Orlando Bloom is to be commended for his believable performance as a 30-some year-old man who gets triggered and spirals into emotional chaos when the priest who sexually abused and exploited him as a child returns to the small town parish to act as priest at the new church. The choice of career for Malky,…
Author: Lisa or Li
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Kerfe’s RWG 15 — Graveside
You summon me with yoke of guilt; a filthy debt, your profit unsated. My fangs bared, ugly spoils to your curled finger. You find comfort in my squirm as you scrub salt into wounds still smashed, festering, oozing pools of woe. As of your death, there will be no paid in full. top image: “Mourning…
Doodads yard and dumb accident 062023 — update: cut-off comments now visible
I tightened up most of the comments so you can read them at the pics. Here are the longer comments. I’ve numbered the images so you can easily find which pic goes with each comment. pic 2 part of flower bed along driveway. taller back greenery are freshly pruned dwarf lilac and euonymous with an…
Another Dumb Accident
On Wednesday evening at 6pm a group from out Bike Path Riders of Michigan met at the Nunica trailhead for an ~11-mile bike ride in 91F heat. Not wanting to get heat stroke or dehydration, I carried (2) 20+ ounce bottles of Tru-Lemon (10 cal per packet in each,) 2 cans of LeCroix flavored carbonated…
#FF — I Want My Mummy, or If You’re Poor in a Heat Wave, Your Chances of Dying from an Unpaid Electric Bill are Good
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot Monday the First Rona had cranked the air conditioning up to max the night before, knowing that power shut-off was sometime today. She shivered until dawn, knowing the cold would last a little longer in the hottest summer in human history. Monday the Thirty-First The building super pounded on Rona’s…
Tanka Tuesday 325 Ekphrastic Senryu
final refreshment his grateful parched throat and eyes breath leaves in whisper artwork: A Cup of Water and a Rose by Francisco de Zurbarán prompt inspired by Rebecca Budd’s post: The National Gallery 5 Minute Guided Meditation . Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says: • Read Rebecca’s post and watch the video….
dVerse — Haibun Monday — Still blowin’…
I had a few errands to run this afternoon. First stop was to drop off loaned items at the library that were due. The plan was to put them in the outside drop box because, since today is a federal holiday, I expected the library to be closed. It wasn’t. I went inside to the…
Tao-Talk 