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Looking Back at 2020 with Love and Gratitude

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#Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun/#tankaprose reflects on the past year!

Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey

The mild Winter that began in 2019 continues into 2020 and we go hiking in other parts of the Highlands and Perthshire to make the most of the ice-free roads. Waves of Gratitude, Love at First Sight and Windows of the Soul become the most popular posts in this period and reflect some of these unexpected journeys.

  • two whippets in winter jackets on the higher ground in a forest clearing, looing towards the mountains
  • close up shot of a blue and white whippet followed by a black whippet in winter jackets running through heather on a hill top
  • two whippets in winter jackets on a beach beside a loch
  • a black whippet in a winter jacket taking off to jump the burn
  • a blue and white whippet in a winter jacket running across a wooden bridge
  • two whippets in winter jackets sniffing the moss beside a loch
  • two whippets in winter jackets sniffing brown leaves and stones
  • a blue and white whippet in a winter jacket drinking from the loch
  • two whippets in winter jackets flying up a sandy trail

News of the pandemic begins to filter through and on 23 March the country goes into lockdown. We can only go out once a day for exercise, all non-essential shops and services are closed. Many people begin to hoard and panic-buy, leaving the rest of us without essentials.

village store
the parrot tells us
there’s no bread

© Xenia Tran

(Bundled Wildflowers, Haiku Society of America 2020 Anthology)

  • two whippets in winter jackets sniffing a rock on the beach
  • two whippets in winter jackets walking side by side on tidal sands
  • two whippets playing on a sandbar near the lighthouse
  • two whippets relaxing at in a cottage living room
  • a black whippet stepping out of a tidal lagoon
  • a blue and white whippet pulling the ear of a floppy bunny rope toy
  • a blue and white whippet walking on the left shore of a tidal lagoon
  • a blue and white whippet and a black whippet sniffing buried roots on the beach
  • a blue and white whippet leaping up to catch a ball mid-air on the beach

Spring still has a few cold days before the temperatures rise. Our most popular posts of the season are Spirit Mountain, Pink Moon…

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Published by Frank J. Tassone

Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!

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