Great Blue Heron Catching Large Fish – babsjeheron Fresh beauty opens one’s eyes wherever it is really seen. John Muir The Mountains of California Are there any artists who don’t fall in love with their models, their muses? I am enamored of them all, the Great Blue Herons I’ve been observing for the past two […]
Beautiful Great Blue Heron Gone Fishing
Edwin Markham has said, “There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.“ I believe we receive more than what we give in life. Sometimes in life, we meet people who give and give without expecting a least. They […]
Destiny decides who comes in life
Photo: atop Boondi Rock in the Boorabbin National Park, a great place to lose the clamour of the daily grind. “The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” Abraham Maslow Simply The Moment Some of today we gave to many futures, then we fell into our living memoirs […]
Simply The Moment – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Parents often anguish about the perfect gift to give their children on their birthdays. This year however, for us anyway, things couldn’t have worked out better in preparation for Joubert’s 12th birthday. You see, the minimum age requirement to join one of the wilderness trails in the Kruger National Park is 12 years. Joubert has […]
A Wilderness Birthday
“I don’t have to be rich to have a private beach. I just need gas money and a long day off.” Our treasure finds at our Private Beach. People wonder what it is to travel at a whim to the most expensive, beautiful destinations from around the world where money and time is never an […]
Private Beach on our last day of Summer
Plant me in the countryunder city lights I meltI need open skieswhere nature thrivesI am tourmalineun-minedurban blightdanger beyond repairplant me in the countrymy soul is buried there. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson.Image my own)
Rural Roots
vs. coming up on the 4-month mark of an ongoing battle with venmo can’t even begin to tell the story in short form truly the perfect storm of events. after talking, live chatting, and e-mailing landon, santiago, elizabeth, miguel, ren, sacha, and abby i won’t say which low-budget model above most resembles me in the […]
no mo’ venmo.
Tanya is the host of Blogging Insights Today’s quote: “Writing is the painting of the voice !’ Voltaire ➰➰➰ Writing is the voice of our thoughts, given form in black and white. What the brain perceives, the hand writes on the paper. We all have a different voice, we all think differently and when we […]
Blogging Insights- Writing = Painting of the voice
Se indugio con occhi sempre nuoviE osservo lo straordinarioRegalo che l’azzurro di acqua e cieloE il rosso il verde il giallo della naturaNon cessano di elargireIntimamente non posso che sentireTanta pace generosamente calarmiAddosso. Even if I can’t keep the acronym, my words more or less mean: If I linger with ever new eyesAnd I observe […]
Serenità
Problem solved The 11th Airborne Division, still in New Guinea and continuing to specialize their training – little do they know that they are coming closer and closer to their time for combat. Their commander, General Swing, awaits the word from General MacArthur. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Letter XII ?? Problems ?? 0800 Sunday 9/3/44 Dear Mom, We will start […]
Letter XI “?? Problems?? / National 81st Airborne Day
World Era 