Category: #TToT
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Ten Things of Thankful
This week was filled with cars, friends, and weather that was really hot — temperatures that broke all previous records for May. Heat never used to affect me, but that was back when. I sat in the shade reading the user manual for my car, and drinking homemade fizzy lemonade. I live where the number…
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Ten Things of Thankful
1. More than just dense seeded rye bread with a smear of softened butter. More than just lunch. More than Denmark or Sweden. More than Wardruna. It’s an appetite for artistry. An open-face sandwich. This is Nordic. 2. Thankful for nature’s anomalies. A black iris blossom appeared from a non-dominate gene in the bulb. A…
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Ten Things of Thankful
There are workmen on scaffolding next door, fitting replacement windows. They’ve been at it all week. One morning, I asked to borrow their van so I could go to the shops — it was blocking my driveway. They’ve parked elsewhere since. I am thankful. 1. Thankful for workmen who appreciate passive-aggressive humour, and decide it’s…
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Ten Things of Thankful
Just back home from a week road trip to Normandy in France. We drove our little electric car, and only once did I growl at Peder about not letting the battery drop below 15%. I love France. Love Normandy. The scenery. The history, that’s so closely tied to England. The food. The Food!! Amazing. So…
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Ten Things of Thankful
This week: spring has taken hold, sunlight laid wide across the days, green things rising without hesitation, and the air almost startled by its own scent and colour. St Malo offers rain and a lingering chill during our little holiday, but with Brittany short of rain, we’ll carry an umbrella gladly and call it part…
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Ten Things of Thankful
After a course of antibiotics, my cough has subsided; thankful for the relief — so I spent a morning enjoying birdsong, new growth pushing through the forest loam, beech leaves tinted sassafras-green, and felt renewed. I’m thankful for… I. Tuna casserole the way my mother used to make it — a thick layer of crushed…
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Ten Things of Thankful
Two weeks into the April Poem-a-Day Challenge, and I’ve not run out of ink yet. My Ten this week are centred around home. Spring is coming on fast paced; chores done and more created; a new garden project. The charging pod for my car is installed, so no more power cords hanging out the kitchen…
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Ten Things of Thankful
This is the 20th year that I’ve participated in the Writers’ Digest April Poem-a-Day Challenge. Over that time, I’ve managed honourable mention a few times, and placed 2nd twice, but never won the competition. It’s true — the joy is in the participation and meeting up with old friends again, but I sure do wish…
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Ten Things of Thankful
I. A walk in the spring sunshine along the coast. Thankful of this view of Seven Sisters and Beachy Head. II. A 10-metre 3-pin charging cable. Thankful the electrician understood what I was saying; you can’t draw 30-amp off a spur. III. Thankful that the clocks are finally on British Summertime: spring ahead one hour.…
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Ten Things of Thankful
I. Blackthorn is in full bloom, and that means spring — except the temperatures plummeted again into overnight single digits. I’m thankful that thermal-wear isn’t needed again — it’s all packed away. II. My crow, who’s not really my crow, left me what appears to be a chicken bone this morning. Be thankful it isn’t…
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