Dancing Echoes

Beats Stumbling Around in Silence

Category Archives: Ramblings

My blog, my rambles. A platform for my twisted views.


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I Can See Clearly Now

Seeking clarity

Deluge of strong emotions

Left under the waterfall

While hiking a waterfall trail in the Great Smokey Mountains this summer, I came across these glasses left on a tree root along the bank. Most people on the trail walked right by but once I spied them, I could not get the numerous stories of how they got there and what happened to the owner after they abandoned their glasses out of my head. My brain kept asking questions like: How long have the glasses been here? How did the owner get home? What did the owner look like? My goal with this photo was to invite the viewer to create their own story about the glasses left behind.

In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #343: Seeking


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Mothers

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A uniting force
Keeping mewlings safe and sound
Neighborhood mothers

While I was lucky to have been raised by an incredible mother, I was also privileged to have grown up in a neighborhood of warrior mothers. I had a sense of a sound safety net. That I would never go hungry. My skinned knee would be immediately doused in Bactine in front of whichever house I crashed my bike. A snow day meant making the rounds of homes for hot chocolate in between hours of sledding or skating. Some mother was always looking out for me -or relaying inappropriate behavior if warranted. Born during the depression, that generation of mothers had a rough childhood so they made sure we didn’t. Almost all the warrior mothers of my childhood are gone now as that generation fades into fond memories.

In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge: Mothers.