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Civilization has blindly chased a branch of study, ignoring all other fields of knowledge, even deeming them negative. However, the universe’s mysteries are endless. Borrowed Knowledge

Gaze Into reflecting PoolSee nature at Its most Full   Lens-Artists:  Getting To Know You Cee’s Flower of the Day Life Among The Pads

Inspired by Jane Cornwell’s image below. The morning glowed, spring-scented,the air seemed full of promise, contentedthey talked of ordinary things, the commonplace–conversation as comfortable as their pace–the children, the news, that new restaurant—Thai–that they never got to try– Yet does he walk beside her—there where the branches stir?The pace still comfortable, the air still aglow?There’sContinue reading “The Walk: Ekphrastic Challenge, Day 22”

Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Empty Nest I am the mother of three young men. When My husband and I were raising three boys, it seemed as though that part of our lives would never end. The days of sports practices, piano recitals, Civil Air Patrol (like boy scouts with a focus on aviation), andContinue reading “Three Thoughts About Empty”

Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Empty Nest I am the mother of three young men. When My husband and I were raising three boys, it seemed as though that part of our lives would never end. The days of sports practices, piano recitals, Civil Air Patrol (like boy scouts with a focus on aviation), andContinue reading “Three Thoughts About Empty”

I mask a mask of ⁣survival that has ⁣overstayed its welcome like⁣drizzle after a storm⁣⁣The mask is a shapeshifter⁣an excuse spitter, so naturally⁣it dreads questions that reveal⁣its truest nature, so I dare ask⁣⁣What do you fear to admit?⁣How deep is your survivors’ guilt?⁣What disappointments do you hide?⁣What memory do you block through denial?⁣Does grief stopContinue reading “[447] The Potential In You”

Self destructive behaviors are hard to avoid. You could be self centered, a bad listener, a serial dater, a player, a flirt – just someone who is constantly making things worse for themselves and for others. Social media makes it very easy for us to become jealous of others. We are constantly exposed to everyoneContinue reading “It’s Okay To Be An Attention Seeker”

By Cynthia Cady Stanton | Featured Contributor I am not my body.I am not the wrinkles around my eyes,nor am I the deep lines forming under my nose.I am not the softening of my belly that is thickening my waist andnow spilling over my waistbands.I am not the annoying chin hairs cropping up.Every time I look inContinue reading “I Am Not My Body [a poem]”

You can still be good at what you do without liking what you do It’s more common than you’d imagine The words reflected his face in the steamy bathroom mirror He watched until he felt cold in his nakedness and shivered reached for the towel wiped got out of the bathroom put on clothes andContinue reading “around the smokey hole”

when beautiful seasons join hands early morning, late april, michigan, usa, earth   — “the poetry of earth is never dead.” -john keats, from ‘on the grasshopper and cricket.’ on earth day.