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TJ’s Household Haiku – Shiver & Rain

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Miriam Hurdle 10 comments

Prompt words for this week: “Shiver and rain” – TJ Paris

Photo by Miriam Hurdle

Rainstorm come you may

Despite shivering coldness

Fill the thirsty land

TJ’s Household Haiku – Shiver and Rain

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- Miriam Hurdle
  September 8, 2017 7:12 pm
  
  Thank you, TJ.
  
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Margaret from soulfood101blog
August 29, 2017 8:45 am

This is great Miriam, and love the picture 🙂

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- Miriam Hurdle
  August 29, 2017 2:27 pm
  
  Thank you, Margaret! a quick shot toward the mountain yesterday. I don’t know if the mountain got any rain, we didn’t.
  
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  - Margaret from soulfood101blog
    August 29, 2017 5:41 pm
    
    You’re most welcome
    
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    - Miriam Hurdle
      August 29, 2017 7:24 pm
      
      ♥*♥*♥
      
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Subbashini Meenakshi Sundaram
August 29, 2017 1:50 am

Love the photograph

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- Miriam Hurdle
  August 29, 2017 2:06 pm
  
  Thank you. Ir didn’t rain though. Maybe it rained on the mountain.
  
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Scott
August 28, 2017 8:35 pm

I like how it is adverse but fulfills a need.

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- Miriam Hurdle
  August 28, 2017 9:29 pm
  
  Thank you so much. It is what happen and how we see it counts!
  
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Miriam Hurdle

Miriam Hurdle grew up in Hong Kong where she went to college and worked for five years before coming to the United States. While in Hong Kong, she taught Chinese as a Second Language at Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong for three years. She was also the Director of the Children’s Department at the Asian Outreach where she published four Chinese Children’s books. Miriam Hurdle came to the United States for her graduate studies. She received her master’s degrees in Christian Ministry from Portland Seminary, Counseling from Seattle Pacific University, and Education Administration from California State University, Los Angeles. After teaching in a California public school for fifteen years, she was promoted to a school district administrative position. She went on to do the postgraduate studies and earned her Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from La Verne University in California. Dr. Hurdle continued in her administrative position for ten years before her retirement. In her retired life, Dr. Hurdle enjoys doing volunteer counseling, reading, writing, blogging, singing, drawing, watercolor painting, gardening, photographing, and traveling. Dr. Hurdle is married to Lynton Hurdle and has one married daughter and one granddaughter.