via Daily Prompt: Gratitude So fellow travelers, today’s blog prompt from WordPress is Gratitude. With a forecast for heavy winds, rain and plummeting temps I knew the flowers still lingering in my garden were better cut and brought inside to enjoy than left to the elements. Gratitude today Is gathering zinnias So late […]
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Autumn Zinnias
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 29, 2017
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Zen Moment: Park Bench
So fellow travelers, warm weather continues to linger and I’ll take it in as long as I can. Yesterday a passing front left behind dramatic clouds, promising photo ops worth the drive to the other end of the lakefront park where Delilah and I often walk. It’s not far, but that end of the park […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 25, 2017
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Zen Moment : Secret Smile
So fellow travelers, it’s that time of year when darkness begins to encroach on both ends of my day. Now sunrise kisses the sky just as I am headed in to work. A few days ago, I caught sight of the last faint sliver of the waning 4th quarter moon. Just a wisp of light, […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 19, 2017
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Sinking In
So fellow travelers, one of the things I value highly from being part of a creative community are the moments when one person’s contribution generates another work. We call it the ripple effect. Jackie Campbell, a friend and fellow haiku writer (she posts one almost daily in her thoughtful blog) shared a story with a […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 15, 2017
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False Moon
So fellow travelers, unusually warm weather has created some strange images in the mornings. Today for example I was greeted by rose-violet air. No, it was not the sky, but the air itself which glowed. Dawn had infused the thick fog hovering just above the ground with the color of sunrise. I watched the air around […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 26, 2017
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Old Friends
So fellow travelers, once in a while I get text alerts from NASA letting me know the International Space Station will be visible as it passes over my location. Photo credit: Society for Popular Astronomy Ever since my first sighting a few years ago, I get a thrill from spotting this brilliant white speck as […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 22, 2017
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Voices in the Myst
So fellow travelers, now that the school year is in full swing my sweet summer morning ritual of sitting with a good cup of coffee and writing for an hour or so has been pushed back again. I miss it. (Photo : a bit of humor a friend sent me on social media. I […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 17, 2017
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Mountain Spells
So fellow travelers, we have spent three days discovering the majestic power of the mountains in Rainier and Olympic National Parks in Washington. Mount Rainier (above) and Mount Olympus (below) They are spellbinding. Yesterday at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, Favorite Older Daughter and I hiked a trail leading to a lookout point. It […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 27, 2017
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Afternoon Tea with Roses
So fellow travelers, this visit to Portland has a more relaxed pace. Taking time to simply enjoy being here as if this is where we already reside gives me a different perspective of this quirky city. Portland is definitely exhibiting the aches and pains of a city which has grown far too quickly in the […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 24, 2017
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