Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge, light in December. ? each day darker moonless nights sweep from sleep to waking—we build a fire to fill the darkness replace the sun coax sparks from dead wood

Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: leaving weighs heavy in a heart that longs to fly the spreading of wings Kim M. Russell, 3rd December 2018 Image found on National Post My response to Carpe Diem #1557 Departure … In the first regular episode of December 2018 we are setting off on a journey…

Originally posted on the other bunny: I turn on my electronic reader like an science fiction heroine plugging her neuroport into an immersive feelie. But my imagination fuels the scene, aided by technology nothing grander than pixels-of-prose. In the 19th century they wrung their hands over women reading to escape. We still do. The planet…

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Adolphe Braun con quanta grazia sfioriscono quei fiori – venti d’inverno how gracefully those flowers fade away – winter winds ? © A.M. ?

Originally posted on kiwissoar: Out In the garden plants are wilting, and a heavy darkness overlays the afternoon.  It’s cooler inside than out, and I’m tossing up whether to turn off my computer as I gaze out at intermittent flashes of lightning. stifling heat but no rain falling summer storm

Originally posted on kanzen sakura: For Frank’s Haikai Challenge number 63 – Habukah or Advent. Both start on the same day. I am lighting my first candle for Chanukah tonight. I will also be driving past the Hassidic Chabad temple to see the first candle lit there as well as subsequent lights – a public…