Chemo Brain
15 years ago, the world as I knew it changed dramatically with the diagnosis of breast cancer. This rattled me deeply. What followed was a course of racing thoughts of what’s to come: heavy treatments to fight the disease. However, the day the doctor confirmed the diagnosis, it made my
The Autumn Sky
“A woman’s heart is like the autumn sky” is a Japanese proverb that describes something that can easily change. Regardless of women’s (men’s)feelings, the changeable nature of the seasons is related. With such changing seasons, Japan can also be said to be a nation that is good at changing its
Collective change of mind
Birds changing their mind
And the stitches became loose coins…
Having just the turn of the month of September to create a piece for this prompt, I had just received a large piece of cloth that had traveled to me from my brother while in Japan. With a few smaller lengths of the beautiful fabric the parcel shared what could
Miss Piggybank Is Hungry
Almost everyone can remember having a piggybank of some sort, collecting loose change, pretty coins, saving up allowance, – and putting effort into occasionally trying to pry something out again. Once it was opened, the delight to sort the money by size or color, and learning the actual value of
4-9 Change of Mind
Changing our minds happens constantly as we come to a decision about any matter. A Change of Mind is us attempting to exert control on our lives, responding to the stimulus or inputs we receive from our world. It can be the little things, like what shoes to wear for
Two Sides of The Same Coin
It’s in the coins where I found inspiration I remembered many stories in my life which featured coins Every Christmas when we were young children, we would visit our grandfather, Roland. He gave us each three precious bright pennies and an orange! In 1991 after the First Gulf War, we
Now For The Weak
Loose change is the small money that people don’t pay much attention to and put in their pockets or other place. When I went shopping overseas, I didn’t know the value of coins, so I opened my coin case wide and asked the cashier to select them for me. I
Coins for the Flying Doctor
In Australia, we have a wonderful Not-for-Profit, The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). The RFDS was founded in 1928 to bring life-saving medical care to Australians living, travelling and working in remote areas and continues to provide this service, including emergency retrieval and ambulance transport from outback to hospital, 96
Brother Can you Spare a Dime
We live near a very busy highway and there is a light when you come off it, and there is always someone there with a sign asking for change. Sometimes they ask for food or a sign saying they will work for food. Many people give money or even cigarettes
Murmuration
When we lived in the woods we were lucky to experience murmurations, large Starling flocks landing in the trees around our home…. their noise was raucous while they searched for food and rest amongst the branches. Through some communication they would all take simultaneous flight creating a beautiful thrumming sound