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About lifelessons

My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

Commercial Buildings and Storefronts–in Mexico and Elsewhere

For CFFC: Commercial Buildings or Store fronts

The Numbers Game #52, Dec. 16, 2024, Please Play Along!

Welcome to “The Numbers Game #52.”  Today’s number is 173. To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and  post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.

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Poinsettias, for Cee’s FOTD

 

For Cee’s FOTD

Different Strokes, For The Sunday Whirl Wordle 685.

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Different Strokes

Some strum the strings. Some scrape the bow. Some cannot sing a note
and so they sit upon the couch and manage the remote.
Dark nights and misty mornings, candles light the way
down stairs and slippery sidewalks deprived of light of day.
The dust of dreams , collected, is spun out by some as art.
Others create fresh music—magic language of the heart.
This poem that I write for you is in a minor key,
for only rather different notes choose to follow me.
So rather than take to my couch and idle life away,
I comb my mind to find these words to see what I might say.

For the Sunday Whirl, word prompts are: remote misty scrape slippery candle fresh dust magic minor strum string follow

Three Sisters for FOTD, Dec 15, 2024

The youngest of three sisters, I know that even from the same family, we all bloom in a different manner, but are unified by proximity and genes.

For Cee’s FOTD
And also for the Thursday Trios Challenge

Change in Dinner Plans

The worst part is losing my best and only glass pizza pan. Like the death of an old friend.

10:06 PM and still no dinner..

Black and White For Monochrome Madness, Dec 14, 2024

So fun to see how photos will turn out in black and white! Don’t know if that qualifies as monotone, but Brian did it, so I get to, too.

Brian (Bushboy) is the host for Monochrome Madness this week.

Art Exhibition in San Juan Cosala Plaza, Dec 15, 2024

I will be exhibiting and selling my art retablos, jewelry and
books at this exhibition tomorrow, Dec. 14, 9AM-2PM

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Pink Trumpet Vine, For Cee’s FOTD Dec 14, 2024

 

For Cee’s FOTD

Hibiscus: FOTD for Friday, Dec. 13, 2024

This is a Friday the 13th sort of flower. Definitely down on its luck but I still think it has a kind of beauty.

For Cee’s FOTD