Tag: Sunset
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In a Different Light
As a child growing up in a grandma’s musty home, I hated dusk and its slanted rays of dying light. After school and mid-afternoon shows, sun beams, like stealthy soldiers, climbed through windows, caught riotous dust motes, cast long shadows that colluded with dark corners, and wispy spectators hiding behind locked doors. I sulked as I eyed the shifting shades, the…
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Silhouettes
Unfortunately, there were too many clouds to get a good shot of the famous Boracay sunset. Minutes before this, Monica, Dijo and I were praying to the beach gods: “Please please please, let us have our sunset!” The clouds continued to float above us and towards the sun, oblivious to our pleas. It was still…
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A Word A Week Challenge: Orange
The color orange very much reminds me of Cambodia – orange sunrise, orange sunset, orange temple (Banteay Srei), orange cloth, orange roads… I remember warmth and vibrancy. And I remember feeling happy and alive. So I just couldn’t resist posting for this week’s word a week challenge. It’s my first time to try it out…
Trish in Transit 