Telling the Truth

connecting the dots of my life

Tag: Rivers

A Blank Canvas | Part 3 of 3

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It’s late summer, 1951. We just moved from El Monte, California, to a house near Savannah, Georgia. The front yard faces the river you see in the photo above. I’m 7 ½ years old. I don’t know how to swim; a half-mile wide river flows in front of our house.

Not long after we move in, Read the rest of this entry »

Dear Mom, Here’s a haiku. . .

Momma Possom near Old Montgomery House

mother and babies
make their way through grass and weeds
one step at a time
* * *

Dear Mom,
Here’s a haiku I wrote just for you! Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t you love interruptions?

 

North Umpqua River, Oregon

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ North Umpqua River, Oregon, on the drive to Crater Lake

This photo is one of my favorites from our visit to Crater Lake.  Well worth at least a haiku if not a full poem, don’t you think? Read the rest of this entry »