The hills so dry,so dense the underbrush,that where I pushed my way the giant hush was changedto soft explosion.–Yvor Winters, from the poem, “On a View of Pasadena from the Hills.” In the Valley When would I learn to keep my mouth shut, especially when trapped by persons, places, and/or things? For instance, in a…
Author: Lisa or Li
mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.
Book Review — The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can Be — in 1 Hour!
I wrote this last month and everything with the classic formatting was fine. I’m trying to publish this now and the formatting is all effed up. Why do they have to mess with a good thing? Anyway, apologies if the formatting looks …. not my choice. A friend of mine gave the book to me…
#SLS — June-born — “Cody” by The Killers
Brandon FlowersBirthdate: June 21, 1981Band: The KillersInstrument: Singer / Keyboards / BassAge in 2026: 45 The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals.) After the band went through a number of short-term bassists and drummers, Mark Stoermer (bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums,…
#FF — Keaton Island
Keaton Island My morning bike ride will take me to town, where I’ll pick up sourdough bread and assorted produce from the CSA share. I hear laughter before seeing them. Around the curve, in matching red Adirondack chairs, their gazes are fixed on Keaton Island. I stop and ask if they are on vacation. “Our…
dVerse Tuesday Poetics — Metaphysical Mirrors
Edward Burne-Jones, The Wedding of Psyche, 1895, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Something old, something newSomething borrowed, something blueAnd a sixpence in her shoe.–a Victorian rhyme i.Something oldGranite boulder sitsat delta’s mouth through seasonsa silent witnesswho compiles earth’s historiesin its slow return to dust.ii.Something newDeath makes way for lifeone’s exhale other’s first breathdo…
Tao-Talk 