She of red-crested head, hungry,dwarfs her cagemate with grace.Queen of woodpeckers visitsthis Christmas morning. image link Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states, or alludes to, any of the Kigo cited above. Please reference which Kigo/Date to…
Month: December 2020
Christmas Trolls v. VanHelsing
image link The following legend was posted last year and is being shared again today. A troll family lived in a cave under the bridge, by the wide river, in a remote part of the country. As this was in the northern region, the winters there were formidable. Trolls had no concept of putting away…
#FF — Gone
PHOTO PROMPT © Trish Nankivell Once a week for twelve weeks each year for the last decade we gathered. Damaged goods some might say. No matter what else was swirling in the loo in each of our lives, we knew we could depend on her benevolent smile and her gentle voice to rest in when…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #64 – December 22, 2020
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! A Ballerina’s Tale: the Incredible Rise of Misty Copeland (2015) Starring: Misty Copeland, Diedre Kelly, Susan Fales-Hill, Leyla Fayyaz, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Robyn Gardenhire, Alicia Graf Mack, Daisha Graf, Victoria Rowell, and many more Director: George Nelson Genres: biographical, documentary Synopsis: wikipedia says: Misty Danielle Copeland (b….
Doodads — new blog look plus
After being with WP a few years with no major changes to the design of the page, I decided to do it today. One major change is that all of the links to past posts are now at the bottom of the page. The format at the top is a lot more graphic oriented. Not…
Hug a Tree for 15 Minutes (and Complain to It) — THE DIRT
After this challenging year, Marina Abramović, perhaps the world’s most famous performance artist, recommends everyone vent their frustrations to a favorite tree in a public park. She asks us to hug one tightly for no less than 15 minutes and pour out your woes to it. Your angst will be „absorbed in the bark,“ and […]…
Tao Talk 