Yinka Shonibare CBE On Sunday, older son and I had planned on traveling to Wheaton, IL to see some giant sculptures of fantastical creatures, but when each of us had nightmares the night before, we decided to postpone the trip. Instead we went to one of our favorite places to walk, Meijer Gardens and Sculpture…
Month: August 2022
dVerse — Poetics — heaven scent (haibun)
Last step before getting ready to leave for yesterday’s bike ride was spraying on SPF. Being used to creams and lotions, right away I detected the aerosol’s almost petroleum smell which took a front seat to coconut. Along the pastures hedged by tall corn was a herd of black cow mothers with their two-tone calves….
Getting Fit — Bike Ride 082222
Today’s ride was out on part of the North Bank Trail but mostly on the Spoonville and Idema Explorer’s Trails. It took awhile to recover from the distance (30+ miles) and terrible sunburn of the last ride. This ride was about half as long and I was spray-saturated with SPF. I added a little more…
dVerse — Monday Quadrille 158 — Morning Shadows
image link Morning’s nature place I seldom see anymore except in flat snapshots, neatly tucked away; pulled out from their cache when it’s time to cry or write poems. Morning’s rally place is one of dreams interrupted, clarion to conform; where one puts on the uniform. Linda Lee Lyberg is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille…
TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 285, 8/18/22 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt
Geometric shapes filled with orderly patterns inform my seeing; universality of this and that expressed. Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday, with an ekphrastic prompt, an image by Reena Saxena. This is my first time (iirc) participating in the Tanka Tuesday. I wrote a tanka, but I think the prompt is open to…
TMP70 — line cuts on the highway
Not sure how it is in other states, but in MI, summertime is when the roads that have gotten beaten up over winter get repaired. It’s also a time when all of the tourists arrive to enjoy the summer paradise we have here. This means a lot more people coming in and going out of…
Amicus Briefs in Haaland v. Brackeen — Turtle Talk
FOR THOSE FOLLOWING THE ICWA CHALLENGE CASE, LOOK AT THE SUPPORT THE SIDE TO KEEP IT IN PLACE HAS GENERATED. STRONG STRONG STRONG SUPPORT FOR ICWA. YES! We have a total of 21 pro-ICWA Amicus Briefs. Here they are in some rough categories and some VERY rough summaries. In writing this post, I became overwhelmed…
Tao Talk 