Art by Jared design Life is your televised game show. Spin the wheel of fortune to test your luck; make choices that can put you in jeopardy; starve alone for weeks in wilderness. Life isn’t something you can call in. You must be present to win. No reruns. “Wheel of Fortune,” “Jeopardy,” and “Alone” are…
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.
Rain Man revisited — a prayer for North America and all of her life forms
‘Twas that bright cloudless June When the doves flew away When cicada song rose in a menaced refrain When sunflowers bowed their heads in surrender When it seemed like we hadn’t had rain in forever We heard a kerplunked chipped wheel of a wagon and the rhythmic clip-clop of a shoeless horse draggin long before…
#FF — Seeing is Believing
PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox As we coasted into the parking area of the ice cream shoppe, I couldn’t help but notice the pint-sized Chevy ATV next door to it. “I’ll be in in a sec,” I told my friend as she locked up our bikes. While snapping photos, Ken — yes, Barbie’s Ken –…
Tanka Tuesday 323 — Purple
Varied textures about Each garden in seasons Surely speak to senses States of wake and sleeping Everything under sun Lives to die; lives again Of bees and butterflies Favorites based on taste Yellow pollen pockets Or straw sipping nectar Unvaried their choices Revel in colored fills Pretty purple calls them Universal guidance Rely on divination…
dVerse — Poetics — The Quality of Being Alone
Tŝilhqox Biny, or Chilko Lake, facing North Alone is a state that each person chooses to reside in Unless you’re psychotic or otherwise out of your head Or last person standing after an apocalypse. Alone, a real challenge to find in densely populated places. Being alone has its own challenges in places that aren’t. When…
Tao-Talk 