One of my all-time favorite non-studio shots. Shot from a moving car on the highway.

Ohio, 2020
Canon 5D mkIII, 100mm
f/8, 1/2000 sec
ISO 1250

#photography

When we were oh so poor and a long way from rich.
I was enriched by your love and am made poorer by your absence.
It was to be from this day forward but our days together are at an end.
Death has parted us for now, but God knows, we will be joined again.

The Vows You Make:

I took you to be my wedded wife nearly 60 years ago.
To have and to hold, but now you’ve slipped away.
Sickness overshadowed all, and health fled.
But the qualities that made me love and cherish you never left.
Your kindness and sweet nature saw us through those times.

“Healthcare portal” is a euphemism for flaming hoops.

Tom’s Musings

Old letters in a box
Old photos in there too
Our dreams while young
Meet the realities of today
Reflections in a mirror
Reflections on our youth
Nostalgia oh so intense
Forces a tightness in our chest
Finally, we grey, and fade away
Last one out, turn off the lights

#poetry

Bluesky puts a smile on my face unlike the hellhole I left. It even comes with a soundtrack in my head that sounds like this:

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For those of us who love to read:

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