Let’s twist again, like we did last summer

Twisted ladies' fingers (okra) When I see this week's photo challenge, I think of Chubby Checker and his famous "Let's twist again" which I randomly came across on YouTube last week. I also found a picture of an okra (ladies' fingers) plant I took in 2014 in a remote Cambodian village resort. Somehow the two …

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a place I may decide to call home

A Place in the World After sending-off a friend, I waited at a fast food place at the entrance to the airport. When daybreak came I walked to my car and saw this picture from a distance. As I drive into the increasing light of the day, I think about how difficult it has been for …

unlikely charity, yet she smiles

Unlikely charity encountering reality. I have not seen such irony before. This poor woman in the outback of a third world developing country in her late twenties who was given unwanted teddy bears in lieu of food continues to maintain her smile and gratitude. She seems to have cognitive challenges and has not gone to …

nature’s prolific attempt

Prolific nature stirring my heart to adore multi-color valor

a universal language: smile poetry

  One morning I met Smiles when I took a walk to the back of a restaurant. I was told that the owner employed widows to give them a home and a better living. The local women are gentle and shy. We could not communicate so they smiled and I smiled. Smile is a good …

If flowers could talk and tell me their stories

"This is my Story. A story about flowers. When you see me now I am not what I have been. I have become an art piece." I took this picture from an oil paint picture. The original picture came from a wall of a clinic which had since been sold. The owner has retired early …

he made a difference

A Face in the Crowd. Sometimes a face just stands out for no particular reason. It was quite a crowd in the restaurant and a rather busy day in the see-through kitchen where they made pizzas. I cannot remember whether the food was better than elsewhere but when I look at this picture now I can …

A sweet life

a Sweet humble life. I chanced upon this little mongrel named Mocha in a make-shift "home". My stay is too brief but we are already friends through tongue sticking out, tail wagging and paw shaking.

coming thus far all ways lead back to you

I know I should not be writing about my Beloved because it is like baring my soul to the world, the old poet said. So I find this poem by random browsing from a gift collection given by my own beloved younger relatives who know that I love poetry. CIRCULAR coming thus far all ways …

a varied view of ocean in our heart

My heart's Variations on a Theme, my ocean. Given an option I would choose the ocean if I were a gull with wings. There are two views of the same section of the Pacific ocean being superimposed in this picture. I took them at the end of 2015 on a clear sunny day in California. …