More pics from around the yard.
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.
dVerse — OLN 343 — Quinzaine Questions
packet says false indigo why orange cosmos? should I care? in zucchini overload keep watering plants? who will eat? these peppers can ripen red why pick them still green? impatient? yesterday’s coffee now gone make another pot? call it good? ninety in the atrium why do I swelter? addiction? fridge bins full of fresh produce…
#FF — The Blah of Beige
PHOTO PROMPT © Liz Young Spider felt weary in his marrow. The gravity of depression was unsettling. His hunting clockwork, accustomed to clicking along as it explored angles to exploit, had unwound, stopping here, in the featurelessness of beige. Why had Poppy vanished? Yes, he would have ground her heart to dust in time, but…
dVerse Poetics — peeling layers
BarbMy mentor/therapist/friend/loved one,you told us to process our traumalike peeling an onion. Peel a layerand let the open wounds heal awhile before peeling the next.Twelve weeks on, forty weeks off, year after year, layer by layer,we peeled our onions. Each yearour onions shrank, the wounds still open but quicker to heal.What we never bothered to…
Tanka Tuesday 331 — Honey Moon’s Ocean
Red Moon by Hari Prasad honey moon is full of fervent longing for her glowing purpose; in her aural sky she pulses, hopes to melt from ice to sherbet. earthly twin, she too craves touches, tingled skin with tensing muscles, rosined bow ‘gainst Nero’s fiddle searing steamed desire’s fluxes. fills the sky with cratered nipples,…
Genuinely Refreshing Horchata! (with new pic)
I made another batch of horchata today and decided to take a pic with my glam mug. I have nabbed a zillion recipes from Irene at My Slice of Mexico and would like to thank her yet again for how many good things I’ve made over the years from them. Today I want to talk…
Music that strikes a chord — “Starting to Get to You,” by Jensen McCrae
Jensen McCrae I wrote about Jensen McCrae back in March for Women Music March. You can read more about Jensen in that post, which is found here. Not sure how this particular tune got on my spotify favorites playlist, but every time it comes around I think this song really pulls me in. I…
Tao-Talk 