Every atom gets its chance to be every thing. When the Chinese call it the 10,000 things, I thought it was just an expression to encompass all, no matter how many. What I know now is that the term is talking about opportunity rather than quantity. In the beginning, when atoms were trying to figure…
Month: January 2021
dVerse — MTB 230 — Outside my Door
Outside My Door The driveway’s wet sloping back ends at a green-fringed white-crystalled skirtthat traps tantalizing fragrance withinits folds. Trauma-stilled, crunchy stepsimprint on a swollen body that one daywill melt away to nothing but mud. image link Grace is today’s host for dVerse’ Poetics. Grace says:The Writing Challenge: Write a poem utilizing either Personification…
Forever Chemicals Everywhere: What We Can Do — Zero-Waste Chef
Known as forever chemicals because these indestructible substances persist in the environment for millions of years, toxic PFAS are in our water. Because of this water contamination, they are in our crops. They are in our livestock. They lurk in the blood of nearly every American, including unborn babies. And they accumulate with each exposure.… Forever…
#FF — Misfits
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Once upon a time there was a Scottish boy who bounced around with his folks, an English boy abandoned by his teenage mother, and a London boy who started out by banging on noisy pieces of war rubble after his dad was blown up. The rough-hewn lads were looked at…
dVerse — Poetics 436 — This is not a cow skull
This is not a cow skull.It’s the fulfillment of a random outrageous request of a teenage son.It’s an item that caused a young clerk at Staples in a small town a challenge to prepare for shipping across the country.It’s an item that costed more to ship than to buy.It’s an item forementioned son wanted nothing…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #67 – January 12, 2021
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Two directed by Ken Loach this week! The Wild Goose Lake (2019) Starring: Ge Hu, Gwei Lun-Mei, Fan Liao, Regina Wan, Dao Qi, Jue Huang, Zeng Meihuizi, Yicong Zhang, Yongzhong Chen, and many others. Director: Yi’nan Diao Genres: crime, drama Synopsis: Two rival Chinese street gangs that…
#Haikai Challenge #172 (1/3/21): first sun (hatsuhi) — winter vacuum, a tanka
Winter Vacuum, a Tanka Finding this morning a hole where first sun should be, vacuum sucking light; stranded gold, streaming from earth, as my slack face funnels tears. Image is from the HubbleSite. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: A double-header! Two distinct challenges in one week! The first, a…
Tao Talk 