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  • A Sunday Treat – Late Poetry Submissions

      This First Poem is by Hannah Watson and is her second poem to be published on Laine's Blog. (see Hannah's Page, April 25th, 2012) Thanks Hannah!       Cherish Your Life   Love life as much as it loves you.   Wind that cools as the sun beams to warm you. Birds singing…

  • Winning Streak

        Poker with the girls last night (not pictured here!), and you know you're in good company when you offer to lose just to balance things out and the dealer says, "Oh, no, we'll pick your pockets clean next time, don't worry!"   The yin and yang of life. Sometimes you win and it…

  • I Never Imagined

      It didn't occur to me to imagine what the earth looked like during the eclipse the other day.     Shot from the International Space Station, this photograph was my favorite in the APOD's (Astronomy Picture of the Day) gallery of Eclipse photos.    A really different perspective!           "Eclipse…

  • Morning Glory

        Good morning, Glory!         Wild Morning Glory climbing on my deck!

  • The Dragon

        Standing on a ridge on an isolated stretch of beach on Cape Cod, my shadow is cast on the retreating waves of the Atlantic Ocean.   I call this photo The Dragon, following the mythic thinking that the only dragons that need slaying in our lives are our very own shadows.   Have I finished…

  • Not Yesterday’s Moon

      A fullish moon through the trees.   Yesterday, the new moon eclipsed the sun, late in the day. It happens. Rarely! In all of the sky, our little satellite comes clean across our star. The three of us, the earth, moon and sun are perfectly aligned.   Pretty cool!          …

  • Every Little Bit…

        The rain clouds were flirting with us all day yesterday. Little rumblings of thunder, some lightning, and a gentle shower here and there.   We don't mind. Every little bit helps. Even if the rain is coy, it is very welcome and lovely.     St. Augustine Beach, just before the rain.

  • The Patience of Wood

        The patience of wood – standing long and tall as a tree, then never letting go of wondering how the river will feel and sound and taste, once the loving hands that bend the planks finish their work.     Wooden boat workshop in Welaka Florida.

  • Blowing Off Steam

        The earth is blowing off steam. Did she ever imagine that one of the species that she spawned would be self-destructive?   Every 8 minutes, like a mother trying to control her frustration over her children, the valve opens and steam escapes.   "Will these children ever stop fighting?" Pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht…   (Meanwhile the…

  • Can You Fly?

        A young hawk sitting on a car roof in the parking lot. Patient and fearless, it watches me as I watch it.   If the hawk could ask me one question, what would it be?   "Where are your feathers?"   "Can you fly?"   or   "Is this your car?"