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Finally Spotted One!

When we first moved to Beetley, I was interested in the variety of birds to be seen here. Local nature sites reported Egrets, Herons, Woodpeckers, Barn Owls, Tawny Owls, Buzzards, Kites, and Kingfishers. These in addition to the many common birds, and game birds like Pheasants and Partridges.

Over the next twelve years, I managed to see every bird on that list, with one exception. A Kingfisher.
(Not my photo)

I was halfway around my two-hour walk earlier, when I decided to sit for a while on a riverside bench. Moments later, I spotted the distinctive plumage of a Kingfisher on the opposite bank. It was perched on a thin branch sticking out over the river, and looking down intently into the water.

For the next thirty seconds, I was able to watch it undisturbed until it decided there were no fish to catch in that spot, and flew off in a blur of wonderful colour.

That was a special moment.

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ख़लल / Disruption  ‹ Kaushal Kishore ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

 

मां ने उसे एक चॉकलेट दी,

उसकी खुशी उसके रग-रग में समा गई…

लेकिन उसके भाई को दो मिले,

और उसकी खुशी अचानक मुरझा गई…

बचपन से, यही चक्र चलता आ रहा है…

उसकी खुशी के बीच कोई आ जाता है…

🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾

Mother gave him a chocolate treat, 

his joy radiated from head to feet…

But his brother got two, and oh the gloom, 

his happiness suddenly lost all its bloom…

Since childhood, this cycle stays the same,

Always someone disrupts his happy game…

.

–Kaushal Kishore 

Source: ख़लल / Disruption  ‹ Kaushal Kishore ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

“Two Lonely People” by Dawn Pisturino – MasticadoresUsa // Editor: Barbara Leonhard //

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Two lonely people

Who found each other

And tried, with fumbling fingers,

To unlock the secrets

Of each other’s hearts:

But Fear intervened,

Building a solid brick wall;

And so, they remained

Two lonely people.

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Dawn Pisturino is a retired nurse in Arizona whose international publishing credits include poems, short stories, and articles. Her poetry has appeared in several anthologies, most recently in Hidden in Childhood: A Poetry Anthology, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women, and the 2023 Arizona Literary Magazine. She is a Mystery Writers of America and Arizona Authors Association member.

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Karma means Action – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

“Karma means action and action motivated by compassion is good. To complain that what happens to you is just the result of your karma is lazy. Instead, confidently recalling the advice that, “You are your own master,” you can change what happens by taking action.”

His Holiness the great 14th Dalai Lama

Source: Karma means Action – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

Acoso – Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

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En un ambiente global contaminado y tóxico, en el que abundan la estupidez, el odio, la hostilidad, el vacío y la superficialidad, resulta lógico -no justificable- que la niñez, la adolescencia y la juventud se agredan, se mofen y se comporten bestialmente y con crueldad en perjuicio de los más débiles del rebaño, y multipliquen así el resentimiento y la violencia en el planeta. No obstante, resulta brutal, criticable y primario que gente de 30, 40, 50 años y de mayor edad, dediquen las horas y los días de sus existencias pasajeras -oh, vita brevis- a burlarse, dañar, molestar, desprestigiar e incluso destruir a sus compañeros de trabajo, a sus colegas de profesión, a los integrantes de sus familias, a sus vecinos, a quienes llaman amigos, simplemente por entregarse, por maldad, idiotez, ociosidad y fascinación a la pepena de vidas ajenas. Lamentablemente, es una práctica malsana y patética que aumenta en las sociedades de la hora presente y desgarra la armonía, el equilibrio y la paz mundial. Todos, o la mayoría, parece, hemos enfrentado acoso en cualquiera de sus expresiones. En mi caso, admito que todavía lo padezco en algunos de los ambientes en los que me desenvuelvo, y si no me han aplastado, es porque me defiendo y tengo pruebas que soy capaz de difundir. No obstante, considero que quienes amamos vivir en un entorno de respeto, paz y equilibrio, deberíamos, por protección y dignidad humana, denunciar el acoso y la hostilidad que otros, sin derecho, cometen en perjuicio nuestro. Es fundamental no callar porque esa clase de personas, sumidas en la barbarie, crecen y se fortalecen en la medida que sus víctimas callan y les temen. Simplemente, se trata de quitarles los disfraces que portan.

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Source: Acoso – Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

I Don’t Wait to Do Special Occasions, But I Do Make My Occasions Special | From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: Budgeron Bach

In 2021 I wrote a post, “Feeling Special?” where I ruminated about saving things for special occasions when sometimes those special occasions never come. Why wait?

We save our special clothes, shoes, jewelry, fragrances, dinnerware, food, or decorations for times that may only roll around once a year. Too often, I have seen some people pass away in my family, holding on to special occasion items they were saving with the price tags still on them…unused.

We learn that time is not promised, nor does it guarantee that the right time will arrive right on time as planned. I learned how to deal with my special occasions of missed opportunities. That’s why I tell everyone to celebrate every day, although some days do not look like or call for a celebration. Celebrate anyway. Celebrate the gift of life, hope, joy, love and peace. I pull out all of the things I’d purchased and forgotten about in my closets or in the cupboard, just sitting there patiently waiting to be used. Oh no honey, not anymore!

So when I set the table for dinner, I set it with my good dinnerware and glasses I used for the holidays, even if we’re eating a Chef salad. Oh, Emily Post and Martha Stewart would be so proud! When I run to the grocery store or Dollar Tree, I dress as if I’m shopping in a fine department store. Yes, I know I get the occasional “curious onlookers”, but that’s okay with me. And when I am home not planning on going anywhere that day or when I’m doing yardwork, I put on something bright and cheery, and always put on lipstick and my hoop earrings.

Oh, and if you like a vase of fresh cut flowers, if no one gives you some, or you can’t walk out to your garden and cut some to put on your counter (and men this goes for you too) then buy your own, even from the grocery store or farmers market! Of course, if you suffer from allergies, I understand. But find something else affordable you have been waiting to receive as a gift but haven’t gotten, then just gift yourself before you kick the bucket. Yeah, I know that sounds a little morbid, but it’s true.

I say, stop waiting and waiting and waiting for a special occasion to do something special, when you can make any occasion special for yourself.

Image Credit: SarahSever

Source: I Don’t Wait to Do Special Occasions, But I Do Make My Occasions Special | From Behind the Pen

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