City of Bridges
7 k of such beauty
Natural and built



Bernie
City of Bridges
7 k of such beauty
Natural and built
Bernie
I wanted to make a fancy daily journal but didn’t find the items I had been looking for. So I went old school. Like as basic as it gets as I don’t even any gold stars like we got at school.
Continue reading “Old school indeed”It’s another one of “those stories”. The kind that makes other people shake their head at me while I’m busy being annoyed at myself.
Continue reading “Didn’t Finish It Friday”So “it’s” been on my list since I retired 3 years ago. 3 years and it took us 3 evenings to accomplish the task. “It” and a few recent events have sent me down a rabbit hole inside my head so bear with me as I twist and turn.
Continue reading “A Long Rabbit Hole”It’s arriving, in small flashes. At first I thought it was just spring. You know – more daily sunshine hours and the worst of the cold is gone although lots of snow remains. Perhaps it’s planting a few seeds that will grow up to be tomatoes & other nummy things in a few months. Might be the return to fairly decent sleeps with less back pain and therefore I am less testy/irritable/grumpy out of sorts. But here’s the thing. I think it’s actually hope. Showing up in small flashes. In tiny little ways that kindle more hope. Some very concrete ways and some more the glimmer in the distance. I’ll take it on this roller coaster journey called life.
Stats, word of the year review and preview, feelings, plans…. my blog post notes on what the include, the standard stuff of a year end post but somehow the words seem to be evading me.
Continue reading “#Sundaystills ’21 A mirror on Inspire”She walked into the store confidently. She knew exactly what she wanted and how to turn that into the vision in her head. She, of absolute faith.
Continue reading “Beneath the seams”Dawn – Dusk
Dipping down
Dismally dull
Depressingly dark
Dreary & dingy
Continue reading “D’s to S’s”With a few sentences and a click of the mouse I am one step closer. Just that easy.
Continue reading “One step closer”
The leaves are long down and are now nicely buried under the first solid layer of snow. Bonus points for being both moisture and brightening up the world around as November can seem dull and drab here on the prairies.
Continue reading “#Sundaystills Snow “leaves””From Tennessee to Saskatoon
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