Month: January 2022

RFP1 — Alchemical

image credit to Happy Color It’s quantity and quality’s reciprocal determiners; extremes fall, imbalance to feel. It’s quantity and quality’s tasty mix of snacks with entrees; alchemical magic-tuned verse. It’s quantity and quality’s reciprocal determiners. Paula is the host of Random Friday Prompt. Paula says: This week, let’s write about the difficulties of connecting with…

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Interview with Sadafumi Uchiyama: Designing Peace and Harmony — THE DIRT

EXCELLENT interview about the nature of gardens from the perspective of a 3-generation Japanese gardener.  The photographs included are stunning.  The philosophy is nourishing to the soul.  PLEASE take a look if you get a chance. Sadafumi Uchiyama / Courtesy of Portland Japanese GardenSadafumi (Sada) Uchiyama, ASLA, is the Chief Curator and Director of the…

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Winter Snow Haibun

We’re in the middle of a winter weather advisory that is supposed to end tomorrow morning.  The video was taken yesterday.  Temp in the 20’s F, wind blowing the snow horizontally, but not much accumulation.  When I woke up and looked out this morning, I was both surprised and relieved to see how much snow…

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022: Call-in Day for Julian Assange — Rise Up Times

Please, mark it on your calendars and call in. Julian Assange is charged under the Espionage Act. He is not a spy. He is a journalist. He provided information of public interest to the whole world, not a foreign adversary.” Tuesday, January 11, 2022: Call-in Day for Julian Assange — Rise Up Times

#FF — The Painter

Every night’s the same, curled in too-rough sheets and too-thin blankets, falling into sleep to moans and screams. We dream behind locked doors. Worse are the prisons of our own minds, which keep us hostage to the whims of institutions. I am out first each morning at the click of the door. My slippered feet…

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