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It’s funny how time changes ones perspective. Time and circumstance have a way of molding us into things without even knowing it. Often leaving us far away from our intended destination. I sit these days alone 90% of my time spinning in my heart and mind. Most of that do to Parkinson’s disease but some of simply because i can’t wrap my head around how much my life has changed and how completely far away from the life i wanted or had i am. I dont know sometimes i have to wonder why, big picture stuff. Ehy strip me of everthing that brings me joy? That lesson besides punishment is this. A life of finding and losing love and friendship a life of struggle and now Parkinson’s and cancer.

All i ever wanted was to be wanted and needed. To be loved for whi i was and supported in my…

“To wander is to be alive.”

Roman Payne

SHELDON SUNBURST

Those who follow Travels and Trifles know that I have been fortunate to wander quite far afield, to places as distant as Africa, Asia and Australia among others. But they may also remember my New Year’s pledge to explore some of the beautiful places much closer to my home city, Charleston South Carolina.

AMONG THE OAKS

“Never stop wandering into wonder.”

Suzy Kassem

This week I wandered a mere 90 minutes from home to capture the beauty of a local landmark, the ruins of Old Sheldon Church.  Dating back to the mid 1700s, it was partially burned during the American Revolution and was rebuilt in the mid 1800s.  Several notables are buried in the churchyard, including Governor William Bull I who died in 1755.

MOSS AND GRAVE

“Half the world is wandering, the other half is lost.”

Jenim Dibie

Much…

“Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.” — From the movie, ‘Shawshank Redemption’

“Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, ‘Wait and hope’.” — Alexandre Dumas (1802 – 1870), The Count of Monte Cristo

“Hope doesn’t come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. It’s simply a choice to take action.” — Anna Lappe, O Magazine, June 2003

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don’t give up.” — Anne Lamott

“Hope is a waking dream.” — Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)

“He that lives upon hope will die fasting.” — Benjamin Franklin (1706…

Reblogged from Sun in Gemini:

The Hushed Portal

In response to Sue Vincent’s

Thursday photo prompt – Still water… #writephoto

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The dark wall at which you have been staring opens

Breathing,

You breathe for calm and hold its presence

Knowing,

That something truly new is happening

Happening,

As your skin happens, now tingling as a child’s might

Your child,

Continue reading Steve’s poem here.