Everyone who reads my blog regularly knows I’ve been going strong since March with Women Music March 2025 and A2Z 2025. The weather is getting nice and there are things that need to get done out in the yard. The bike needs to get out on the roads and bike paths. I’ve got some writing…
Month: May 2025
dVerse Poetics Tuesday — Apple Blossom Celebration
Apple Blossom Celebration This Spring, for some reason, the apple trees blossoming held special interest for me. Maybe it was missing the cherry blossoms? Perhaps it was birds who set the tone? Yet, maybe they always celebrate them this way? Instead of being a passive observer, long I stood at the window, watching a festive…
#FF — Escape
PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox Escape “You’re doing it again.” Indeed, Robin is – bouncing off of the walls of fantasy, lost in rainbows, surprised caterpillars, and mysteriously webbed lairs of intrigue. “Robin!” She looks up from her phone, yanked back to a reality of Jerry’s grim expression of pained disappointment. When did he get…
#SLS — “E Z Rider,” by Taj Mahal, from his eponymous Debut album (1968)
album cover link to discogs The Victorian house featured on the cover, known as the Salt Box, was once located on Bunker Hill Avenue in Los Angeles’ Bunker Hill neighborhood. Designated a city landmark in 1962, it was one of only two homes that were saved and relocated, only for both be destroyed by an…
dVerse — Haibun Monday — Late (for) Cherry Blossoms (update with this week’s pic)
Last year we were able to see cherry trees blooming at the gardens for the first time post-Covid lockdown. There are two areas where they are grouped. One is a small orchard where they share space with boulders engraved with what they’ve chosen as words of wisdom. The other is a cherry tree promenade, first…
A2Z 2025 — Reflections
I already said quite a bit in a note on my Z entry, so this will be brief. I think I had more fun this year than other years because of my own attitude towards it. Instead of going full blown workaholic on putting the posts together, I chose something I already had a lot…
Petals of Haiku: An Anthology is out!
This is the 4th poetry anthology I’ve been a part of through Gabriela Marie Milton’s publishing house, Literary Revelations. I’m reading it right now and loving the poems in it. Please consider buying a copy. Paperback edition is just under $17 and Kindle edition is $5. Link is here. Read more about it at Gabriela’s…
Tao Talk 