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Untold Truth

Like bad novels some people’s stories are half truth but mostly fiction, names changed to protect the guilty. Secrets hidden behind lies, deceit and pretense. Wasted stories with no ending at all, just more lies to bury the past deeper … Continue reading

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Thwarted

  Like an opera star who trips on the top step of the stage, or a pianist who sits at a locked piano, a guitar with broken strings some stories will never be told because truth is too scary, uncertain … Continue reading

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Wolf Moon

In and out the waves, catching me in their flow. In and out the sun, melting my heart as the snow. In and out the moon, changing my mood with its glow. ©Sharron R. McMillan

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Only One Thing Is Needed

Only one thing is needed, one gift, one smile, one thought, one action. Let go the cacophony of much, too much and choose the better way. One thing at a time, one step at a time, one thought at a … Continue reading

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Don’t Put It All Back In The Attic

Don’t put it all back in the attic, that generosity that moves us to give more than we take, the happy greetings to those we never noticed before, the desire to be with those we love even though they are … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas

  May Christmas dawn with Peace in our homes and in our world. May our gifts to each other be respect and acceptance and may we be filled with gratitude for the many blessings we receive daily. Merry Christmas to … Continue reading

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Let It Go

Let it go. Let it all go. Blow it out like the wind moving ferns. All the little worries that clog the heart. Breathe them out, let them drift away on the wind. ©2015 Sharron R. McMillan

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The Road Home

  Pavement ends and dust begins, solitude is never convenient. Pot-holed, narrow road, blackberries reclaim what once was their territory, Duck couples bob and paddle in ruts made by exploring 4×4’s, alders reach to conceal telephone poles drunkenly following the … Continue reading

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Looking To The Future

Time for looking back has passed, those stories filed away, regrets and mourning packed up tight there’s no more wreaths to lay. Now is the time to look ahead, new pages turned, love and projects shared, and many new lessons … Continue reading

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Where Is Peace

The whole world is in a mess. Someone always trying to control, keep track, profit from the masses of humanity traveling, line ups, cancellations, homelessness. Rumours of war, paranoia in government, stars falling, hatred, pressure, stress. Where is Hope Where … Continue reading

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Feeling Antsy

Feeling antsy, unsettled, a little down. Too much sugar probably and fretting over family stuff. I know I do not have the power to change any of it. It is what it is and we are who we are. I … Continue reading

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Waiting For You

Mocha meows – 7:30, time to get up. Light the fire, feed, play, empty her en-suite. Six hens cluck at coop doors, wanting scraps, fresh water and morning freedom. Humming bird hovers at the feeder, and Stellar Jay pecks at … Continue reading

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Howe Sound

A sailboat hovers above turquoise green waves then lunges towards dark navy blue. ©Sharron R. McMillan

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Barnabas Landing

Camping spot beside the sea, tents sprout under apple tree. Someone tucks the kids to bed, flocks of geese V overhead. Trails through woodlands to explore, canoe or sail or fish some more, watch the pigs philosophize, lambs graze and … Continue reading

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The Road Home

Brambles crowd the sides of the road, maple and alder compete for space and there, on the left, an out-of-place clearing – someone actually lives out here in the middle of everything. ©Sharron R. McMillan

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