PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll Breathe The schedule rested on the ledge at the guard shack. Electric devices long gone, the only way to make an appointment was to physically make one in the book. Reservations were out weeks; visitors felt blessed it wasn’t months. Dome Association sites each had rustic campsites for waiters….
Month: January 2020
Visualizing The Beatles – Part 4 (and Final)
“Visualizing The Beatles: A Complete Graphic History of the World’s Favorite Band,” is written/designed by the duo of John Pring and Rob Thomas, copyright is 2018. I’m covering pages 210 – 271 today. Visually-oriented individuals like myself will find it compelling. These last 61 pages continue the pattern but still are throwing new things in…
#Haikai Challenge #121 (1/13/20): take down pine (decorations) (matsu osame)
After the ‘Tis Holiday cheer Vapors in January Misty memories Fruity glogg to up neat Spirit boxed with ornaments Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haiki Challenge. Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to take down pine (decorations) (matsu…
dVerse — last lines — Chuck Palahniuk
Molar encasing hollow filled deadly cyanide, no longer of purpose for this agent.Begins here new life of operative me. –from Pygmy And maybe knowing isn’t the point. Where we’re standing right now, in the ruins in the dark, what we build could be anything. –from Choke Metaphysical coordinates exes and whys in tic-tac-toe…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #20 — January 14, 2020
It will be another short segment today, as I’m working my way through The Waltons. Samurai Rebellion (1967) Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Go Kato, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Etsuko Ichihara, Isao Yamagata, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shigeru Koyama, Tatsuo Matsumura, Masao Mishima Director: Masaki Kobayashi Synopsis: Very edgy story of feudal Japan where the Lord of the region…
What do you see? #12 — Honeypie (ハニーパイ Hanīpai)
Honeypie had reigned as the star of anime soap operas for the last 50 years. Biographies on the animators who brought Honeypie to life always made sure to include the information that the Tamaguchi family sons were solely responsible for creating all Honeypie anime. It had started with the senior Tamaguchi in 1970, then passed…
#FFFC 49 — Awakening
A thousand years ago, it was buried deep in the ground, high in the mountains. Each year the Spring rains washed away a little more of the soil. This year, 2020, it rested among the trees and moss, enjoying sunshine and warm breezes. Once it warmed to 98.6 degrees, the pod would awake and a…
Tao Talk 