Merry (almost) Christmas!

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)
& Ralphie, dog and mascot

"Shadows of the Past" (poem)

Inspired by Margo’s Tuesday Tryouts.

"Shadows of the Past"

Forgetful,

Blissfully ignorant,

We stroll through life

Shielded by a naïve conviction

That nothing came before us.

No one ever lived,

Or loved,

Or suffered,

We are the first ones

To breathe and wonder,

The chosen ones,

Who will know no death.

But then one day

We feel the rough texture

Of an old tree,

Caress the smooth coolness

Of a weathered stone,

Watch grains of sand

Escape through our fingers

And vanish.

All of a sudden

A gust of memories

Engulfs us,

A somber revelation

That there indeed were others,

Who came, and passed,

And wait somewhere ahead

To comfort us

And teach us what they know.

That death will be

And there will be no death.

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

image credit

Thank you, Pearl!

My budding photographer-daughter is enjoying some fame tonight: hers is one of the photographs chosen to accompany a lovely wordle-poem written by Pearl Ketover Prilik.  Do visit PKP to read her words and see the images:

 http://www.drpkp.com/2012/10/no-umbrella-needed.html

Thank you so much, Pearl.

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

'Skies and Raindrops'

~Evening Sky~    

~Raindrops on Grass~

I've cheated: this is my daughter's work.  She took these pictures last summer during our trip to Russia.  Pretty good for a (then) 10-year-old amateur, don't you think?  :-)





Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur