Author: Bonnie

On the Road Again

Chain Bridge in Budapest My husband and I leave today for Europe. We will be in Hungary and  Germany, possibly France. I will be taking photos and journaling as we go. Budapest is especially beautiful with the Danube River dividing the city, Buda on one side and Pest on the other… See you on the…

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haiku: autumn harvest

orange and gold shimmer fields, vines, and trees spilling fruit autumn harvest glows

Friendship

From casual to intimate, levels of friendships vary throughout life. And no matter the level, friends have the power to influence our lives for good or evil. I have been very blessed by God to have the sweetest friends through life that have enriched my journey, shared by joys and wiped my tears. They have endured…

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haiku: desert dawn

dawn slathers scarlet across the gray desert sky shadows soak first light

haiku: scarlet leaf

  a scarlet leaf stains my parched lips and quenches what is thirsty in me

haiku: autumn

august rushes past September’s starting line then drifts into scarlet

‘Sugar Plum Fairy Road Kill’

Here is our beloved dog, Tiki. I hate to call her a dog. She is more people than canine and one of my best friends. Always chipper, never moody, almost always obedient, willing to cuddle at any given moment, never demanding, I have few companions like her. What is surprising about our relationship is that everyone who…

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‘Didn’t Our Hearts Burn Within Us…?’

There is only one thing better than drinking a rich cup of Ethiopian coffee in the morning… That is to drink it with an Ethiopian! For the past few days we have had a dear Ethiopian friend stay with us. This morning we drank our coffee under the arbor in the backyard. The weather was so…

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Promises

Promises Morning washes the lake and pier with light. Summer dwindles to sparks, smolders cold into crisp autumn days. But the sun, the sun burns no matter the season it stays, it stays… unless the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob breaks his promises to Israel.