BTT #78: Raspberries and the Glory

Raspberries and the Glory . It is such a graceful name. .For such an awful curse- . "Morning Glory" . Say it and what do you see? . It brings me No thoughts of a Beautiful start to any day, Rather, I see a choking weed that Was once my responsibility To clear away from  …

BTT #75: Little Window

Little Window . When I was quite young, I would often lie awake in the top bunk in the basement room I shared with my brother.  Sometimes I would switch my pillow down to the where the foot of the bed came up against a window that looked out at ground level into the fields …

Guest Post: What you did. By Carly Danyel

 Picture from:  www.psycologytoday.com What you did. . It seems I've been running, running all my life Only slowing occasionally to catch my breath or glimpse the world's beauty Daily I press onward, setting new goals and chasing after new deadlines Moving forward without reflection. . I guess I had never really set time aside for …

BTT #45: Changeling

Changeling Once, up on a shelf in my sister’s room on a slender stand of silver there was a round and shining mirror. With my sister gone to school and my mother napping in an empty afternoon, I quietly entered the brightness of the room.  The white canopied bed with rose covers curved and billowed …

BTT #22: Which story is which…?

      One season, two stories.  Which story is which...? This story may have been told us from before our first footsteps, and rests in our first memories. This story told of gifts that are given secretly and silently at a high price, but for no cost to receive. This story seems to fill …