to see matterclouds calltrees drawfind gentle voices, sigh;myself, reflectionkind to leavethrough fairy-land come with mebegin to seeit does matterclouds calltrees draw nearfind out why hear it all Original lyrics:Tuesday afternoon.I’m just beginning to see,Now I’m on my way.It doesn’t matter to me,Chasing the clouds away.Something calls to me.The trees are drawing me near,I’ve got to…
Month: January 2023
Quote of the Day 012723 — Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami Good question, but no answer. Good questions never have answers. — Haruki Murakami Haruki Murakami (b. 1/12,49) is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been bestsellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous…
Bethany Hughes on the History of Natives at UMich — Turtle Talk (now updated with YouTube of the lecture)
The University of Michigan has a complicated history with Native American communities, which were vital to its very existence. Join us for a discussion with Bethany Hughes, assistant professor of American Culture, on the historic and ongoing activism of Native American students. Can U-M Fulfill Its Promise to Native Americans?Fifty Years of Native American Student ActivismThursday, […]…
Quote of the Day 012623 — Ellen Bass
Ellen Bass
Quote of the Day 012523 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (b. 5/25/1803 – d. 4/27/1882,) who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and his ideology was…
#FF — Alternative Programming Part Two
PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll I’ve been at the conditioning center a decade; not a bad patient; just not a real good one. Today Snowy, who’s been here longer than me, cracks, “Fake it ’til you make it, eh, Green?” Snowy decorates the floor with her blood. Confined in Reflection (i.e.solitary,) they assign Dr….
dVerse Poetics — Grandmother Moon
I carry Spring in my heart as I gaze up at my Grandmother Moon. There is too much to write about my grandmother. It is like writing about the moon. I created the collage to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit and decided to use it for my American Sentence about…
Tao Talk 