PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz Lin has just enough time for last call when she and a gust of Arctic wind blow in to Mancini’s. “Just enough time for last call!,” the bartender yells. “Whiskey sour!,” Lin yells back as she walks to the jukebox to play, “Misty.” Peripheral vision notices them, there in the…
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24SSPC 11 Heavy Snow (1st Week, Dec 7-20) Taisetsu — Dark Season’s Lessons and OLN
Buddha, Teaching Fourfold Path walking winter grove finds boot tread-shattered snow bones mud’s deep-cloven tracks posted signs by armed unread honor between neighbors stretched iced breeze reddens cheeks, fills heart cold crows overhead scold earthly expectation squirrels rustle through dried oak leaves pond willow’s storm-fallen limbs red pine lean east from long winds chickadees hop…
dVerse — Poetics — Instrumental — Verdi Nabucco Overture
Michigan Summer Dawn again ascends behind treelineSun goddess’ eyelid affirms anotherMystery, what shimmer will be seen? Chipmunks skitter-scout fresh litter,Bluebirds kebob bugs for nestlings;all aware of silent red-tail, watching. Conscientious woodpecker’s sonarallegiance a pesky morning alarm.Pulling blinds, a new day’s play opens. Turkeys wander along old fence line,Doves nod-peck driveway, content,Cardinals wait among pear blossomsfor…
dVerse — Prosery — Burning Questions
I was where I am When the snow began —from “The Dead of Winter” by Samuel Menashe December is when planning is needed to find daylight for important conversations. There is no grave to visit. The tall chimney never sleeps. I was where I am when the snow began, standing outside of the crematorium. No…
#SLS — Album closer — “Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands” from Blonde on Blonde (1966) by Bob Dylan
“Blonde on Blonde” by Bob Dylan album jacket cover Blonde on Blonde (1966) is a double album and Bob Dylan’s seventh studio album. Although I can’t nudge “Planet Waves” out of #1 Bob Dylan album for me, Blonde on Blonde comes pretty close. The album has all great songs. This one’s actually a little bit…
Message from The Oracle — Possibilities to Spring
See every day as little life surprise, soul sun out, and peace alive. Dare laughter, be wonder; dream, child. Hope where no bloom is as a world feels between. Believe vibration’s possibilities to spring. pic taken in November at sunset at The Highlands, which is a part of Blandford Nature Center This poem made possible…
Friday Favorite Feature 15 — Meijer Gardens Seasonal Indoor Railway Garden
railway garden The Railway Garden creates a winter wonderland during the University of Michigan Health-West: Christmas & Holiday Traditions exhibition. Trains weave their way around holiday-themed horticulture and dozens of West Michigan and Sister City miniature landmarks—made of natural materials—within the Grace Jarecki Seasonal Display Greenhouse. — from the website On Tuesday I was invited…
