Drips and drops add up
Rising creeks kiss banks goodbye
Rain obliterates
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Alaska’s SouthCentral region has been deluged with rain this week. We are okay here in PM land, but other places are not so lucky. Look at what is going on in Seward and tell me if YOU want to be that CAT driver? Yeah, me neither.
This Friday Haiku came pretty naturally as a result.
September 19, 1978 Hubbymoose, 8 year old Lessa, 3 year old Dragonfly, and I pulled up roots in Ohio and settled into our new life in Kenai, Alaska. Today we have been here 34 years and our roots have settled deep. Added to the family over the years were 3 sons-in-law and 8 grandbabies. We have seen love and loss and friendships and grief here in this Great Land.
We’ve been
– small business owners
– have run for local office
– been bench sitters for both daughters and their progeny
– volunteers for different projects
– motorcyclists and
– Lions
We’ve grown both inwardly and outwardly.
We are where we’re supposed to be.
This is NOT an entry to any of the prompts I usually post to . . . this is me being personal and thankful. I’m proud to be an Alaskan and I’m thankful she has adopted me into her family.
What are you looking for, Angela? Stop – stop and look at me. I’ll help you find it.
You can’t help me. Nobody can help me.
Angela rocked in the seat he’d chosen for her. She wrapped her arms around herself and rocked, rocked, rocked to an inner beat.
Angela, you’re safe here. Nobody here will hurt you. We’ll help you find what you’re looking for. Can you believe that? Can you see that I am telling you the truth?
Sobs burst through her tight lips.
I’m looking for ME! I can’t stop looking or the pieces will all blow away!
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Lance and LeeRoy, with the help of the newly turned 8 year old “Goose” (Happy birthday!) have chosen a Counting Crows song, Come Around, this week. These are the words I came up with . . . where are yours?
Marti adjusted her mic, turned on her brightest smile and faced her audience.
Welcome to Spice Girls demo kitchen. Today I plan to show you how a well-stocked cupboard can enhance your kitchen. Yes, you have the basics – salt, pepper, garlic – but when is the last time you went through your cupboards and checked expiration dates?
Marti’s eyes swept the crowd finding her shill.
Ma’am? How old is the cinnamon in your cupboard?
I really don’t know. I think I’ve had it since we bought our house 10 years ago.
Heads nodded in agreement and Marti knew she had them.
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VV’s challenge this week is Cinnamon. I hope you will check out her entry about that day.
The perfect Three – Father, Son, Spirit
shining brightly in her soul
together, molding her broken heart
into a perfect whole
her own mind, body, spirit
obedient to the Father’s will
now being done
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This week’s Trifextra challenge is to write 33 words using the Rule of Three somewhere among them. It will be community judges – so if you’re reading and you like, please head on over and click my link. (as soon as the voting boxes show up, of course.)