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Reflection

Margaret

Sad woman looking out of the window - Credit - bmonculture

 deferred /d-fûrd/  Put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone  Very early on Sunday mornings, when the air is new, I like to sit out on my back porch and watch as the late eve subsides to the early dawn. All the alley cats begin to turn in their late night howl [...]


Smooth Sadie

Maricel Álvarez in the 2010 film 'Biutiful' by Director Alejandro González Iñárritu - all rights reserved

resilience \ri-ˈzil-yən(t)s\ an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change Sadie is one of my favorite neighbors. I usually see her in the late afternoons when I come home from work. Either with her hair all wrapped in a scarf, or cascading in her face and resting on her shoulders, always with a [...]


Sophie

'child - parent' Image credit - Herald Sun all rights reserved

empathy /ˈempəTHē/ The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.  I remember Sophie being the most popular girl in school, dating the most handsome guy in the world, so I thought at the time. I also remembered her bullying me at the lockers and in the gym. She had asked me for a [...]


Mia

Image credit 'drug addiction' Dr. Pinna - all rights reserved

dis·place /disˈplās/ cause (something) to move from its proper or usual place I remember Mia being tall—taller than the other girls in our high school class. She was also very thin, almost fragile. Even her hair was as tall as she—not tall, exactly, but almost as long as her, full of body. It also seemed [...]


Jane Doe

Woman in hospital

jane doe  Used as a name in legal proceedings to designate an unknown or unidentified woman or girl. I remember Jane Doe as she sat near the window in her cold and dimly lit hospital room. Her dark hair was matted, possible from resting in the bed, disheveled—suffering from a lack of sleep. Her hospital gown [...]


intentions

Image credit - sheilaz413

Having a goal to achieve something.


bigger

'New York Stock Exchange' by Robert Harding

bigger – Sometimes, there are things and people that are just too big and beyond our reach.


cynical

Elderly Man Sits on Street Step - Manchester 1965

Doubtful as to whether something will happen or is worthwhile.


ponder

Oak Trees and Wildflowers Bloom Near Cuero, Texas, USA by Darrell Gulin

There are those times when we need to think of other more than ourselves.


consideration

stop

Why are we so busy?


‘Let men tremble…’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Urban Romance

A colloquially known as cheating.


complacency

K. Wood Photography

complacency


broken

Child Soilder

broken- a story for campaign for peace in the Congo.


fallen

Photo credit Dan Johnson.

fallen – a story for campaign for peace in the Congo.


Mardi Gras, 2010

'Mardi Gras 2010' 3rdstreetgallery.net

Mardi Gras 2010 is pt 3 of the “Still Sitting” series regarding my Mardi Gras experience in New Orleans.


First, New Orleans…

Legacy Screening 'Black and White' in America 1965. © Leonard Freed, Magnum Photos, Inc.

New Orleans is a city where dreams are made.


going home

walking

Going home during a very busy and rainy Carnival time in New Orleans.


still sitting

mike and anne's night

“still sitting” is part of a three part writing series surrounding Mardi Gras 2010 in New Orleans.


contemplation

everytime i close my eyes

Thought while sitting under an oak tree in New Orleans.


BloggersUnite for The Gulf: at a loss for words

'Fly' - by Kristen Wood

BP Oil Spill – Imagery from a unique perspective.