AI-Generated Image: A few trees draped in the colors of autumn. Behind them are a couple of houses, faintly noticeable in the background.
Autumn has gotten comfortable enough to undress, to finally tame the seasonal shift. It does this with the perfect amount of finesse. Autumn has gotten comfortable enough to undress. We find ourselves somehow stressing less, and this is truly the perfect gift. Autumn has gotten comfortable enough to undress, to finally tame the seasonal shift.
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The Lone Old Faithful. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
On my boss’s land, there are Old Faithfuls resting, one day–they’ll be restored and re-introduced to the crazy roads of North Carolina.
I smiled as I walked around hours of land, taking in the beauty of their full-bodied presence. Soon, there will be hands prepping them for new life.
I stumbled upon one with a rustic vibe–tucked neatly in a corner of land far away from the others. Is this one special, I thought…
Why else would it be given its own slice of God’s creation, while all the others fight for space?
Could it be The Chosen One?
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A loner, but just down the block would be an entire family. However, they all ran off as soon as I got close enough for the perfect shot of them. I am sure this one was standing at attention, keeping its eyes on me as I got closer to them. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Deer Season
Dear Deer Season, we normally don’t meet on these terms, but I’ve seen many does and not that many bucks, and I am wondering, will there be any mating this year?
I know you’d much rather keep it all a secret and surprise me on my walks with new additions, struggling to keep up with the bevy, but I need to know which corners to avoid because Daddy Deer isn’t as friendly.
I haven’t planned on using running mode with these knees, but if I need to kick up my gears, I’ll gladly do so if a male is spotted and is in search of heat that I can’t produce.
“Death by Deer” isn’t a phrase I envisioned on my tombstone.
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From Ryan Grewell on Unsplash. The image depicts a bear in a body of water with rocks and trees in the background. Most of the bear’s body is submerged. We see the bear’s head above the water, along with his right leg, which he appears to hold with his right arm. What is this bear doing?😅
I am your most esteemed Tour Guide and Developer of this beautiful place, Logan Tismouth. If you’ll direct your attention to Caper the Bear, who appears to be river bathing as we speak…
Logan extends his arm and points his hand in the direction of the bear. The crowd follows with their eyes.
Caper is a show-stopper. He is one of the happiest bears any of us has ever seen. He is our featured attraction here at River’s Ridge Sanctuary. We provide semi-natural-to-their-habitat homes for bears, mountain lions, deer, bobcats, etc. You name it, we’ve got it! But Caper is something special.
Three years ago, he was found slumped over the stump of a chopped-down tree, dehydrated with a gaping wound in his lower left leg. Daniel, our Lead Ranger, placed the call to me. He gave me the rundown of the bear’s status and informed me to send out two more rangers, a sack of tranquilizers, and a pack of bottled water. He estimated his time there would be four hours. I issued the work order and had all of the items disbursed, along with the requested rangers, too.
If we had not acted fast, Caper wouldn’t be here today. So you see, not only is he our featured attraction, but he is the only bear with a story like this to tell at River’s Ridge Sanctuary. And we believe he knows just how special he is. I have to say, I’ve never seen a vain bear, but Caper is one.
He has grown accustomed to looking at himself in a mirror. When I visit his dwelling space, I take a hand-held mirror along with me. His greeting is always with a light paw to my right shoulder, and a welcoming scoff as he blows a puff of air into the forest around us. I pull out the mirror, hold it up directly in front of him, and he muses about himself for several minutes.
Stunned by his mannerisms, I leave the mirror with him. He has a collection of them now. Several of the rangers and staff have coined another nickname for him, one of which I do not approve, “Logan’s Very Special Vain Bear.”
I am trying my best to fill my life with positive images, words, and people. Given our current situation, my heart needs it more than I thought it would. I do not want to come undone.
“An Anthology of Creativity, Expressiveness, and Tranquility
Before I purchased this anthology, I knew it would be a work of art. There are over 230 writers and connoisseurs of haiku included, and with every turn of the page, a land of wonder awaits the reader.
Edited by Gabriela Marie Milton and published by Literary Revelations, the team has produced a book that is sure to stand the test of time.
It is an outstanding follow-up to Petals of Haiku: An Anthology, and is now placed alongside it on one of my bookshelves.
I appreciate and have an affinity for the form of haiku as it pertains to micropoetry, and every contributor shared their five haiku in creative and vividly expressed ways.
I have no doubt this book will be one I turn to when I need a place of calm as my personal retreat.
If you want to experience creativity at its highest, timely serenity, and be engulfed by the expressiveness throughout the anthology, then, I suggest this book for your collection.
We all could use a bit of tranquility.”
An overwhelming sense of calm would enter my body every time I picked up this book to read it. It’s as though every writer were in sync with one another.
We all understood the assignment. And I hope you’ll take the time and care to share with your heart a plethora of haiku that’ll definitely do it some good.
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it’s been a long time since I’ve been around someone who harrumphed before sounding off with their argument.
I miss that on this cool and dreary morning for some reason. I know rain is coming, the sky tells me so.
but that didn’t stop me from getting my steps in. there’s something to be said about connecting with the outside world
instead of building one in my head again.
roc of clouds
like some sort of roc, she towered over the clouds
in my mind–taking charge of peaceful moments.
I’d grown attached to her enigmatic persona, but soon realized it was vampiric.
walking away had not proven sufficient, now… I run… and I run fast.
Have you gotten your copy of my new book: a collection of serial tales & flash fiction, Séduire (E-BookandPaperback) yet?
I recently signed up to write on Substack as well. Poking the Bear’s Belly for Fun is a place of healing as I speak aboutthe most recent events with my place of employment as it pertains to racism and discrimination. I welcome your visit.
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