surrogates I’m learning handy skills,one YouTube video at a time.They have become our wiseelders that we climbkeys to reach; surrogatesfor distracted parents andnursing-homed grandparents.
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.
POPO 2025 — Day 5 — for Terry Masear
dedicated to Terry Masear hummingbird nurse called from afar winged with mercy white cap of hair benevolent smile bodhisattva gentle tending, wise, one after one, of tiniest earth angels
#SLS — “River Run Red” by Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil Photo: Oliver Eclipse When I saw Jim’s prompt for this week, the first environmental band I thought of was Pearl Jam and the song about the whale which makes me cry every time I listen to it. Next, I thought of Cake and the song about the long line of cars. But as…
I Can’t Help Myself — Colbert Still Rules (content warning)
The whole monologue is brilliant, as usual, but what got my chuckles going starts around the 8 minute mark. Note: all done in fun, folks, even though what is at stake is (literally) deadly serious.
POPO 2025 — Day 4 — we can build
we can build a worldaround absencea symphony arounda pausewood, hammer, nailsof shelves from behindlocked doorsnotes from recollectionsof walks on summernight, roses, andnightbirds on the air
POPO 2025 — Day 3 — Will it help?
Will It Help? The question always is will it help (others) to bare one’s soul, rip oneself open, tear it out, and lay it screaming on the forensic table. The answer always is it’s not for us to know. the figures in the painting are by a famous artist but I forgot to note it. …
dVerse — Forms/MTB Perspective and Paddling Around the Bend prompts — Around the Bend
photograph of Elizabeth Packard and the book Kate Moore wrote about her Around the BendGinger Cat has gone for the day to the vet,which means I, Small Mouse in the Corner,am allowed to enjoy their sad choreography.First movement dings the chimes at dawn.Meds from night before wakes them groggy;stiff joints rise, swing from rubber-mattressedbeds; cold…
Tao Talk 