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tuesday truths...you know...the posts where i overshare & get too wordy...heh...

October 4, 2022 Arlene Giddings

The truth is that
after days and days
of not being able to come
to the page,
to any page,
virtual or paper…
I am suddenly
on fire with
wanting to
write and document,
note and number,
doodle and draw,
plan and pretend and
scheme…

I am hyped about
Inktober
and planning a
2nd annual pumpkin carving day…
I am driving dirt roads,
listening to music
I forgot that I loved,
making connections
with friends that I have missed
and redecorating my deck
with pumpkins and
purple flowers.

I feel alive and
almost humming with
excitement
like a power line
on the edge of spontaneous combustion….
and while that sounds
dangerous
it’s also
exhilarating.

I’ll ride it out while it lasts.
Winter hibernation
will set in soon enough….
♥

In island girl, tuesday truths Tags tuesday truth, pei, fiona, creativity, resurgence, prince edward island, over share, wordy
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tuesday truths - right now...

July 7, 2020 Arlene Giddings

right here,
right now….
i am happy.

happier and more content
than i have been in a long time.

i’m not even really sure why.
but then i think
why question it?
just accept it.

i hated working from home at first
but i am loving it right now…
i miss seeing everyone
but i love waking up
and getting outside for a quick
early morning walk,
the birds chirping,
sun shining…
checking the garden on my way back…
starting my workday
with stretches and tea,
soft music,
maybe a candle…
or just knowing i can open the window
and let the breeze in…
cat & pug snuggle breaks throughout the day…

i am settling into a routine that
i am honestly loving.

i always, always
heart
summer
but this one feels different.

i feel like
overnight
i let go of something
heavy,
something
i didn’t even realize
i had been holding on to…

and the feeling of
lightness
is hard to explain.

i feel like i can breathe again.
♥

In tuesday truths, words Tags tuesday truth, truth on a tuesday, breath, wordy
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pinpoints of light...{don't mind me...i'm feeling wordy}

October 24, 2019 Arlene Giddings

this would have been
a perfect night
to drive out to the
middle of nowhere
somewhere
and
lay on your back
in a field
counting the stars…
creating secret stories of lost galaxies…
silent constellations
and space ships with little flickering lights…

i just took the dog
for a walk
and was tempted to lay in the middle of
my street
staring up at the sky
but contented myself
with laying
on the deck instead
in the dark of the streetlights
wearing dress pants and a
dirty plaid work jacket that belongs to my kid…
and wondered
if the night sky was like that
picture of the boat
at my friend’s dad’s house
that everyone could see but me…
no matter how much i
relaxed my eyes…
i was never relaxed enough.

but maybe
if i could relax enough on my back on the deck
and stare at the night sky long enough,
the lines would blur
and i would see beyond the sharp pinpricks
of light

a sliver of a star to put in my pocket for the darker days.
a shard of understanding, of truth…

and then i think…
maybe nobody else saw the boat either.

In she's so weird, words Tags wordy, don't mind me, she's weird
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