Tag: memories

  • Today’s Shot 188

    Today’s Shot 188

    Tree Gazing

    Looking up at the leaves and branches

    Memories

    Holding one child on a hip, and one by the hand – we gather under the trees.

    “Shh, listen!” The wind stirs the leaves. “The trees are clapping their hands!”


    Mindful Moments
  • Today’s Shot 28

    Today’s Shot 28

    Nostalgia and memory have flavors as well as images in our minds. Some memories taste like Pannekoeken!

  • Today’s Shot 26

    Today’s Shot 26

    Memories…

    Four people, luggage, blankets, and two dogs packed into a Volkswagen for vacation trips! Those were the days!

  • Mail Candy

    Mail Candy

    Guest writer, Alysia Burrows, writes about her life-long love of books, which has also been a love of mine for as long as I can remember.

    For those who love swapping books as much as we have: Paperbackswap.com


    by Alysia Burrows

    When I was a young girl, I found solace in books.  We moved to so many new places and I just never felt like I truly fit in to any of them.

    I am not sure when the world of books was introduced to me, or how.  I just know that as early as third grade they swept me away and took me to a better place.  

    Reading has always been my way of hiding away when times were at their worst.  It was as if I no longer existed in this world and it was how I coped with the challenges and pain life often has a way of bringing.  

    Today I love to read all the genres, and books have a special place in my heart.  I read them on my tablet, listen to them in my car, but my most favorite book is the old-fashioned kind.  

    My best friend and I would refer to them as “mail candy” when we would do a book swap through the mail and the arrival of them would bring us instant joy.  It still does to this day.  

    He loved books, those undemanding but faithful friends.

    -Victor Hugo


    Photos by Aliis Sinisalu and Webaroo.com.au