AND from Yesterday was a HUGE win! Governor Gretchen Whitmer and EGLE Director Phil Roos took bold action, announcing they are halting a key tunnel permit and reopening the review. This follows the Michigan Supreme Court’s July 31 ruling, which restored the Michigan Environmental Protection Act and the public trust as the measure of what…
dVerse OLN 415 — A Long Way Baby
When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role is to remind us how far we have come. –Gloria Steinem A Long Way, Baby women only in dressesmen in work overallsdinner on and at the table when he gets homemeat, potato, vegetabletv trays and foil banquet dinnersmetal lunch…
#FF — The Prisoner
The Prisoner Lines and brick, what does it mean? She sees them when she closes her eyes at lights-out. She palpates her temples, feeling deep grooves from electrodes’ repeat scarring. Her jaws clench and she shudders in sympathetic memory of cold metal tables and burly, hairy arms holding her down. Her fetal curl tightens. She…
dVerse — Heaven’s Guru
Heaven’s Guru Soft, tender-voiceddemeanor,proper-framed, safe,bat-eared, emo-attuned,gentled, timeless-eyeddot in a sacred circlebulls-eye to teach whywe aren’t crazy. Lessons repeatedpainted with scripture’s brushher hand holds. A beneficent-regardingbodhisattva,teaching yetfrom heaven’sperch. Today’s poem is dedicated to my guru and friend who led a support group for many years for victims of sexual assault. Her meticulous unraveling of the mechanics…
Q255 rock me baby
rock me baby we beach ourselvesblue-skiedwarm-channeledbetween wee lakeand freshwater sea we resist currentsto sift sugar sandour fingers find lithssmooth, fragged,sliced through eureka xenolithrare nuggetthat rivals fossilupheaves in spacewhere it chooses to offer itself to us Stone-sifting is a cherished family pasttime. Wherever there is sand and lakes in Michigan, there are rocks to find. When…
#SLS — 9/3 Vaden Todd Lewis (Toadies) (updated with KEXP live performance)
Vaden Todd LewisBirthdate: Sept. 3, 1965Band: ToadiesInstrument: Singer / GuitaristAge in 2026: 61 Vaden Todd Lewis aka Danger Lewis, has been around. Born in Fort Worth, TX in 1965, he grew up listening to bluegrass and “old school country” at home. Other early musical influences were ZZ Top, Talking Heads and Pixies. When he began…
#FFF 75 — early morning reflections
I’m rarely up this early, but the electrician was scheduled to arrive at between 7:30 and 8 so I dragged myself out of my cozy bed at 7 and quickly nuked a cuppajoe from yesterday’s pot. When I nuke yesterday’s coffee, I usually add flavored creamer or a spoon of hot cocoa mix to hide…
Tao-Talk 