I am tired today. A fatigue has set in that coffee just won’t fix. My coffee tastes bitter! It tastes like reality: like disappointment and defeat. I usually drink my coffee black, but today it needs a shot of optimism, of acceptance, and a sprinkle or two of “what if”… and maybe chocolate! Chocolate fixes everything!
It’s Only Words #4 – For Ragtag Daily Prompt: Fatigue
The sun was working overtime here in Assisi, Italy where it found a hole in the clouds so it could continue to shine. I hope the sun is shining brightly all across Italy today!
For Ragtag Daily Prompt: Overtime
PS – Happy May Day!
I can’t begin to tell you how much I loved my Grandma! When I was young, she was my best friend and my favorite person in the whole world. She was fun, she was funny, and she always said the wisest things.
“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”
“If you can dream it, you can be it”
“Pretty is as pretty does”
These things didn’t always make sense to me, but I remember her saying them like it was yesterday. I always wanted to be the kind of person Grandma respected and admired.
“Find the good in everyone”
“Actions speak louder than words”
“A smile doesn’t cost a thing”
Eventually, Grandma wasn’t my whole world anymore because she was no longer in it; but the older I got, the more I cherished her words of wisdom:
“Every cloud has a silver lining”
“You don’t get something for nothing”
“Things will look better in the morning”
I was a young adult when God called Grandma home. Other “best friends” have come and gone since then. A few were bad choices, but most were people Grandma would have approved of.
“A leopard never changes its spots”
“You never know what someone else is going through”
“Friends are the family you choose, so choose wisely”
At this point in my life it’s safe to assume that my best friend of today will probably always be my best friend. She is the personification of “pretty is as pretty does”. She is amazingly supportive, compassionate, fun and funny—just like Grandma!
If my best friend of yesterday were to meet my best friend of today, I know exactly what she would say: “Isn’t it nice to have a friend, my Dear, whose beauty is more than skin deep?”
Frigid is the heart
consumed with thoughts of self-worth
void of compassion
for Ragtag Daily Prompt: Frigid
Photo taken in Glacier Bay, Alaska
PS – Happy 2020 to all my blogging friends!
Pure and simple snow
enhances nature’s beauty
covers man-made scars
For Ragtag Daily Prompt: Sparkle
(because in the maze a setting sun sparkles through the trees!)
Ghosts and goblins hide
High in the skeleton tree
Frightened birds take flight
Timing was everything in gleaning this photo. One minute a flock of birds was resting atop the old oak tree, and the next minute they were gone! Clearly, SOMETHING spooked them… but what? (Insert eerie laughter here!!)
In an early Autumn rain
golden leaves stick like glue
to the spot where they fall,
but when winds dry the dampness
from the floor of the earth,
it relieves wet leaves
of their burden.
Freed leaves grow restless!
They drift and scurry!
Some stay close to home,
but some scatter far, far away.
Leaves are like children!
Speaking of leaves, here is a haiku for Ragtag Daily Prompt: Elusive
An elusive leaf
snatched up by a gust of wind
dances on for miles
