Tag Archives: writing

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #183: Memorable Events ~

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

Those of you who have followed my blog are familiar with our wonderful beagle, Jello. Last month I featured her on Lens-Artists Challenge #178. Sadly, last week Jello passed away from congestive heart failure. She was with us at the … Continue reading →

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~ I Pledge Allegiance ~

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Lindy Le Coq

For the past three years I have made every effort to express my social opinions in other arenas, as I know not all my followers see things as I do. However, after the events at my nation’s capital January 6, … Continue reading →

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~ Prayer For My Country ~ ©Lindy Low Le Coq ~

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Walking through wind and rain this morning of November 3, 2020, I send prayers of thanksgiving to my fellow citizens; you who stand in long lines masked and socially distanced wending your way to the voting booth. … Continue reading →

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~ American Apartheid ~ A Poem ~

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

American Apartheid–Lindy Le Coq – June 3, 2020 Four hundred years of suppression, black men and women raped and murdered for being. Jim Crow still alive in red-lined housing, unfunded schools, three strikes – you’re out, stop & … Continue reading →

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~ Report From the Edge of a Continent ~Bellyache ~

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

From fathomless depths, after months in her belly, heaps of human generated trash … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97: Pastimes ~

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

When I retired, eight years ago, my colleagues would ask me, “What are you going to do with your time?” My standard answer was that I planned to focus my energy on the creative passions I’d tucked in around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Birding, bugs & critters, landscape gardening, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature, nature photography, ornithology, pacific northwest, photography, Writing | Tagged arts, Birding, color pencil drawings, landscape gardening, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature, nature photography, pacific northwest, writing | 5 Comments

~ Renewal ~ WPC: Growth ~

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

This week’s photo challenge is to share an image that evokes the spirit of change and newness. Since I have committed myself to finish some long-delayed projects this year, I decided to share this photo of drawings, one done and … Continue reading →

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~ Natures Design ~ WPC: Structure ~

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

Why is this adult Canada Goose lingering at the edge of the reeds, and wherefore such a malignant eye on me? Could there be a nest nearby? This week we are challenged to “notice the structure of everyday things … Continue reading →

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~ In Loving Memory ~ Pantoum ~

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

~ on the first anniversary of my father’s passing ~ June 3, 2017 ~ at the edge of a continent sun kisses ocean and sky mist rises clouds tumble fine as the sands of time sun kisses ocean and sky … Continue reading →