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.
FFF 66 — Doodads
Difficult to believe that January is almost done. Groundhog Day is coming soon, and maybe it will mean only 6 more weeks of winter? This FFF will have pics taken in January but not shared yet. Maybe some music. Maybe a poem. Let’s start with pics. I bought the 5-disc set of “Spectacle: Elvis Costello…
dVerse OLN 400 — You have to imagine it.
Zohran Mamdani inauguration ceremony You have to imagine it. — from Proof, by Cornelius Eady, Written for the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani, Jan 1, 2026, NYC. You have to imagine it. Teeny tiny crystalswafting straight downsmaller than snowmore like orderly grainsof salt, aiming to scrubwinter politic dirt away. No winds wind us upstill life that…
#FF — Flower Child
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Flower Child Why doesn’t Ellen understand she is an introvert? Is she so inscrutable? How does Ellen expect her to survive the private home she will share with eight other residents? She’d met the husband-wife caregivers and her soon-to-be roommate last week. Why were they smiling all of the time?…
The Current: When a Corporation Decides States Can’t Protect Their Own Waters
Attorney General Nessel Speaks Before March 2024 Sixth Circuit Court Hearing PHOTO: Bill Latka The Line 5 case Enbridge doesn’t want Michigan courts to hear. David Holtz Jan 27, 2026 If you care about whether your state can protect its own natural resources, please read THIS article. It is important.
dVerse Poetics Tuesday — The Seeker
The Seeker Geo, world travelingsearching, rising, falling,tunneling throughentrances, exits;a circuitous tube.Tu be is to beconnected to fabric of All. Note:I decided to use a dream I had back in 2020. The collage is the closest I could come to what I experienced in the dream. I observed George Harrison, traveling on a tube to…
dVerse Q240 — At Mercy
At MercyWhen temps dip belowzero, wind moans bite-numbing frostbite song;at midnight, quiet sighs,a clicking trip: mini-splitdies. Layering buffer works for pudgy humans, cats;wee fishies not so much.We, at mercy of Motherand Machine, firetroubleshooting;ah! warm again!Notes: I’ve had 3 power outages this winter. One was via the power company with downed trees, with power/heat restored within…
Tao Talk 