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.

#FF — Miss, Right?

PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz Miss, Right? “Mom and Dad, I want you to meet her! She’s my everything!” Chip, our thirty-five-year-old son, chose video games over partnering up years ago. His proclamation fills me with glazed confusion peppered with hope. “Where’d you meet her?,” my wife asks. “Gaming chat room six months ago. She’s…

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MMB Week 18 (was Women Music March 2022 – Day 20 –) Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens. click on link to take you to a PBS interview Rhiannon Giddens (b. 2/21/77) is an American musician. She is a founding member of the country, blues and old-time music band Carolina Chocolate Drops, where she is the lead singer, fiddle player, and banjo player. Giddens is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina,…

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dVerse — Q200 — ablaze

ablaze Spring in full sway, when dandelions peep low to call in drowsy pollinators. Twenty nine blazes, scatter-shots grass bright with yellow on green flag. Unfurled spirit, nature’s patriot foundation, under scant pear blossoms. Pale demure ruffles tiptoe branches where robin, dove, and chickadee pause. Michelle (aka Mish) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday….

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The Oracle Speaks: Diamond Lies

Diamond Lies You dress love’s language in a thousand mist whispers, tongues singing my ache with sleepy urges. I ask why these diamond chants are dreamed — and lie. I used the original magnet set.

Friday Favorite Feature 31 — Dotty (Shelter Cat)

Dotty (Shelter Cat) You hear my voice from your warm lap bed and turn, tentative, hopeful that I’m talking to you. Your pea green, black-slitted eyes meet mine. Yes, they say, to you. I pat and stroke your silk, dotted fur, feel soft gravel of your ricket purr. Today’s Friday Favorite Feature is Dotty, one…

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