Lunch on Peacock IslandUpon velvet rose morning,before slab of green marble,a rice paper pale peahen with lustrous copper hairshade-bathed, a-blanketedunder neatly trimmed willow;impatient small wood nympha-wait for her fiery skipper.His wake preceded him.She stepped aboard beforethe dinghy touched sandand off she, her picnic basket, and wandering skipper cut through duckweed to Peacock Island’s fragrant speckled…
#SLS Phil Lynott (8/20) “A Song for While I’m Away,” from Thin Lizzy’s, Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)
The search was half of the fun on this week’s prompt. Memorizing musician’s and songwriter’s birthdays is not my area of expertise, so I went through the days in wikipedia until I hit on Phil. A few years or so ago, when I was listening to Spotify’s Release Radar, I came across a song by…
MI Supreme Court Overturns Line 5 Permit. YES!!!!!!!!!!! News from Turtle Talk and Oil & Water Don’t Mix
ALSO from Oil & Water Don’t Mix Last night, the Michigan Supreme Court did something Enbridge didn’t think was coming and vacated approval of the Line 5 oil tunnel. The justices didn’t split hairs. They found the tunnel has no state siting approval that’s required under federal law. And they held that before any state agency…
#FF — Family
Family I vaguely remember three hundred years ago. I am an idea, lying under Mother’s shade with my siblings. We sleep through Winter’s snow blanket. In Spring melt we, small brown pigs, wake to root in pungent humus. Breeze touches us all Summer until our greenery leaves in Autumn. Mother is ravaged by loggers; her…
#SLS — “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” by Elton John (1975)
When I saw the theme this week, so many songs came to mind, but so many of them were ones I thought others might choose, so I went to lyrics.com and put all three search terms in. There were a plethora of new tunes I came across that were good as I built a list…
#FFF 71 Yard and other pics
Seems like it has been awhile since sharing pics of the yard. With the torrid temps, days-long hazes, and other things, it’s fallen down on the triage list. The tomatoes are finally on the plants. The mortgage lifter plants are caged and trellised, which has made them grow up instead of out. They fell over…
dVerse MTB Thursday — The Ballad of First Sight
The Ballad of First Sight HimStill trapped by single lifeAt thirty-five years oldDecide to hook a wifeOn cherished marriage showStill live with mom and popYet wait til “I do”s doneBecause I’m dumb and hotAnd looking for some fun.Still smile the way her jawDropped when I dropped my loadWe’re married now by lawShe thinks that I’m…
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