These are the things they don’t tell us.– Girl Du Jour, from Notes on Uvalde I’m floating up, out of the operating room ceiling, through walls, the roof of the hospital, and into the night sky. Drowsy in the black expanse, I feel warm in a giant palm that closes around my nakedness. My hospital…
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.
Wounds I Healed: Release Date Announced! — Experiments in Fiction
This is the anthology I have 2 poems in. So excited for the release of the book and an opportunity to read the other poets who have contributed to this important work. After much hard work, I am excited to announce that the hotly-anticipated poetry anthology Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women is…
#FF — Waterfalls
PHOTO PROMPT © David Stewart Waterfalls Willa sits in the cafe with black coffee and lemon tart. It is Joey’s eighteenth birthday. She’d made him lemon tart every birthday until his tenth. Jim gave no hint he’d abscond with Joey. Jim had been served with papers at noon; by two they were gone. Had he…
Synchronizing with nature
Female Bluebird on Fence, by Cheryl Thompson Do you know how way leads on to way? The dream class I’ve been participating in has led to an invitation to take part in a group that gathers once a month on/near the full moon and follows the wisdom found in Jamie Sams’ book, “The 13 Original…
TV Series Draft, Lisa’s Pick for Round 8, Sunday, June 5, 2022, “New Tricks”
l. – r. Gerry, Sandra, Brian, and Jack Although I had another series slated for this spot, I changed my mind again. I noticed I had no series chosen with a female lead, and that just isn’t cool in my book. Instead of whatever it was, now it is the UK’s BBC Series, “New Tricks,”…
Flora and Fauna Friday plus June tanka
And now, for the grand finale, a video of a Great Blue Heron hunting that I took yesterday. I should have kept the conversation my mom and I were having during the filming, but I added a soundtrack to it instead. Long legs step tall grass as neck keeps time with the breeze, while happy…
Verdict Analysis: addendum to Team Johnny or Team Amber?
Since first posted, the verdict has come in. I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. Going out to youtube (one of my sources for varying impressions on topics) I found this video opinion that gives a well-reasoned response to the request that someone gave him to analyze the verdict. Please, share your thoughts….
Tao-Talk 