Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: About
2014 blog year in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,400 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take… Continue Reading “2014 blog year in review”
Bye-Bye, BCI Jo!
Today, I am taking the plunge! After 18 months of ‘thinking about it’, today is the day that my first blog, “BCI Jo” (launched on the day of my retirement from the corporate world) is itself, retired. My enthusiasm, though tinged with trepidation,… Continue Reading “Bye-Bye, BCI Jo!”
Beyond The Bubble
Globule jiggling Reflections wriggling Within black-rimmed sphere. Kaleidoscopic shimmer as images glimmer through the bubble. Horizon dipping lower, Rim receding, slower and lower still. Vision quest paced As floaters erased: My eye-view mending. Notes: Beyond The Bubble. Though retina surgery is not something I… Continue Reading “Beyond The Bubble”
Rainbows of Our Lives
Trifextra weekend Challenge: We want you to follow suit and give us a thirty-three word piece that has a color in it. Use the color to describe anything you like, or use anything you like to describe your color, but keep it creative and… Continue Reading “Rainbows of Our Lives”
Dona Nobis Pacem
🌾🌾🌾 🌾🌾🌾 Whitman, Poet penning poems: War poems Williams, Composer setting words to music: Dona Nobis Pacem. Artistic genius, both united inevitably in performance. I sing through tears, their requiem for fallen Father and Son. 🌾🌾🌾 Trifecta Challenge Week 75: a thirty-three word “free-write”… Continue Reading “Dona Nobis Pacem”
Papa’s Flashlight
She avoided going to the basement whenever she could. But tonight she did not suspect that her basement paradigm was about to be shattered. Having descended the long creaky flight of steps, she begrudgingly acquiesced to the darkness, slipping into an almost trance-like state,… Continue Reading “Papa’s Flashlight”
A Feast of Praise
As concert nears, the excitement is building in our rehearsals. This music is beautiful and challenging…truly “A Feast of Praise.”
Many Are Called
Father John, her favorite parish priest and regular confessor, was an obvious choice from whom to request a college recommendation. Church and school were the heart and soul of her world, augmenting perfectly the love and support she received, unquestioningly, from her family. Her… Continue Reading “Many Are Called”
Shared Secrets
“D-man, what’s your best, all-time favorite movie?” “Les Miserables…I know every song by heart!” “But you’ve never even seen that movie – it’s rated PG13! “So what! It’s still my favorite.” This was written in response to Trifextra Challenge Week 53, in which we… Continue Reading “Shared Secrets”
Why “BCIJo”?
To the uninitiated, this blog name may seem illegible and perhaps even irrelevant. But it isn’t either of these things. After having toyed with the idea of changing my blog name, I realized that after these seven months of blogging, I do have an… Continue Reading “Why “BCIJo”?”
Haiku Friday: Winter Orchid
Golden-red blossoms Through bleak, midwinter pane-view Nature’s well-timed show
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
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