Afterthaw’s blizzard Chills water to ice, mid-drip – Bird’s baths must wait. ~ Clear path turns long trudge To mailbox. Warm weather left No return address. ~ Cardinal feathers From slick shiny to puffed warmth — Cold’s return fashion. ~ Weatherbug’s re-freeze Tells crocus and snowdrops: “Sleep on for awhile.” ~ Midwinter light grows Temperatures…
Month: February 2020
Ralph Nadar: “Democratic Socialism” – Bring it on Corporate Socialists! — Rise Up Times
RALPH NADAR DEBUNKS DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM What is democratic socialism, anyway? Ralph Nader explains. via Ralph Nadar: “Democratic Socialism” – Bring it on Corporate Socialists! — Rise Up Times
#MM Saturday Mix – Opposing Forces
like dawn you crept in to mend these cracks with golden light this vessel again fit to hold a promise fulfilled with love’s elixir drinking in brightest noon, thirsting as we entwined in toasts day waned and midnight fell, our restored cups clattering evermore breaking our once cupped hearts into red glittering shards that left…
Valentines Day Feature — Three Roses
Happy Valentine’s Day All I’ve been trying to decide what angle to approach Valentines Day in my writing today. Valentines Day is a iconic celebration of love between two people. Not everyone has the blessings of being in reciprocal love with another person. It’s difficult not to feel like you’re missing out on this day…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #122 — Professor Pettigrew’s Magic
Credit: Daniel Salmieri in A Velocity of Being Johnny’s English 101 teacher was the old-fashioned kind, and Johnny wasn’t sure he liked the old-fashioned kind. English 101 was Johnny’s 8 a.m. Monday-Thursday class in his freshman year at the community college. The first class Professor Pettigrew laid out the groundwork for the semester as he…
Thursday Inspiration 43 — free foxes
Rex and Velma had known each other since birth, being born in cages next to each other at the fur farm. Back then they didn’t have names, only plastic tags with numbers stapled into their ears the moment they left their mothers’ wombs. Farmer John had fox farming down to a science, and kindness played…
Cloud Streets
From mlive.com: By Tanda Gmiter | tgmiter@mlive.com The Arctic cold snap that is pushing through the Great Lakes today and tomorrow might make being outside feel brutally frigid, but it’s doing some really lovely things to the clouds overhead. This freezing air pouring over our warmer Great Lakes is creating “cloud streets” – nice little…
Tao Talk 