Born cold and mewling behind a garbage can orphaned at five weeks — streets do what they do. Nourished with milk of human kindness on her first birthday caged but not frozen Gifted to the cat savers hissing and clawing a practiced grumpet a high-ledged watcher Cleaners feeders come and go Still she watches Until…
Month: August 2019
Emerald’s Eyes
Dustin had been a military man since he was fresh out of high school. Up until boot camp, Dustin’s long flowing blond hair had been the babe magnet that kept him beating the ladies off with a stick. After boot camp it was the uniform that drove them wild. As Dustin was ambitious, the Corps…
Twittering Tales #151 – 27 August 2019 — Let Sleeping Dragons Lie
Brave Pitter and Patter wandered deep in the forest, looking for dragons, and came upon a sign: There’s a place in this woods where she sleeps Pleasant dreams of the gold that she keeps She wakes late, so be smart Or be burnt to a fart Sip your tea, munch your toast, and no peeps!…
Coloring Club Plus — 8/27/19
Two bonus pics! Last (Sunday) night I went out to the car to retrieve the cat toy my daughter in-law gave me for Mlady. It was just light enough to notice a dark shape on the hood of the car. I thought it was a leaf or a large locust, but lo and behold it…
The Beatles – The Inner Light — PowerPop… An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture
Guess what I learned today? A very important song in The Beatles catalogue was written based upon my favorite Tao Te Ching verse, #47 (Witter Bynner’s rendering): There is no need to run outside For better seeing, Nor to peer from a window. Rather abide At the center of your being; For the more you…
dVerse — tranquility — one day one life amongst the others
one day one life amongst the others sheltered indoors plants absorb and dream wind chasers whishing outdoors greens bunnies browse tender clover green and pink bees hum away other blooms to drink jays and chipmunks inchoate punctuate tranquillity’s prose heads’ billowy roofs feets’ crunchy paths we meander between heaven and earth Lillian is the…
Coloring Club Plus — 8/26/19
Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (also known simply as Tiny Music) is the third studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on March 26, 1996, on Atlantic Records. After a brief hiatus in 1995, the band regrouped to record Tiny Music, living and recording the album together in a…
Tao Talk 