…a merciless and glorious place (story in 160)
I’m afraid. It’s dark out there. But – I know I must go. Alone. Entering a world of scrutiny. What if they don’t like me? What if I fail? The stage is waiting. My daughter just finished a summer...
View ArticleNo answers (55)
She called no answer… A big tear drop filled with hope dreams and desires cascaded to the parapet of her heart There was an emptiness in the ring a “you are not wanted” sound in each space “Go on”,...
View ArticleFear the Past … Zodiac (Friday Flash Fiction)
As editor of the Chronicle, I’m always receiving prank email. This cryptic letter is reminiscent of one received by my predecessor more than forty years ago. The hairs on the back of my neck rose as...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s Beauty the Golden Gate (Friday 55 Flash Fiction)
Strong, towering and magnificent she stands. A bridge to the past and the future. The Gold Rush brought them from near and far, on ships, wagons, later trains. Many stayed to call this place home. To...
View ArticleReflection #atozchallenge #sanfrancisco #napomo
Wait A solitary figure looking listening for you in the silent waters For one moment I heard young laughter inspired by you watch a much younger me You robed in wisdom crowned in silver we dance and...
View ArticleWhy I Left My Heart in San Francisco #poetry #photography
Palace of Fine Arts ~ L. Moon 2010 memories of a child filtered through the glass of the rainbow stained and etched color jubilee standing on a rocking bench bay wind lashing clothes and hair no...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected #photography
Flowers blooming in late November? San Francisco looks more like spring… The prompt this week at Word Press Photo challenge is Unexpected. Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected | travelicius Weekly Photo...
View ArticleTurn Back the Time #fiction #addiction
I stood before the hands of the giant clock. They teased me as they clicked: “you can go anywhere in your past choose but choose fast before the hand has gone one minute you will either venture or...
View ArticleTruth #haiku #photography #poetry #Gibran
“Should you care to write (and only the saints know why you should) you need to have knowledge of the art and magic of the music of words, the art of being artless and the magic of loving your...
View ArticleYellowed Christmas Memories #poetry #photography #dpchallenge
Brown are the edges where so many fingers over years have creased the words always warm Yellow still the Christmas star that brilliantly shines in my child’s mind over silent hill Golden are the...
View ArticleChanges #poetry #photography
Gold with little rain I drive through the veil of yesterday hoping little has changed I can’t quite see behind I see tracings of what lies ahead the giants in today’s sky are the least of what I dread...
View ArticleThis Beautiful Earth #wpphotochallenge #photography
From the Nile banks to the Golden Gate friends in huts to the close of day Today WP Photo challenge prompt “The Earth”
View ArticleSan Francisco Morning #haiku #SF
Mourning wail sun tries to break through fog seagull echo * Old memories city sounds fog can’t disguise gold in her eyes
View ArticleI Left My Heart #SanFrancisco #photography #haiku
wrapped in fog tantalizing aromas golden silhouette Photo Challenge this week is My Favorite Place
View ArticleCan’t Afford My Memories #poetry #photography
I drove by grandma and grandpas place so many changes hard to trace a little girl where flowers bloom eating ice cream by the light of the moon music played all the seasons I loved Rudolph for many...
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