Author: jacquelineobyikocha

A wordsmith with a vivid imagination, an eager mind and a burning desire to carve out tales. As I journey with my muse to that land of all possibilities and self discovery, I hope my personal evolution will serve as a beacon of inspiration for anyone who chooses to stop by.
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‘PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN THE LINKS.’ 

Today’s featured blogs posts are:

Story from the corner of the street: there are stories that simply upset you and still teach at the same time. No matter the grouse between parents, their children should never become pawns caught in their game.

Books n Magic:  No magic like it. Short, precise and sweet 🙂

Land Under Water: a beautiful song dedicated to flood victims. Hearing it for the first time 🙂

Wednesday Day 4 – A little down: Well done girl! Getting weight to go down can be real work – the struggle is real and we don’t need any negative comments to the mix.

She wished upon a star: a lovely, encouraging read.

Do step in and show some love.

‘Do you want more eyes on your words?’

Well then, add your LINK INTO THIS LOOP.

Comments are disabled here to keep the loop tidy. Any comments or link you want to send can be added through the link in the post.

Thank you for your understanding and regards.

‘We create a cohesive community when we come together. 

P.S. Did you get to the blog party? Here’s the link. You can check out lots of other bloggers.

 

I hear the reverberations of the magic that’s hidden within.

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Wordless Wednesday

Box it! Wordless Wednesday.

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Rononvan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Riverstone…Ronovan writes haiku weekly challenge

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For some reason, the pair of words ‘River & Stone’ that Ronovan gave us for this weeks’ haiku brings thoughts of possibilities to my mind.

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Consistent flow of the river 

carves the biggest rock

into millions of little stones.

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The poor man  from Little Riverstone

came on last nights steamboat

with his backpack and high hopes.

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© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

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My Thinking Corner

Tuesdays Trickles – My Thinking Corner.

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Every Tuesday, I share snippets of thoughts that I call ‘My Thinking Corner.’

I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple. You can check this link for more details.

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♦ The afflictions that life brings us are like furnaces of refinement, that purifies the afflicted.

♦ To experience harmony, we have to accept our painful past experiences as pebbles to climb up higher to the light.

When I took my eye’s away from the mess of the pain that the harsh experience of life brought my way, I started to see the message. At a first glance, it may look too hard and insurmountable, but you should look again and again. There’s always a better possibility.

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A Click A Day · Everyday People

The dragonfly lady – A click a day.

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She strolled past me, a better part of her visible body covered in tattoos. I caught sight of the Dragonfly on her back and giving in to my curiousity, I  walked up to her, said hello, complimented her dragonfly and engaged her in a brief conversation.

Her body art serves as a cover for scars from injuries sustained in a car accident. She asked if I thought they were too much and I said no, that I could imagine the tattoos were prettier to look at than the keloids.

She smiled, stood still and obliged me with a photo 🙂

I did a little research on the dragonfly and found this information:

In almost every part of the World, the Dragonfly symbolizes change. Change in the perspective of self-realization. The kind of change that has its source in mental and emotional maturity and the understanding of the deeper meaning of life.

I may never come across the Dragonfly lady again, but I’ll remember the warmth in her eyes and the pleasure received from the conversation.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

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Short Stories

Jane…

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Like clockwork, Chris and Wolf went for their morning jog.  One of the beauties of living close to the seaside was to watch the sunrise and sunsets above the waters. He loved the lifestyle his writing life presented, thanks to the success of his thrillers, though his was a lonely life.

Familiar with Wolf’s beach antics of sniffing at the crabs, digging through washed up debris, he wasn’t’ surprised when his Husky took off in excitement down the beach.

Within minutes, Wolf raced back, his insistent barking aroused Chris’s interest. The mound on the pebbles was an unconscious, female form. He quickly turned her over and administered CPR. She vomited, opened her eye’s for a few seconds and passed out again.

Glad that his home was close by, he carried her to his house to get her warm as quickly as possible and to call for help. Removing her sodden clothing to wrap a blanket around her, he saw the beautiful, antique watch nestled between her breasts and out of curiosity, he lifted the watch and saw the name inscribed at the back. It read, Jane.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

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Thank you, Louise for the photo and Priceless Joy for hosting this charming platform where we unleash our stories:-)

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Mundane Monday

White Elephant in the room – Mundane Monday

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Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.

The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.

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Seeing the cute figurine of a white elephant in the room made me chuckle. That’s not a very mundane item but I couldn’t resist clicking.

“Elephant in the room” or ” Elephant in the living room ‘ is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is going unaddressed. The idiomatic expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss and a “white elephant” is a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness.

Well, that said, I don’t think the little elephant is such a huge possession, but maybe the owner has other problems that they are not willing to talk about 😉

Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

P.S. Did you get to the blog party? Here’s the link. You can check out lots of other bloggers.

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Featured Blogs

Featured Posts 118 – Share your post links.

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‘PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN THE LINKS.’ 

Today’s featured blogs posts are:

Monday scenery: Great photos that make you want to wander and see things 🙂

Aerial antics: A hilarious recount on an aerial yoga attempt. I would like to give this a try, that’s if the hammock or string or whatever does not collapse under my hefty portion 😉

Small steps up mountains: All you need each day are baby steps and before you know it, you are going full throttle.

TMI: How much information is too much or too much opinion? Is the deluge of digital information robbing us of the good old habits of credible research work?

What is it? Can you figure this out? Let me know if you know what the answer is.

Do step in and show some love.

‘Do you want more eyes on your words?’

Well then, add your LINK INTO THIS LOOP.

Comments are disabled here to keep the loop tidy. Any comments or link you want to send can be added through the link in the post.

Thank you for your understanding and regards.

‘We create a cohesive community when we come together. 

P.S. Did you get to the blog party? Here’s the link. You can check out lots of other bloggers.

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I hear the reverberations of the magic that’s hidden within.

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Blog-hopping · Online Blog Party

Hello! How Are You? We are waiting for you.

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Have you stopped by yet? You can still breeze in quickly and make a connection or two.

Just click on the duck and the door will swing open 😉

Have a great day today.

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A Click A Day

Sit down and have coffee – A click a day.

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One of my sitting spot at the mall that’s close to my house. I gather my thoughts even with the buzz of people and their voices, slowly sip my coffee and watch people shamelessly 😉

Do you have a spot?

Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

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