Tag Archives: Memories

Same Window, Different View

Eight days ago I awoke to find Venus and Jupiter peaking through my window (see: https://eskildoodle.com/2025/08/12/planetary-windopeakers/). This morning it was the Moon paired with Venus peeping through the oval window. Jupiter had moved higher in the sky as seen on the photo on the right, while the Moon had descended into the early twilight besideContinue reading “Same Window, Different View”

Ripples of the Mind

Gentle waves lapped ashore like memories rippling the mind with visions of times passed. In the distance, the Aranui 5 rests at anchor in Bora Bora’s Povaie Bay as it had nine years earlier after carrying us to the Marquesas and Tuamotu Islands. Now this view, though only two weeks old is also a memory,Continue reading “Ripples of the Mind”

Slipping Through My Fingers

Though we did not want to see our time in Bora Bora come to a close, we could not be very sad since we had enjoyed such a wonderful time while there. And even though we cannot stop the flow of time, we can caress the moments as they slip through our fingers and moldContinue reading “Slipping Through My Fingers”

Shadows of Memories

The sunlight accented beads and a drum and cast their shadows on the wall. They were gifts from friends that we met in Oklahoma while we were at Fort Sill. The man who made the set was Apache, and his wife was a direct descendant of the great Comanche Chief Quanah Parker. We were theirContinue reading “Shadows of Memories”