“The Whitehouse Diner” Photo by Aaron Segreaves Haunted Diner I can still hear them, their laughter, the plates and glasses clinking. I can still hear them, when youth’s engine blushed our cheeks. Spied then I, two entwined through the glass, heart sinking. Flames grew tall; I torched them all without thinking. I can still hear…
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.
No A2Z for me this year.
the beastie in thesodden wood does coil, raise itsburlish back in wait I had the best intentions of participating this year, but the Women Music March has taken the oomph out of it for me. I still plan on taking a look at the list and following the ones that sound interesting but will…
dVerse — OLN 313 and earthweal 112 — A Walk in the Woods tanka series
just a few steps in wreathe of trailing arbutus glistens in the rain soon my coat is heavy also soggy humus path my home ◊◊◊ such a tiny thing this small pink berry, yet it becomes a world here litter of wet forest floor rotting testament to life ◊◊◊ imagination wants me to believe that…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 31 – Detroit’s Own: Karen Neal of Inside Out, Thrall, Queen Bee, and Beyond!
Karen Neal, bass player From Bass Girls International (clicking the image link takes you there) Gear: Fender Precision Bass(EMG pickups), Ampeg SVT 350 original tube head, Ampeg 410 guitar cabinet, Boss Bass Overdrive pedal.Current band: Queen Bee / They Never Sleep (aka Thrall)First bass: Peavey T40First band: Inside Out (all-female!)Favourite band: Dead Kennedys (original)Favourite place:…
#FF — The Hard Way
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot The gavel rapped sharply. “This meeting will come to order. First on the agenda: parking signs on Desolation Row. We all know parking fine income has dropped to nil. We need to get creative.” “Mayor, the municipal conference in Vegas I just went to had a parking sign vendor there….
Women Music March 2022 – Day 30 – Dolores O’Riordan
Dolores O’Riordan at the Olympia Theater in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2009 Dolores Mary Eileen O’Riordan (b. 9/6/71 – 1/15/18) was an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. She was best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist for the alternative rock band the Cranberries. O’Riordan had one of the most recognizable voices in rock in…
dVerse — Poetics — just the baubles, please!
You all know the wild grief that besets us when we remember times of happiness. – Ernst Junger, On the Marble Cliffs, John Lehmann, 1947 If, if only we could choose them, severed threads cauterized, polished and shining like coins rolling end over end in sunlight, when it’s always what we call it — where…
Tao-Talk 