Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge – Part 10 Night

bat on baobob blossom As well-organized as the group was, they had overlooked the aftermath of the quake as far as road travel. They knew it would be bumpy but they were not prepared for the multiple detours and maximum speeds of ten m.p.h. through extended stretches. They were also not prepared to see piles…

POPO2022 day 10 — sun in space

her fire mane flutters serene orbital bubble within all’s chaos her fire mane flutters innerplanetary flags claim peace’ sovereignty orbital bubble captures weary travelers gravity’s respite within all’s chaos we dwell in the center of her almond-eyed bliss

Last night’s moon — strange changes

I took a couple of pictures of the moon down by the corner just as it was rising into the sky and then I took a couple more about a half hour later.  I was surprised about how different each one looked from the others.  Does anyone know the science behind why they each look…

TSM 231 — Landslide

Stevie Nicks Haven’t we all been there, when being on is a turning off; when the energy, instead of balanced is vacuum, sucking qi, blood turn to dust. They all want a piece of me. It is then that I become very small and close my shell. “Landslide” is a Fleetwood Mac song that Stevie…

Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge — Part 9 Owl

Lok picked the other three up by 7 a.m., stuffing their duffel bags into his trunk. “Hope there’s no breakables in there or they’ve already broken,” he laughed. Ten minutes later they pulled up outside of the archeology building to see a caravan made up of a 6-passenger ATV, a large panel van set up…

POPO2022 day 9 — starfish

everybody wants to be one, in limelight, contorting, reaching everybody wants fifteen minutes of it tomato soup can wants to be limelit an ooh-ahhed exotic fruit fantasy island contorting, reaching prickling imagined talent stomach sucking sand