So fellow travelers, I am always writing in my head and taking mental snapshots, even when I cannot take a physical photo (for example when driving on a major interstate highway in a torrential downpour.) When it pleases the whimsy of the gods, the words stick in my mind long enough to record. Today …
Deborah H Rahalski
Sanctuary rules
So fellow travelers, sometimes the best response is to meet a challenge head on, as it is presented. My response came as a poem. ( Progress for me, not long ago it would have been a angry rant.) Those Not Welcomed There were little girls in rocking chairs nursing bruises, crying silent tears …
Deborah H Rahalski
Harlequin Duck
And now for something completely different. First a new greeting. While I hope my readers are indeed blessed and it is always my intention to be a blessing, I have come to feel we travel this path together and so a new greeting for the trails ahead. So fellow travelers, in times of better weather I …
Deborah H Rahalski
What a Difference a Year Makes- conclusion
So blessed readers the story of my journey as a rescue volunteer continues. As previously noted, rescue work is a volatile and fractured topic to write about. Proceed with caution. No one looks back at the past with unclouded vision. While time often brings insight which helps us understand what has occurred, it also tempers …
Deborah H Rahalski
Of Jamaican dogsled runs
So blessed readers, a little change of pace for this post, prompted by an Olympic moment and 12 days of Lake Effect snow. Out of sheer desperation, a few weeks ago I spent the better part of the day shoveling a path through our back yard, along our neighbor’s fence to get to the street …
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What a difference a Year makes: Part 2
So blessed readers the story of my journey as a rescue volunteer continues. As previously noted, rescue work is a volatile and fractured topic to write about. Proceed with caution. It is a sad fact of our society that thousands of healthy adoptable animals are ethuanized everyday. For every life saved by rescues, there are …
Deborah H Rahalski
What a difference a year makes: Part 1
So blessed readers this post has been a few months in edit mode. Its a significant part of my journey and its telling was a challenge. Rescue work is a volatile and fractured topic to write about. Proceed with caution. About three years ago I was looking for a way to keep active during the …
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Sunny Thoughts
So blessed readers, a little haiku inspired by my friend Jackie Campbell from the Bedlam Farm Creative Group. You can find her original Haiku here http://quiltofmissingmemories.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/20-days-and-counting/ Now I am off to our (indoor) Regional Market to find myself a sword of hope!