Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Family
I couldn’t help put this photo up, in response to this week’s prompt: Family. Clearly, several denizens in this shot are of the same breed, some are undoubtedly siblings, and of few are, perhaps, parents of the ‘young ‘uns’. During a recent Fall Festival,… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Family”
Warbling Underdog
Today, for the first time, I am entering The Sunday Whirl, a challenge that puts forth a Group of unconnected words, and ask that the writer pull them together into a cohesive piece. For years, I’m witness to a sacred scene: I watch her… Continue Reading “Warbling Underdog”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit “My Dwindling Woodpile”
This post is a “three-fer”: WeeklyPhoto Challege: Habit Studio 30+: Locked Trifextra Weekend Challenge: Buddhist cosmology tells of Trāyastriṃśa, or the Heaven of Thirty-Three gods, which rule over the human realm. This weekend we’re asking for exactly 33 of your own words about a… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit “My Dwindling Woodpile””
Of Rime and Reason
Written for Write at the Merge, Week 45, using the following prompt: “The third day comes a frost, a killing frost.” William Shakespeare ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ And for Trifecta: to use the third definition of CRAFT (noun) 1 : skill in planning, making, or executing : … Continue Reading “Of Rime and Reason”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon
Standing on the brink, Face turned heavenward, Momentary musings launch my spirit towards distant, mystical, mountain mists, leaving Fall’s ephemeral foreground behind. Suddenly, sensing a glimmer, A hint of hope piercing through the otherwise luster-less, limitless sky; Suddenly, clouds clearing, I understand Salvation
Beasties ‘Tween The Slats
Picnic benches ‘Fall’ dormant, Tiny termite beasties nestle warm, ‘Tween redwood slats. Munching mulch aplenty, Awaiting, anticipating Wicked over-wintering. Unseen by humans far below, Cleaving ‘neath thermal wraps, ‘Round lakeside fire-pits. Your Trifextra challenge is to write 33 words on a beast in an… Continue Reading “Beasties ‘Tween The Slats”
The Piano Lesson
He sits atop the oversized piano bench, feet dangling, sidling off the edge to press the pedals. He, like his Dad before him, craves the music; is intoxicated by the idea that he can make music; by the notion that he can push a… Continue Reading “The Piano Lesson”
Moonlit Darkness
The nights are getting longer and darker. In a few weeks we will be resetting the clocks to “Fall Back”, confirming that the run up to Thanksgiving will have begun. These nights do seem to be darker than summer nights; even when crystal clear… Continue Reading “Moonlit Darkness”
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
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