Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Three of these have lots of special effects. The Legend of Shang-Chi (2021) Starring: Simu Liu, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Michelle Yeoh Director: Destin Daniel Cretton Genres: action, adventure Synopsis: Shaun, aka Shang-Chi (Liu) lives in a big Western city when he receives a letter…
Author: Lisa or Li
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Submission Reject: Return
Image was of a bathtub with a human figure bathing but also a selkie and a seal in the water; an old woman on the edge of the tub holding a seal; a razor and a rubber ducky on the ledge of the tub; and in the distance the sea, cliffs, and bright lights in…
Word Garden Word List #11 (“A Ted Hughes Bestiary”)
Hatched from zodiac of needles and razors, talons and beaks of solely murderous pretense, feathered non-sophists soar thunder vapors; lofty cheesecake stars in post-holiday snaps but if inquisition were curious to know, not only chain-toppers but riflers of rubbish, and theft; opportune scavengers, symbols, screaming their credo in glittered looting arrogance: greed is good. image…
“Takeover”: Young Lords’ Juan González on Hospital Protest Doc. Shortlisted for Academy Award — Rise Up Times
In a profound bit of synchronicity, a blogmate (you know who you are) and I were dialoguing today about The Bronx *and* about individuals with Puerto Rican cultural roots. The documentary “Takeover,” which chronicles the radical actions of the Young Lords, was recently shortlisted for an Academy Award. In 1970, the Puerto Rican collective took…
TSM 196 — Longfellow Kindku
Photography by Josephine Tell me, oh sweet creation, secrets, odds and ends, enjoyment and adventure. Your heart in its drums, field adance with daffodils, furry joy sublime, sailing kitten dreams — divine. Today’s offering is in the kindku form. Carrie is today’s host of The Sunday Muse.
Getting Fit — Snowshoeing at the State Park on January 26, 2022
me on a bridge over the creek in PJ Hoffmaster State Park Cari, my go-to fitness guru, got me back on a back on a bike regularly this past fall. Then she encouraged me to buy a pair of hiking boots to climb dunes with when the weather turned icy. She did it again this…
dVerse — Form for All — A trip to the library
I raise my mask and leave the car,the slot not far.I drop them in;one circuit ends. I spy upon the reserve rackmy labeled stack.I scan them in;circuit begins. Outside mask drops; I breathe in frost,first bag car-tossed;next in I heaveinto; then leave. This “minute” has been repeated for many circuits since retirement in 2018….
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