when planning for a lovely stroll,
with dog in tow,
to play some fetch
at river’s edge
take care to notice red dawn skies
-word to the wise-
you might regret
the plans you’ve set
if you ignore the coming storms
when you’ve been warned
you’ll feel the pain…
relentless rain.
kat ~ 27 July 2016
A Minute Poem for Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge based on the painting by Franz Marc entitled “In the Rain”, including the following word prompts: Rain, Red, Relentless, River, Regrets.
Two Haiku for TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge. This week’s prompt word is “Tide”.
tides of greatest change
dredge through stagnant surfaces
no stone left unturned.
a fleeting riptide
offers escape for the wise
who go with the flow.
kat ~ 23 July 2016
Happy Thursday and welcome to my neighborhood. It’s been a few weeks since my last post to Jacqueline’s Echoes of my Neighborhood Challenge. To be honest I ran out of micro, macro, oddities to show you…and it is likely very clear that I do not get out much! 🙂 Besides my day job and taking care of my critters, I rarely wander past my front door. But this past weekend I had the honor to visit an historical site to hear a concert. With all the unrest in the world today, it is good to reflect on the past to realize that we have the capacity to come together, nation to nation to defeat a common enemy. Even when the price is great, good eventually overcomes evil. And that gives me hope!
From the National D-Day Memorial Website: On June 6th, 1944 United States soldiers, in one of the most pivotal battles of World War II, invaded the French coastline in order to propel German soldiers out of Western Europe and lead the way for victory against the tyrants of that era. Dedicated on June 6th, 2001 by president George W. Bush, the National D-Day Memorial was constructed in honor of those who died that day, fighting in one of the most significant battles in our nations history.
It is located in Bedford, Virginia (about 45 minutes from where I live). Why Bedford? Here is a second excerpt from the Memorial’s website:
Bedford, Virginia… Like eleven other Virginia communities, Bedford provided a company of soldiers (Company A) to the 29th Infantry Division when the National Guard’s 116th Infantry Regiment was activated on 3 February 1941. Some thirty Bedford soldiers were still in that company on D-Day; several more from Bedford were in other D-Day companies, including one who, two years earlier, had been reassigned from the 116th Infantry to the First Infantry Division. Thus he had already landed in both Northern Africa and Sicily before coming ashore on D-Day at Omaha Beach with the Big Red One. Company A of the 116th Infantry assaulted Omaha Beach as part of the First Division’s Task Force O.
By day’s end, nineteen of the company’s Bedford soldiers were dead. Two more Bedford soldiers died later in the Normandy campaign, as did yet another two assigned to other 116th Infantry companies. Bedford’s population in 1944 was about 3,200. Proportionally this community suffered the nation’s severest D-Day losses. Recognizing Bedford as emblematic of all communities, large and small, whose citizen-soldiers served on D-Day, Congress warranted the establishment of the National D-Day Memorial here.
All photos by Kat Myrman – July 2016
This has been a really enjoyable three days. I really do like gleaning for quotes. It gets the brain clicking and inspires. For the third and final day in honor of election season here in the US I chose the word Freedom. Some say freedom isn’t free…that freedom is a right…or that it is never given freely, and must be earned or taken…while others say that it is a state of mind or an attitude: one is free the minute they believe they are. It’s a topic that many have an opinion on including the great minds I’m sharing with you today (I got carried away…there are more than three!). At any rate I hope that on this 21st day of July you have the freedom to be or at least friends and loved ones around you to remind you that you do. 🙂
Thanks again to Elsie for nudging me to take up the challenge. If you decide to post a quote of your own, be sure to ping me. 🙂
Happy Wednesday and welcome to Day 2 of my Three Day Quote Challenge. Today’s theme word is Impossible. I needed a bit of motivation today so I’m projecting a bit to inspire myself. If it inspires you in the process, even better. Sometimes things do seem impossible, but I need to remember these three things and then look Impossible straight in the eyes and say, “Watch Me!”
Have a great rest of your week. For those of us 9-5-ing it…halfway way there y’all. You can do it! 🙂
And as before, thanks again Elsie for inviting me to the challenge. And if you would like to play along…please be sure to ping back at me or post a link in the comments so I can be inspired by your quotes of the day! 🙂 Peace out.
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