In the Here and Now

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Now

Sometimes, we get caught up in nostalgia, future fantasy, or both, and we don’t embrace the “now.” For this week’s challenge, take a moment to notice your present, and share a photo of it.

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“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay” Simone de Beauvoir

In the Here and Now

Children’s voices
Echoing in the distance
A dog was barking
The sun warm on my skin
The wind blowing softly
Rippling the water slightly
The fluffy white clouds high
Up in the blue sky
Filtering the rays of the sun
Feeling being the only one
Sitting onto the empty bench
Enjoying the silence
As I sit by myself
Letting moments pass by
A soft content sigh
The only sound
In the here and now
To be found

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1000 Post Celebration @ Rantings Of A Third Kind

Celebration time on Rantings Of A Third Kind

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“I still blog, therefore, I still am”

1000 Post Celebration @ Rantings Of A Third Kind

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Today is a great day and certainly a time for celebration!
I have posted my 1000th post on Rantings of a Third Kind today!
Thanks to all my followers and readers for keeping me going!

Keep calm and keep on blogging!
Gun

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Throwback Thursday 2015-12-24

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Happy Holidays to One and All!

“I look my best when I’m totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach” Rosamund Pike

Throwback Thursday 2015-12-24

Today is time for a walk down memory lane again and dig into the archives of Rantings Of A Third Kind since the beginning of time. Well at least from the beginning of this blog 😛

Here are a few featured today:

Highly Illogical (Repost for TBT)

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Stuck Between a Poem and a Hard Place (Repost for TBT)

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Let the Rantings continue!!!

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Highly Illogical (Repost for TBT)

“It is curious how often humans manage to obtain that which they do not want” Mr Spock

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I find You

Absolutely fascinating
Extremely interesting
Utterly charming
Highly intriguing
Totally captivating

I am

Spellbound and transfixed
By all certainty, bewitched

Wrapped around Your little finger
If I could, I would linger

I am only

Admiring You
From a distance
Still with persistence
But slightly askew

If

An instance
Would arise
It would be
My greatest price

Up close and personally
Give my thanks, my gratitude most cordially

Yet

I find myself

Highly illogical

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Stuck Between a Poem and a Hard Place (Repost for TBT)

An homage to Poetry

“Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry” Muriel Rukeyser

Stuck Between a Poem and a Hard Place

I am a poet
But did not know it
Now I am writing
Lyrics without biting
The bullets
My mind to the fullest
Hammering the keyboard
Not a big chore
No, not anymore

Ever since I started
I cannot be parted
From the blank page
That clean slate
Words pouring
My heart roaring
I feel elevated
Totally animated
Full of excitement

I am completely and utterly
Lost in Poetry

A poem a day keeps the Shrink away!

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Rantings Of A Third Kind on Holiday (19.-27.12.)

Rantings Of A Third Kind on Holiday (19.-27.12.)

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“What is this thing called “holiday” everyone keeps talking about?” Gun Roswell

Rantings Of A Third Kind on Holiday (19.-27.12.)

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Dear Rantings of a Third Kind fans, followers and readers. Officially Rantings aka Gun Roswell will take some time off to enjoy a much earned holiday period of one week. Spending her time looking for new inspiration in a far away foreign land 😉

But no worries, there are still a few posts delivered on daily basis for your enjoyment, so stay tuned: Same bat-time, same bat-channel!

Wishing you all, happy holidays in case you are celebrating and for those of you who are not, have fun anyway and enjoy life!

~Gun~

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World Wide Wednesday 2015-12-23

Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel

“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home” Matsuo Basho

World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

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A glimpse into the archives of photography from around the world from Rantings Of A Third Kind on Wednesdays.

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Posts so far:

Around the World in Black and White, First Edition

Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part One

Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part Two

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fifth Edition: Cyprus

Around the World in Black and White Presents: London in the Rain

Around the World in Black and White Presents: London

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Natural History Museum, London

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre in Black and White

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Athens, Acropolis

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Four, Night

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Finland, Espoo, Suburbia

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Delphi, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Delphi, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Two

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Three

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Four

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Five

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Six

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Seven

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Eight

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Four

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Verbania, Athens

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Manaus, Rhodes, Cyprus

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Brazil, Cyprus and Rhodes

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part Two

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre 

“Once a year go somewhere you have never been before” Dalai Lama

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre in Black and White

Welcome to Hel-sinki!
Did you land here quite unexpectedly?
Please, have a look around
It’s more pleasant than it sounds
Nice, clean, safe and poetic
Our small town of the idyllic
We’re way up North
But well while the worth
Of making a short trip
Even with a tall ship
So stay a while, take a look around
You may be surprised of what you found

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre 

“Once a year go somewhere you have never been before” Dalai Lama

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The Helsinki Cathedral

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Alexander II

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The Market Square

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Havis Amanda

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Esplanade

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Shoes for regular size feet 😛

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Contemporary cave paintings in the city Metro

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-22

Posted in A Quote a Week Tuesday

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“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone” Charles M. Schulz

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-22

In honour of Yuletide, this week’s quote is that of Christmas time:

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year” Charles Dickens

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