via Daily Prompt: Rapid As I rise each day I drag myself from sleep reaching for the newness of the day and my “to be done” list, referred to years ago as my “to do” list which was entirely aspirational as I worked usually ten hours a day, had three children, and took care of…
Category: Retirement
Daily Prompt: Rush
via Daily Prompt: Rush As the day dawns slowly, yet according to a primordial schedule, the marvel of living a unique period of rotation of earth advancing to the inevitable sunset, looms ahead. Initially the soul can be lulled silently as if one’s own philosophical analysis of life can be observed then translated to a…
At the Beach in Malibu with Young Ones
Oh what a beautiful morning. Oh what a beautiful day! Awoke this morning to a day so blue my two year old grandson pointed up to the sky exclaiming “blue” in his most certain voice. The answer to “what do you want to do today?” was as clear as the sky — let’s go to…
Daily Prompt: Inchoate
via Daily Prompt: Inchoate Annoyingly the light filtered through the too translucent shades dragging me to consciousness on what should have been a day of restful repose. The gossamer dawn was not unwelcome given the opportunities of the day. The inchoate plans were floating unconnected in the dust of sleepiness hoping for a cerebral magnetism…
Daily Prompt: Haul
via Daily Prompt: Haul Creeping along the crevices of the vertical cliff, each step cleverly placed to increase balance and progress, the seed haul was increasingly laborious and stressing the oral cavity capacity. The squirrel stopped, manipulating the front five-toed paws to transport lunch using their four-toed hind feet digging into the succulents as anchor…
Daily Prompt: Explore
via Daily Prompt: Explore As the image morphed into the vast landscape, objects in the background cleared and as in a diorama slowly became three-dimensional. Creeping lizards and clattering squirrels chirped and blood-red stone giants beckoned with a crippled claw. The need to explore overwhelmed yet the binoculars belied the distance and physical fitness such…
Daily Prompt: Radiant
via Daily Prompt: Radiant Looking at the radiant smile of that mischievous grin reaches into my old soul, recreating a long forgotten maternal love pulsing through me. How can a little whirligig of a human capture the hearts of everyone in the family, young and old, married and single? A grandchild makes fools of us…
Malibu Sunrise
Following the beauty of countless sunsets has been a lifetime commitment. Checking the timeliness of the sunset with the newly available apps has contributed to the ease of knowing when and where to be ready for the moment and be accessible for memorializing this perpetual elegance. But, I digress … Look at this impromptu moment…
My Trip to Austin
Last summer my son and his wife suggested we might want to accompany his family to Austin. I have never been there so my husband and I excitedly said yes and we would be HAPPY to help with their two-year old. We just got back yesterday and this is the only view we got of Austin…
The South in the Days After the BIG Snow
Okay I will admit that the only reason I can comment on the snow in the South is that I am an escapee from the cold and miserable weather in the Mid-Atlantic, particularly Ocean City with its biting damp winds and freezing bay and ocean waters. As we made the slow descent down the coast…
Life Gets Better 