I lover this double shadow of the same object..Once on the wall so it looks like she is carrying the frame, the other on the frame itself which shows the head and hand of the sculpture hanging between the camera and wall.
For The Squares Challenge: Shadow
Just today, Nov 4, 2025, I received this message from “Handy Barker” concerning this poem he wrote, which was quoted as a Dr. Seuss poem everywhere I could find it, or I would have attributed it to him. Here is the note I received from him, which I am publishing along with my apology:
One is Company, Two’s a Crowd
I have no need for company. I’ll make it on my own.
Most anything that two can do, I can do alone.
I am no Santa Claus who needs assistance of an elf.
All tasks that need doing, I can do myself.
I never interrupt my sleep by calling on the phone.
I never argue with the choices I have made alone.
The company I give myself is by far the best.
As my best friend, I have to say I outshine all the rest!
The prompt for SOCS is “Company.”
It was a treat when long-time friends Berta and Jesus pulled up a seat at my house for coffee and a chat. On his way out, Jesus couldn’t resist pulling up one more seat and my cat Kukla chose a more reclining position next to him. Zoe chose not to leave her cushy seat-turned-bed to join us.
For the Pull Up A Seat Challenge
After you have read Elizabeth’s essay by clicking on the link above, read her mother, Jan Wilburg’s WP blog HERE. She certainly raised her daughter right!!!!
Hidden Treasure
We are the ones that dwell within,
and what we keep hidden from each other
forms the mystery that keeps us coming back for more.
Like the relish that enhances the main course.
Like the dessert at the end of the meal,
not the real nourishment, but rather
a reward for putting up with the day-to-day
ragtag repetitions, irritations, boredoms
of knowing each other so well.
The loyalties, down to the heart honesties,
those passions held in common, those trials shared
are the meals we feed each other day-by-day.
But what person does not need, as well,
the thrill of the unopened package,
the darkness hidden under the stairs?
“Where we’re going, we don’t need eyes to see” – Sam Neill, Event Horizon (1997)
“We are the ones that dwell within” – The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
“Thrill me” – Night of the Creeps (1986) These are the three lines I chose for dVerse Poets
Above are the three sentences I chose for the dVerse Poets promt. Let’ see which won out.
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The hurricanes that cause devastation on the coast merely whip our palms, turn off electricity and knock down tree limbs, but more often, the wind is our friend. It swells our sails, keeps flags, balloons and birds aloft and furnishes the electricity that it sometimes, in its excesses, switches off again.
Hurricane or breeze,
the wind does what it pleases—
both our friend and foe.
Rebecca’s Poetry Challenge, we are to write a Haibun on the subject of wind.
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What Would We Do Without Friends?
*From my neighbor Sergio, who interprets confusing Spanish messages from my insurance company for me and
*David (peeking out the door) who along with Sergio shares his latest culinary triumphs with me via care packages sent over from next door,
*to Pepe who has been coming by weekly for 11 or more years to give me a massage,
*to Brad and Eddie who came to cook me a delicious breakfast a few days ago,
*to my friend Blue who spent the afternoon driving me around on errands yesterday as I am carless while the insurance company holds my car hostage in Guadalajara.,
*to Doug (Forgottenman) who has been sending me links all week long (including this one) to remind me to post to them—
my past week has been filled with the blessings of favors done by friends. Bless them!!!
See Johnbo’s Cellpic Sunday HERE.
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