POPO2023 Day 7

I enrolled in a peak power hours avoidance program to gain energy credits. No air, clothes washing, etc. from 2p-6p It feels like being a drunk going to church without a flask, nervous and deprived. artwork by Georges Seurat,  “Port-en-Bessin, the Semaphore and the Cliffs“

Friday Favorite Feature 7 — Lake Bluff Grille

Yesterday there was a huge book sale at another branch of our library system.  Trish and I decided to go to look for books and magazines with good images for collages to use with the dream group.  It was both exciting and concerning to see how many GOOD books were being culled from the library…

Writober Day 4-6 Twilight, Trick, Treat

banner by Cara Hartley / Ornery Owl As twilight creeps up sky, chill air blankets our thin coats. Miles of forest path to go… When spirits play their tricks, misted cobwebs cling. We claw and stumble along the way. Our chilled feet finally find, eyes see: home. Treat of relief; yes, we sigh, again safe….

POPO2023 Day 6

June 4Wind is sparkling cottonwood leavesthis morning.It’s cooler outside than inSafe to open windows in daylightfor the first time in weeks. artwork by Henri Matisse, “The Window“

dVerse — MTB — Five Reminders

1. Go back to the grain yellow hills where the broken speak of elegance2. Walk up to the canvas door, the short bed stretched against the clouds3. Beneath the earth, an ant writes with the grace of a governor4. Blow, blow Red Tail Hawk, your hidden sleeve—your desert secrets5. You are there, almost, without a…

POPO2023 Day 5

I took a picture of the full moon and shared it on my blog. A blogmate said it resembled a honey marble stuck in tar. They say it’s the wildfires in Canada. artwork by Georges Seurat, “The Channel at Gravelines, Evening“

#FF — In Synch

PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz (MIA but still snapping photos. ❤ You are missed, Ted! Billyjoe learned early that wilding with his homies was preferable to Mama’s whiskey rages and leather straps. After puberty, he drank women down like Granny drank her ginger beer, thirstily and with gnawing in her belly afterwards. Marshajean was her…