Category: Art

Shedding Light on the Family Tree: The Value of a Sewing Machine in Chickens

May 23, 2022

The 20th in a series of posts about my family treeInspired by Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Prompt: Textile Our family tree is rich with pioneer history. From the United Empire Loyalists (the Springer, Sumner, Fairchild lines) who fled north of the 49th parallel to homestead the untamed lands of the Talbot … More Shedding Light on the Family Tree: The Value of a Sewing Machine in Chickens

Mirror

July 18, 2019

And if the view’s not to your taste … Don’t blame the mirror. ~*~ Image: Dock relic in large pond … Tylney Hall, Hook, Hampshire, England ~*~ ©Dorothy E. Chiotti … All Rights Reserved 2019 Aimwell CreativeWorks            

My Life Teacher

February 1, 2015

Daily Prompt: Teacher’s Pet ~*~ I was never teacher’s pet. Or, if I was I never knew it. School was a nightmare for me. At the time I wasn’t aware of it, but I was a child with abandonment issues lugging around a good deal of emotional trauma. My trust had been broken at an early … More My Life Teacher

The Burning Question

January 29, 2015

Daily Prompt: Burning Down the House ~*~ Todays’ prompt asks what five things we would save if our house was burning down, assuming that people and animals are safe. So, what five things would I save if my house was burning down? I pray this is something I never experience.  Still, for the purposes of … More The Burning Question

Insatiable

January 25, 2015

Daily Prompt: Enough is Enough ~*~ ~*~ Insatiable. You are. Not to be satisfied at any time, by any means, because the soul lost knows not when enough is enough. Searching for what never can be for you know not that for which you seek. And I, your convenient and invisible slave, drown in your endless need at any expense, … More Insatiable

Trust

January 26, 2014

~*~ A precious, fragile gift To you, from me. Unseen to the eye, Yet ever present in the heart. Handle with care. If you break it, Don’t come back for more. ~*~ My response to Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday challenge for this week. Yes, I know it’s Sunday. 😉 Thanks for visiting … Dorothy … More Trust

#FWF Reprise: Childhood Gift … The Arab Tent by Henry Landseer

September 6, 2013

Free writing is a great exercise and a little more challenging when the memory is involved. As mentioned in my last Free Write Friday post on the Childhood Gift, my childhood is very much a blur. During last week’s free writing exercise I couldn’t think of anything to share besides the bear story. Which is fine … More #FWF Reprise: Childhood Gift … The Arab Tent by Henry Landseer