the original Saturday Six Word Story Prompt for this week.
Gratefulness ~ A new thing I saw and loved…
One of the most charming juxtapositions in life is that it is always burly bikers who know the prettiest drives to take. I spent several months exploring all the corners and sections of The Three Twisted Sisters, which is a twisty, turny, hilly drive in the Hill Country of South Texas. Coming from San Antonio … Continue reading Gratefulness ~ A new thing I saw and loved…
Gratefulness ~ A sound…
The early morning birds chattering with one another, talking about how they slept and what they're going to do today.
