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 — Melting

PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot When I first met Harold, he was a Mars Bar and I resembled Baby Ruth. “I will walk, run, kayak, bicycle, and crunch beside you,” Harold promised. And he did. Soon I was a streamlined Butterfinger. Harold handed me a brochure about an unwrapped convention in Sardinia. “Don’t you want…

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dVerse – Q184 — Smash

life comes with an expiration date.really, what are you waiting for?face it, careful doesn’t cut itwhen days are ticking out.smash your lips into itget them wet, sticky,salty, sweet, warmguzzle the tangbreathe everylast drop of it! top image link De Jackson (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday.  De says:write a 44-work poem using…

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dVerse Poetics — I Prefer Chiclets (updated with linked article)

Dennis Waterman Too many cups of coffee too many cigarettes have stained his pearls to yellow chiclets. Call me fickle, but I prefer their gleam to the harshness of fluorescent rows of selfie sickness’ glows. Sarah is today’s host of dVerse’ Poetics.  Sarah wants us to write about yellow. For those unfamiliar with Chiclets, go…

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Friday Favorite Feature 4 — Wolf’s Rain (anime)

Wolf’s Rain This is another series found by a random anime search in the library database.  It only lasted one season, (30) 24-minute episodes.  I’m about 75% through it.  It’s a very good, solid story that mixes mythology with reality and the past with science fiction. The premise of the series is that wolves have…

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