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.

#FF — Beating Bright

PHOTO PROMPT © Na’ama Yehuda April’s cloud blankets served to keep us in our caves, vicariously monitoring life through fogged panes of glass and pixelated screens. The second winter of covid had been harsh, perhaps harsher than the first, as our views focused on celebrities hurling dung at each other in courtrooms and maniacs with…

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dVerse — Poetics — each thing falls away

at first I refused to believe overboard, swept out in the storm; wee dawn, on the beach, inert form I wailed in the throes of my grief your unwilling, early depart at whim of a god with no heart I vowed in exchange for relief if God roll back Time’s Tide and take moi instead,…

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News: Poetry accepted for publication

NEWS FLASH.  I received an email yesterday with the following message: Congratulations!  Your poems were accepted for publication to the Anthology Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women, called in this document The Anthology. Gabriela Marie Melton is the editor,  Ingrid Wilson (Experiments in Fiction) will publish, and cover design by Nick Reeves. I’m…

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#FF — Emergency

PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz It started with ringing in his ears. Then sledgehammers pounded his head as he lay down to sleep. He’d awaken at midnight, screams bouncing between his ears. Each morning he was more tired. He sipped coffee and looked out of his window at the city landscape. At first it was…

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TV Draft Round 4 — Shameless (U.S. version) 2011 — 2021

from l – r: Deb, Fee, Frank (with Liam on his lap,) Lip, Carl, and Ian (reading Mag) Round 4, Tuesday, 4/26/22, “Shameless” (US version) 2011-2021 originally on Showtime Writing credits and number of episodes credited with: Paul Abbott and John Wells (134,) Nancy Pimental (26,) Dominique Morrisseau (23,) Sherman Payne (14,) Etan Frankel (13,)…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #128 – April 26, 2022

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! It’s a short list today. Family matters are taking up a lot of my time and energy. Hopefully things will be back to “normal” soon. A Journal for Jordan (2021) Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Chante Adams, Jalon Christian, Robert Wisdom, Tamara Tunie Director: Denzel Washington Genres: drama…

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