Hi Bloggers! Do you have to share a story or a short reflection tagged with the letter “R”? For example I’ve written about some RIVER memories (read below), about Russia or Rome, Robin Hood or Robinson Crusoe, about how to resist or how to retreat, how to roar and how to rest, about Rio de Janeiro or Rembrandt, about rainy days or rough racism, Route 66 and the Rolling Stones, James Rizzi or Renzo Piano, religion and rust, Condoleezza Rice or Rocky Raccoon, about revolvers and restaurants, riots and revolutions etc. – I’m sure you’ll find an own story or a short reflection tagged with “R”! Feel free to add in the comments the link to your personal interpretation of the letter “R”!!!
River Story
Some years we lived in a house down by the riverside. Every evening I made a little trip with my canoe. Once I noticed two ears looking out of the water. It was a just born calf fighting to survive. I stopped my journey and climbed (the calf on my back) up to the dry land. Mother cow stood there completely confused …
Georgetown, Maine (an island community located in midcoast Maine near Bath): I do not have a photo of my life rescue action in the Ruhr river, Germany, but Barry Lubman kindly gave the permission to me, to feature his photo from a yellow house at the Kennebec River, near Bath (and the 5 islands restaurant) – click on the picture, to enter Barry Lubman’s flickr gallery.
related:
“R” Photo Archive + “R” Challenge + “R” Galleries + ABC visualized: R! + River Stories
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Hi Frizz, our Featured Photographer in GatheringBooks has chosen the theme: R is for Rivers, Oceans, and other Bodies of Water. Here is the link: http://wp.me/pDlzr-4A0
I enjoyed your river story. Would have wanted to know what was going on in Mother Cow’s mind. 🙂
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thank you, Myra, for your wonderful gallery of WATERs!
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Hi Frizz,
The photo is so striking, and it is a very beautiful story. I wonder if you have ever heard Bill Staines song called “River.” It is one of my favorites.
I do have a short story called “Reflections” at this link:
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RIVER, Bill Staines:
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hi Naomi,
thank you for your reflections – and the link to the RIVER song!
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Lovely story, and the photo is wonderful. 🙂
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I like your video featuring the odd couple = the goose Maria following her human partner Dominic in Los Angeles, even when he rides his red motor-bike!
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Thanks, ft. You did it beautifully. 🙂
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Here is my letter R story RURAL
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hi Ineke,
now we are going towards winter in Europe – and you to summer: congratulations! sunbathing in your RURAL garden for sure?
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What a stunning photo! The colours, both soft and bold, are so pleasantly restful. The poor little calf, but what a happy ending!
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Living riverside is fun, I think.
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some persons have a Reduced sight
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REDUCED SIGHT:
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That’s Rice.
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Here is my entry: http://ohmsweetohmdotme.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/story-challenge-letter-r/
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hi Allan, about RUST:
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Thanks, good articles.
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Here is my entry on railroad tracks. http://wp.me/p23TG1-1za
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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A nobel thing to save a helpless animal. I’m sure the mother cow was very happy to have her calf safe. Lovely story, Frizz.
I have found something that will fit the challenge. The pix’s were for myself so they aren’t great but I wanted to add something here. Hope you enjoy,
Izzy
http://isadoraartandphotography.com/2012/10/30/story-challenge-letter-r/
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You are a brave rescuer.
Did the river provide for good fishing?
Here is my entry:
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once we had those RESIDENTS (Bald Faced Hornets) in a Danish hotel bedroom – I admitt, we were a little bit shocked …
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HI Frizz and fellow A-Zers! Here’s my take on this week’s R Challenge:
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I’m amused by the ROAR of your T-Rex as it smashed its head through the roof of San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers…
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Relaxing photo Frizz. I love it. Here is my choice for this week:
shortlink: http://wp.me/p2EF02-pe
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Hi Frizz,
“R” is for Rainbow
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Random is my R word for the day! Please have a look at
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thank you for your Righteously Reptilian Rustic Response!
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Hi Frizz! I would love to live by the riverside. Great photo. I nominated you for the “Beautiful Blogger Award”. Visit my site to pick up your award http://mariannegv.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/beautiful-blogger-award/
Kind greetings,
Marianne
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Gorgeous!
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R is for ………
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about RATs: I’m amused by:
“…rat: My neighbor let me borrow a gun but, I couldn’t do it…”
frizz – we could lend our cat for a hunting project!
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Reblogged this on A-Z ARCHIVE : NELLIBELL49 ON THE BELLINGER RIVER IN 2012.
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gREETINGS fRIZZTEXT. FROM rALEIGH http://abcnellibell49.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/rr-is-for-raleigh/
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KOOKABURRA AT RALEIGH – amusing!
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Hope it is not too late…
Hug from Spain…
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thank you for your Revolving Doors, Hebron City, Palestine
frizztext: in every state there is some (non-weapon-)violence of administrations by planning, organizing, dividing, separating, ignoring, giving no answers, blocking evolution etc.
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Thanks to you…
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I do not always have the inspiration to write something, but R for Return came through loud and clear
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ROME is great, Rosa, we’ve enjoyed to stay there for a week … – many FIAT cars there, old architecture – and charming people …
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One of mine. “R” is for Racism.
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yes, Alexandria, the Olympic Games have been also a big project vs. RACISM – since decades!
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And one more: “R” is for Reflection. After a long, hot summer September becomes a time for reflection.
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thank you for mentioning Aristotle – an early master of reflection …
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Absolutely love this river shot Frizz. Didn’t you post a painting you had done similar to this, sometime back?
Here is my take: http://theurgetowander.com/2012/11/03/jinrikisha-the-pulled-rickshaw/
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thank you, Madhu, you are remembering well,
I tried to make a painting similar to
the photo of Barry Lubman (above):
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yes, R = Rickshaw – I’ve never used one (but a real donkey in Greece, very funny) – I never could ask a human being to pull me through the streets …
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Rickshaw photo by Rita Banerji, Calcutta:
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That’s an amazing story Frizz! I’m sure Mother Cow must be grateful to you! I remember your painting too of the picture. Here’s my entry..
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your truck photo with cows on the Chennai to Bangalore Highway moves my heart … sometimes I feel deported like this by surrounding social conditions …
[P.S.: As a first step: I quit my job so that I could start working toward really important things …]
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