Vacation Wind-down. #poetry

Sunset at Middletown, Easton Beach, R.I.

A haiku

A sunset completes the circle,

Dusk til dawn, beginning to end.

All so the journey can start again.

(c) Pamela Schloesser Canepa, 2018

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No Two are the Same.

Middletown, Rhode Island sunrise.

The air is cool and the birds are waking up, singing their happiest tune. They flitter from rooftop to rooftop.

Slowly, the tip of the bright, round orb appears. A fully dressed, perfect twenty-something couple walks, then stops in front of the hotel next to my Dad’s apartment. They probably had just gone out for coffee and are staying somewhere along this tourist strip. Luckily, they got quiet.

My son and I are here for four days, staying with my dad in his small, minimalist apartment in a tourist area that is just a walk from the beach. He took us on a sailboat yesterday. Minus 20 minutes of queasiness , it was beautiful and awesome. Add to that the fact that I met today’s goal: waking up to see a strange sunrise. It is not just new, for every sunrise is new. It is strange, as it is occurring in a place I’ve never been and a spot where I’ve never sat before. Sure, I’ve been to RI, but I missed the sunrise, and I certainly never sat on this stoop before!

I can’t tell you this sunrise is better than those back home, since I usually drive to the beach for sunrise. It adds an element of color and vastness you just don’t see surrounded by buildings. However, in this island/inlet area, the beach near us is in the direction of the South. So what do you get? A totally different sunrise experience, and that is just what I wanted.

Every sunrise is unique to its area, like its own fingerprint, in a sense. This leads in to one of my bucket list goals: to observe the sunrise in 50 different cities. Before today, I had achieved maybe 4 cities. (Yeah, I came about this goal in the last two years). I’m happy to say I achieved this leg of the goal, and I can’t wait to see what’s next!

Share Your World. #bloggerschallenge

 

Photo courtesy of Pixabay.

List some of your favorites types of teas.  1.  Detox tea, raspberry flavor.  2.  Thai tea.  They drink milk in their tea; it’s quite pleasant.  3.  Vanilla chai tea.

If you had to describe your day as a traffic sign, what would it be?  See the photo above.  I am on summer break, so I have time to do things I want to do.  The problem is prioritizing which I will do first.  I am starting to lack focus.  I am reading a good detective mystery book and I am 80% in.  I’ll likely finish it today, but I am breaking a lot to check Amazon KDP to see how my book is selling on Kindle Countdown.  I’ve also decided I’ll work on that conflict scene for my WIP, then I saw this blog challenge and felt it would be a good release.  I also want to, and think I will set up an Amazon ad.  Later.  🙂   At any rate, this sign is , um, okay, it’s many signs….but sometimes there’s a signpost with all these places and it points in different directions; that’s what I was thinking of.  It’s like taking a vacation somewhere and seeing all these options and not being able to decide which one to pursue.  So today, I’m just sticking my toes into each option.  I do really hope I’ll finish one of them.  I do believe I’ll get more focused when I’m back to work again.

What are a couple of things people could do for you on a really bad day that would really help you?  Buy me lunch or coffee and just sit and talk to me.  We all get so busy that we have to share updates by text or social media these days.  It’s not the same as it is in person.

Irregardless of your physical fitness, coordination or agility: If you could be an athlete what would do do?   Remember this is SYW, dreaming is always allowed.  I would be a ballroom dancer and a trapeze artist on the side.  Imagine the glutes, hamstrings, and calf muscles I would have!  This is just dreaming though, because I have a few arthritis and tension issues, but I do yoga to help that. 

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?  Next week I volunteered to help out with something at work, so I am giving two extra days before school starts.  The thing I look forward to is seeing some co-workers that I haven’t seen in over a month.  I also plan to walk on the beach at least once next week!

Share Your World is a challenge run by Cee’s Photography blog at  https://ceenphotography.com/2017/07/24/share-your-world-july-24-2017/