This week we’re taking a day trip to beautiful Abingdon, Virginia for a walk on the Creeper Trail. Hope you find peace and take a moment to breathe as you look at the scenes along the way! If you would like to see other neighborhoods from around the world, click HERE. Thanks to our hostess, Jacqueline from “a cooking pot and twisted tales”.
All photos taken by kat myrman.
Photo and Editing by Kat Myrman 2016
In movement…
Go fast but take care
you certainly cannot win
if you don’t arrive.
In abstinence…
When the pious fast
abstaining from all pleasure
more for the wicked!
kat ~ 10 February 2016
A few Haiku in response to Haiku Horizon’s weekly challenge, prompt word: “Fast”. There are two to reflect the two very distinct meanings of the word. If you would like to read other haiku or enter your own poem, click HERE.
Photo by Kat Myrman 2016
Winter tree
stripped bare by the frost
wears ivy
’round her roots
so to remember the spring’s
fair blooms in waiting.
kat ~ 10 February 2016
A Shadorma (Six Line Stanza / Syllable Pattern: 3-5-3-3-7-5) in response to Jane Dougherty’s weekly poetry challenge. This week’s prompt is based on the word: “Tree”. To read more or enter your own poem click HERE.
Photo Credit: Ady
“The red bench, he said. Meet me at the red bench. Do you know how many red benches there are? Sixteen! I know because I counted each one…twice!”
The squirrel was unusually attentive as Sally ranted. She was a wet mess after traipsing through the park! She plopped on the nearest bench to catch her breath.
The clock tower in the square started to gong. When Sally looked up he was walking toward her. At least she thought it was him. She glanced behind to make sure.
“Wow. His photo did not do him justice,” she thought, “how can someone so handsome take such awful pictures?”
“You must be Sally! I’d know you anywhere!”
“Hello…Charles? You are Charles, aren’t you?”
He laughed. “Yes. It’s me. I hope I didn’t keep you waiting.”
“Not at all,” Sally lied, “I just arrived myself.”
He knew she was lying. He didn’t care. Watching her go from bench to bench, talking to squirrels had captured his heart.
He reached for her hand, “Let’s get dinner, shall we?”
~ kat – 9 February 2016
(175 Words)
This story is inspired by the photo above as part of Flash Fiction for the Aspiring Writer’s (FFfAW) weekly challenge. If you would like to read other stories and or enter your own, click HERE.
Photo Credit: Pixabay Public Domain
She always reserved room for chocolate.
kat ~ 9 February 2016
A Six Word Story based on the Prompt:” Pleasure”. Thanks to Nicola Aukland a “Sometimes Stellar Storyteller” for hosting. Read more HERE.
