Welcome December!

Welcome December!

I can’t believe the last month of the year is here! 2025 could be described as ‘hurry’. Too much to do and so little time, the months started and ended with such haste.

We had our first snowfall of the season over the weekend. It’s pretty out there, all white, and the stillness that comes with it urges me to slow down and ponder what it is worth to me right now. To keep up with the hurry and let this month go by as quickly as the others, or to slow down and enjoy each moment?

Twinkle lights, a hot drink, books, blogging, writing … all the goodness winter has to offer. Yes, it’s time to go inwards and take care of myself.

Happy winter to you!

“Winter knows to hush, still, listen, so the soul can speak” Angie Wayland-Crosby

Tanka Tuesday :: Veil

to unveil the truth
waiting for the right moment
who knows how to wait
in the autumn's darkest night
a bridge to the believers

A tanka for tanka tuesday – veil

W3 :: Comfort

Chocolate
Overjoyed by the taste
Mouth watering
Fortunate comfort
Over the weekend
Restoring my energy
To go ahead with the chores

An acrostic poem for this week’s W3. It was Halloween last week, and I have lots of chocolate bars leftover since not many kids showed up. So, I guess, I’ll have “comfort” for many weeks ahead 🙂

W3 :: Swoosh

the swoosh
tells you a story
carried through the centuries

under the willow tree

lives were sacrificed 
men rule against 
nature's will

nowadays

the story needs to be listened
under the willow tree
pay attention

WDYS :: stillness

a moment of breath
colourful, flowing with joy
stillness in the air

October has been a month loaded with challenges for me. Too much to do and so little time as the days get shorter. Hurry and hurry from home to my workplace, and vice versa. Instead of prioritizing my needs, I let them go to open space for everything and everybody else. I’m not young anymore, and in the end, my body pays the price for all the hurry/stress I inflict on myself.

I need to slow down and set up priorities. My mind and body need care, and I’m the only one able to provide it to myself.

Wishing a week full of tiny pockets of joy to you!

Haiku for WDYS

W3 :: No fool

look at you, all orange and cool 
bringing smiles to kids and adults 
spooky season is here, but you aren't a fool 
look at you, all orange and cool 
all those days of missing school 
made your head a whirlpool 
look at you, all orange and cool
bringing smiles to kids and adults

W3 – Triolet poem

Hunter’s moon

bonfire wakes up the senses, wild-self alive
the fields shine with her brilliance
each corner a surprise

I’ve written a kimo poem (10-7-6 syllables) inspired by Colleen for Tanka Tuesday. This week the prompt choosen by the lovely Willow is the October Hunter’s Moon or the aging of the year.

WDYS :: kindness

It’s thanksgiving day here in Canada. A day off from work, no much to do after yesterday’s dinner prep and socializing. Today is quiet, and I like this way.

Sadje offers these 2 photos as a prompt for WDYS this week:

Since it’s a time to be thankful and I’m revising my goals, I wrote a few thoughts:

one minute per day
miracle on the way
truth pillars
little here and there
sparkling one day
without messages
an eruption is the next

Happy Thanksgiving to you if case your are commemorating today!

Photo walk

Sunday morning, the sun is still waking up, the shadows are long and the air is crisp.

Yellow flowers on my way, they are taking over the walking path.

Cargo-ships are in hurry to reach their destination before the river freezes and their season ends.

Of course, more yellow flowers!

This photo reminds me of impermanence, changes, and letting go.

Beautiful leaves, they are Autumn’s flowers.

Hope you enjoyed walking with me! Have a great week!

W3 :: Decisions

Bounds keep us grounded, and the freedom out of our hands. Is it worth it to blindly choose a path to freedom? Stability battles against feelings, destroying the ancestral foundations to create infinite space between past and present.

breaking barriers
the verdict is imminent
unveil your true self