TSM 219 — apothecary (troiku form)

Fused sands of time form bottles on a shelf; tai chi apothecary. Fused sands of time formed emptiness of uselessness; filled with starts and ends. Bottles of tai chi where potent dawns and dusks swirl a cosmic perfume. Apothecary: remedies, distilled wisdom of great mother’s all. Troiku form.  Written in honor of Beverly Crawford, a…

Doodads the week of 0712-071622

It’s been a couple of weeks.  Pics have been taken here and there but no time to get them off of the phone and posted.  On Tuesday, the 12th, I took a 17-mile bike ride.  On Wednesday, the 13th, I met up with the Moon Clan Mothers group up north and saw two giant willow…

dVerse — MTB/Form — Celebrating the Eleventh Anniversary of dVerse

our appointed place, in our dappled green lane, where violet-fringed cobblestones, grounding, end; with ready welcomes to toast, wordsmith, and play as we grok with cosmical themes, forms, and friends from sand to spires, from woe to joys explicate where muses waft, fragrant zephyrs on the wind cozied where ideas flow, invigorate; heaven’s ears perk…

#FF — Baby, Please Come Home

PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Fred began locking his phone. He stopped coming home after work and didn’t tell Delia why. He would sneak in late. During shared meals, the most he would speak were monosyllables. Months later, a group of Delia’s co-workers invited her out for drinks. Jimmy, the known tomcat of the office,…

dVerse — Quadrille 155 — Heaven’s Newest Angel

  Petrichor cloud balloons bob as the band tunes up; it’s time to celebrate heaven’s newest angel. She’s been orienting for a few weeks and just passed the fit-for-duty quiz. She’s test-flying her wings; landing is expected in five. God always gets the first dance. My mom passed away on June 21.  This is what…

Draw a Bird Day — 070822 white owl

This is part of a collage I’m working on for my Clan Mothers series. Since it is Draw a Bird Day and I just saw Kerfe’s offering for this month, it inspired me to post this. It’s more of a depiction than physically detailed but I still like how it turned out.

#FF — Community

PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields It started with a YouTube of how to turn hemp plants into rope. Serendipity struck when her DNR newsletter offered classes on survivalism and building simple dwellings with wood and mud. As she scooped clay from the river bank and mixed it in the pit, she felt like a child…