This year two neighbors not too far from here decided to light up the trees in their front yards with lights. It’s taken me this long to finally get pictures of them. I stopped on my way to the library and snapped them. Again, the new phone comes through for me with the night setting…
Author: Lisa or Li
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Shay’s Word Garden Word List #6 (Laura Marling)
“Dust in the Wind,” by Kent Whitaker Entombed between bullshit and holy ring mantras soft with the peculiar dust of the wounded. Their blues scour the bell of my soul with their red sand. Shay is the host of Shay’s Word Garden. Shay says: Hi everyone, it’s me with your weekly word list poetry prompt….
#FF — Extinguished?
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Harriet’s likeness plasters across multi-media. Dull red surveillance bubbles glow like holiday lights with promises of detection. Capture. Torture. How will we effect an escape for our guiding beacon? “Mama always says, ‘Hide in plain sight’ “ Harriet leads with old wisdom. We hatch a plan. Our pigeons spread word….
The Second British Invasion Music Series — The Brit Box, Disc 1, Track 13 “The Only One I Know,” by the Charlatans
the charlatans Stephen Thomas Erlewine at allmusic.com writes: At the time of their formation in the West Midlands, in 1988, it appeared that the Charlatans were all about transience. Inspired by the emergence of the Stone Roses, Rob Collins (keyboards), Jon Baker (guitar), Martin Blunt (bass), and Jon Brookes (drums) formed the Charlatans, rehearsing with…
jar + water + light = night magic
I keep a mason jar with water at my bedside to fill the vaporizer with in winter. I also have gotten used to using a small low-watt led light as a hand-held night light as I go through my bedtime ritual of turning on the fan, filling the vaporizer, lighting incense, turning on the heating…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #111 – December 28, 2021
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! We’ve come to the last installment of the series for the year. Next week I will be posting a list of my favorite films made in 2020 or 2021 that I’ve seen. I am including the tail end of 2020 because some weren’t available to borrow from…
Doodads — Nature Walk on Christmas Eve
The Land Conservancy of West MI is having a Bow Walk Challenge, where you walk certain trails that have bows placed in them. The challenge is to find the bow, take a selfie with it, submit it, which enters your name into a contest for prizes. I decided to check out a new trail today,…
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