A Stroke Of Luck

Impressionist Painting by Carola Richards As sickeningly disturbing thoughts trouble me. Through the night, unshakeable, too strong. ...

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Mixed Up

This post is an entry to the Indiblogger Close Up Fire-Freeze contest .   Let's talk about polar opposites here. The north and south ...

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Discomfiture

"Bishop Gardiner's Discomfiture By Lady Jane Grey" by G.F. Folingsby (1828 - 1891) I brooded over and over again. It to...

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Going Back In Time

Nostalgia – 24″x36″ – Acrylic on canvas ©2009, Don Michael, Jr. Standing alone tugging baggage upon my back. On a platform waiting fo...

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An Avoidable End

The Death of Chatterton: Henry Wallis (1856-58) With hands fumbling, cheeks wet with tears She unscrewed the lid and yanked it off its b...

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Murphy's Law

“Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” Desperate times call for desperate measures; and when one resorts to such desperation, eve...

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The Gift

On this New Year's day, I am posting my 100th post. I complete a century of blog posts with the best thing that happened to me in the ye...

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In Search Of A Brighter Day

In Search Of Hope by Chidi Okoye It's been a day of irritable disposition. Nothing seems to go right at any time. Constant bickeri...

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Wither Will She Go

Torn Between Two Lovers by Natalie Holland The waters are flowing without a sound. The wind washes over them with a lull. The birds ...

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All I Ever Asked

Loafing In The Lupin - Black Bear by Marion Rose (The bear is timid no more) What do we expect from the ones close to us? Do we expect...

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The Things I Miss

It's been a while since I've been in her presence. It's been a little too long; the time that's kept me from her. I lon...

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Unwavering Vivid Thoughts

The roads go by as I sit silently by the window. Men chattering beside me, incessantly, about nothing at all. People coming and going a...

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