Poetry, Short Prose and Walking

The Old Golf Course Trail

This trail is in Fort Mill, South Carolina, just off Regent Parkway. It goes around an abandoned golf course and a man-made pond surrounded by residences for about a mile.

Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time #9.

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The trail is mostly paved and somewhat steep in places.

The man-made pond part of the trail surrounds.

A view of part of the old golf course which is still mown.

Six Sentence Story: Touched

Taking things for granted was no puzzle for Tim. He had been doing it all his life.

One day he got touched.

His friends told him that he’d get over it. As years passed Tim realized he’d never get over it. As even more years passed he was glad he never did.

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Denise offers the prompt word “puzzle” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Under The Canopy

Dale offers the prompt “under the canopy” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

I wonder if palm trees form a canopy. They do block the sun.

Or awnings?

Or clouds?

The red part is a covering (canopy), but above it is a beautiful, cloudy sky.

A big bird minding his own business under a bush canopy.

It’s amazing what you can see under a canopy of trees.

Ten Things of Thankful: May 10, 2026

With thanks to Clark for the link.

I am thankful to the Lord for everything below and more.

The photos tell the tale.

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Sunset, water and buildings on the horizon

I got an earful when I hired a therapist – a “cat whisperer” as he advertised himself – for my crazy cat. He picked up Nutty, the name I gave her, and whispered sweet nothings in her ear. At first Nutty looked at him with her usual suspicion thinking he might be one of my friends, but after a while Nutty began cuddling and snuggling up to him.

After the session the therapist signaled me aside out of Nutty’s hearing to whisper in my ear that he agreed with her about me. Agreed about what? was all I could say.

That’s when I got an earful.

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Denise offers the prompt word “signal” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Moral of the story (in case you need the earful version): Don’t call your crazy cat Nutty (or even say she’s “crazy”); her name’s Madeleine.

PARAPHRASE OF FIRST STANZA – If I’d ever write the story of my life, I’d write about my friend, Madeleine. When she left one morning I saw her laugh and cry at the same time. What she told me I’ll never forget: “How God has blessed your home!”

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Art For Art’s Sake

Dale offers the prompt “art for art’s sake” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Where we are at the moment there are plenty of opportunities to see sunsets and water. This is inland water, not the ocean, but there’s an ocean nearby.

I might not show any of those photos. Today it is art for art’s sake.

I can’t remember what this was. I do recall my phone telling me to clean the lens. (The lens was dirty.)

This is a fallen palm leaf waiting to be picked up. There’s a bit of water in it on the right.

Here’s a sunset that looks to my like art for arts sake

Ten Things of Thankful: May 2, 2026

Clark hosts this week’s Ten Things of Thankful.

I am thankful to him for giving me a reason to post something today.

What I am also thankful for this past week is listed in capital letters under the captions of the photos. They are in no particular order, but driven by the rhyme and meter. I direct all of this thanks to the Lord.

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