Getaway to Stowe in the Summer
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Missing my Vermont home, especially in autumn. September brings such colors graduating from summer greens. Eventually all bright colors will emerge.
verdant hues fading
autumn is now moving in
subtle morning sun reveals
blue mountain vista with peach
stones softened in the day’s light
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24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 50, 9/3/24, Part I: White Dew (September 7 – 22) Hakuro 白露
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Share Your World 2nd September 2024
Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton – which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by reporter Henry P.
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https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2024/09/02/what-do-you-see-252-2-2024/
All the wishful spoken promises and thoughts were untrue, no longer could Ruth pretend her secret meeting was hidden. Now her foolishness had her caught, trapped and a nice set of bruises to show for it.
Ruth was blind to the sinister creep’s dark side. It was simply a meeting in a sunny glade, surrounded by a copse of maple trees, so beautiful in autumn. It all seemed above board as she approached the clearing. A blanket laid on the grass, even a picnic basket…how romantic, Ruth thought. And he was there, beautiful in a light blue shirt that matched his eyes, sitting welcomely. She sat down and they continued a conversation they started online. Ruth was at ease and the wine delicious. As she began to feel drowsy, she started to feel anxious. Wine had never affected her like this before. She started to speak and passed out.
When Ruth woke up, she was alone. Her clothes were sitting, folded neatly beside her. She suddenly realized she was naked! She saw bruises on her thighs and arms. Ruth realized she had been attacked. She gathered up her belongings and walked back to her car, and headed straight to the police station. She had to report it, even though no one would probably believe her—she did meet him of her own free will, only knowing his online persona. Never again, she thought, as she sat at the detective’s desk.
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MLMM Monday Wordle #388
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/three-things-challenge-m805/Your three words today are:
GLADE COPSE CLEARING
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Laughing Along With A Limerick
Rebecca sighed, the fear starting again, it would not be long before her sight would be vanishing altogether and she would be blind. She tapped on the back of the device, thinking it might need a flash of movement to show a strong visible image. It worked and at the top was a clear description of the vine. Rebecca had started gardening after a trip to a botanic garden, where the sensory input from scents, touching the buds and leaves, even the barks of trees gave her a certain satisfaction. She could not help yearning for a cure, but there were none close enough to deter the inevitable. For now she would enter as much information possible to store in memory of the things that mattered most.
Wordle 669
The Bag Lady 
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