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.

d’Verse MTB — Darling Nell

A woman who knows where she’s been, where she is, and where she is headed. Darling Nell and Dear Tigare mirrored, mutually imprinted, souls housed in flesh. Nell, whose thought caches contain many worlds, spillsmemoirs, clears mice nests from boots, and dives intoicy water to retrieve windblown, now sodden, yoga pants. Tig, a helpmate, appreciator…

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Tanka Tuesday 336 — annual harvest

We gather, families. Planting’s start ends in fields’ sweet plenty, each seed’s wrung miracle made manifest. We, shirts wet, sour sweat under dusk lemon skies raise glad, tearful eyes, whisper thanks to Mother’s graced, successful harvest season. Harvest complete, barns filled, and canning done; midnight bonfires, warm bellies, blue moon. Cool dawn’s wake, in community;…

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Tomatoes, peppers, dawn redwood, oh my

It’s been a little bit since posting pics of the produce.  These were taken yesterday.  That bowl is about a foot across, and without weighing it, I am guessing full it weighs between 5-10#.  This is the 3rd big bowl of tomatoes harvested from the plants so far and it looks like there will be…

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#FF — Untouchable

PHOTO PROMPT © Fleur Lind Lily’s dream is always the same. She walks an endless green meadow, its tall stems capped with periwinkle, butter yellow, and lipstick pink. Sweet peas and snapdragons scent the air. Her loose-fitting dress billows in warm breezes as she moves, like a cloud moving through cerulean sky. :::Bang!::: Midnight slamming…

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