Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: Postaday
Nightfall Memories
***** As golden sun dips low into the sea, I pause: My ‘Brother’ memories. ***** Postaday:
Starburst dialogue (weekly Photo Challenge)
“Dialogue is an engaging conversational exchange. When it comes to photography, dialogue can be perceived as a consensual interaction between two images. Placed next to each other, each photograph opens up to meanings that weren’t there when viewed alone. Each composition reveals the photographer’s… Continue Reading “Starburst dialogue (weekly Photo Challenge)”
Irrepressible (Photo Friday: warmth)
***** New dawn sunbeams shine, Peaking through ‘tween parting palms, Last days of summer. ***** Postaday:
Absence
The shore recedes from view, seems all is calm, But rumbling rifts unseen, love can’t sustain, He stands alone ‘neath leaning, whispering palms, Muted, baffled, passions yet untamed. No stutter in his step, yet fears unnamed, Cannot suppress the longing in his soul, He… Continue Reading “Absence”
Sand Castles (Photo Friday: Architecture)
Structures rising tall o’er pristine shores, can’t deter castles in the sand. ***** I write this, having just returned from our annual family vacation at the lovely Polynesian Village (Polynesian Resort), and having witnessed the ongoing construction of the new vacation villas. It’s ironic,… Continue Reading “Sand Castles (Photo Friday: Architecture)”
Textures
PHOTO CHALLENGE:Texture… Guest photographer Natalia Maks invites you to find unexpected textures in the world around you.
Reclamation (Photo Friday: From Nature)
***** Finger tendrils climb, Reversing man’s intrusion, Mother Nature’s claim. ***** Postaday:
An Engineer’s Journal: June 1967, “Lunch”
***** An Engineer’s Journal: June 1967 As a graduate chemical engineer, I expected the vagaries of being a woman in a traditionally male profession. Yet, on that first day as a Process Design Engineer, I could not have predicted my first problematic situation in… Continue Reading “An Engineer’s Journal: June 1967, “Lunch””
Zigzag
PHOTO CHALLENGE:For this week’s challenge, share with us your own take on zigging and zagging. It can be a winding path, the Herringbone pattern on your coat, a scar: any jagged line that tells a story.
Out of the deep (Photo Friday: Big)
***** Shimmering stillness, Shattering, splashing serpent, Nessie un-submersed. Postaday:
Portrait: “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune”
Surrounded, Framed in leafy green, Foraging the foliage, Startled, sensing she was not alone, Warned by wafting air of danger near, Beware! Hidden, Waiting for the frame, I spied in silent awe, Inwardly, I laughed my nervous laughter I, the unobserved observer, I, poet… Continue Reading “Portrait: “L’Apres-midi d’un Faune””
A Musician’s Notebook: Making a Rainbow
This is a beautiful and special place. Each summer, a prep school campus of rolling, green hills, clear mountain air, and rippling streams, nestled at the foot of Mt. Everett in Sheffield Massachusetts, becomes a backdrop to artistic achievement and expression. Although I’ve been participating… Continue Reading “A Musician’s Notebook: Making a Rainbow”
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
Home Sweet Home
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