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Daily Prompt: Intense
Intense is the red wine stain on my new carpet. Intense is the emotions that riddle my waking mind & spirit. Intense is the last few years of my life, the emotions they have conjured and the state...
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The Neo-Nazi and the Dutch Guy
English: A remembrance poppy from Canada, worn on the lapel of a men’s suit. In many Commonwealth countries, poppies are worn to commemorate soldiers who have died in war, with usage most common in the...
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Afternoon Naps
Walking away, hand in hand, was the last image I had before I awoke. You came, finally. After this long year, of false starts, riddled with disappoint and longing, you walked with me. I can’t recall...
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The Whether Station: a redux
This was my view from the stoop this morn How is the weather in PaulaB-land you may ask…and the answer this morning would be…delightful & snowy. Yes, we have crossed the threshold into winter, and...
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On Learning How To Make Friends
I’ve worked on a phone, whether it be customer service or sales, for almost 25 years now. In that time, I’ve learned something important – I deal with men a lot easier than with women. Which is...
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Irish Blessings
Walls for the wind And a roof for the rain, And drinks by the fire. Laughter to cheer you And those you love near you And all that your heart my desire! from the book ~ Irish BlessingsFiled under: Just...
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Stella, the Black Irish Lass~y
The Homestead has a new addition…her name is Stella. She is a 16 week old bundle of puppy goodness…with gigantic paws, and gangly legs. She is a hybrid/mutt…part this part that…just like her golden...
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Challenges, Challengers and Challenged
Oh, what a night. Went out last night with a friend for dinner and a Knights hockey game. Fun time, and the first Knights game I’ve been to in close to 35 years or so. I guess I was due. Afterwards we...
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What Makes You Strong?
Lately, I haven’t felt that strong. I was strong for so long, all those months of Tim’s cancer, through the treatments and the pain and struggle of it all. I came through his death, and afterwards … I...
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I Am A Time Team Addict
Francis Pryor (right) discusses the excavation during the filming of a 2007 dig for Time Team with series editor Michael Douglas (left). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Whether the team is digging to unearth...
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The Pub Shaman
This is a story I have wanted to tell, but I’ve never known quite how. There is an element to it that makes me, pause. I keep coming back to something one of my favourite authors said, about their...
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Grief, and then … Self-pity?
There is a place, I’ve read, where grief becomes something else. A writer I read from The Huffington Post called it “self-pity”. The “oh poor me, look how sad I am”…and she’s right, you do. Some for an...
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Rising Out of the Mist of Yesterday
I was recently wondering, and not for the first time, where I would be now if I had not met Tim. Back on that Thursday, October 3rd of 2008, what would be different now? At the time I was a sad, lonely...
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In the Misty Morning Light
My days have shifted, and I’m currently working afternoons. I’m a morning person, therefore I find myself restless; to the benefit of Irish who gets her walk in the morning instead of the evening....
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On Prompts & Writing
As a new writer who’s now working full-time, if not for the Daily Prompt this space would be a ghost town. I’ve found it difficult lately to find something worthy of blogging about. Then, if I have...
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Honouring the Mud Duck with a Roast
English: American Coot Flock (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When my sister and I were growing up, every few years we’d go down and visit our Dad’s family – Grandma & GrandpaN, CousinC & UncleN, and...
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Looking for Dimensions
“Look, I’ve got a bit of my paunch back”, I just said to the 2 dimensional representation of him, or us. Taken one night, in some far away land now. One thing I’ll say for Tim, he loved ALL of me....
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The Shadows We Cast
The Shadows We Cast. I have tears in my eyes, as I write this. This poem speaks to something that I had almost forgotten about. Almost. Filed under: Just Words
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