by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 7, 2023
A Hundred Good-Byes – Part 3 The kingfisher now guides me, as he rises and dips along the side of Bear Mountain. I grow stronger with the rhythmic move of the kayak paddle in my hand. I grow stronger as I dip my fingers into cold March waters, and watch...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Mar 13, 2023
A Hundred Good-Byes – Part 2 I was tucked away, beneath Bear Mountain, gaining strength. The Lake House was the perfect place. People were few but the birds were plenty. We watched their migration over the lake, as they headed farther north than...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 24, 2023
A Star-Filled Sky I’ve told you the stories I’ve told you the stories, how our oldest couldn’t renew his visa, how our boys left home, how we followed not long after. How our life was turned upside-down. I’ve told of the sadness of saying good-bye. Of...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Mar 9, 2022
A World Away Their healing scent has filled these lands for a hundred years. As I reach the bridge, they’re in full view. Rows of massive eucalyptus trees following each side of River Pan Long far into the distance. Leaves and pods litter the path that...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 30, 2021
A Promise To Myself It’s lockdowns and stay-cations and heartache. My family is on the other side of the world, and friends, who were once neighbours, are scattered around the globe unable to return to the place they call home. It felt strange to...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Nov 19, 2020
My Nest Weaving Grass, bits, leaves, twigs A home in high branches Life under wing, vulnerable Yet safe Pressing Pause I’m removed from nature in our ninth floor apartment, our nest in the sky, yet as I wrote I heard chirping. I rushed to the window....
