TSM 176 — Straight Desert Highways

He says what happens between us stays here,he in burnished leather boots and his fancy car.We ride straight desert highways with the top down,his hand on my thigh; he’s wearing the biggest grin.Me, soaking in tans, browns, sunbeats in big sky. We stop for gas near the border. Senoritas smile,shy under their long lashes. They…

dVerse — OLN 299 — Fall Out

In the Rain, by Vincent Van Gogh (1882) We call it fall above all because of the leaves leaving the trees; Yet also because the temperature leaves what are now the eighties. Most of all it’s because we fall out of love with summer sun’s radioactive please. Grace is today’s host for dVerse’ Open Link…

#FF — Sick?

PHOTO PROMPT © Penny Gadd She adheres to routines: waking/morning/bedtime rituals; how shopping lists are composed; when and how she pays her bills; her garden/lawn watering/mowing schedules. The doctor calls it *OCD, whatever that means. He’s prescribed pills to her, but she’s never filled the prescription. Each morning at precisely nine a.m., she walks to…

The Second British Invasion Music Series — Introduction

  I’ve decided to start a new music series about the Second British music Invasion based on a box set, The Brit Box, 4 CDs, from Rhino Records (2007)  that has so much music I never knew about before. It will be a learning experience for me as we go through it. The plan is…

dVerse — (Oral) Poetics — Rain Man

Ingrid is today’s host for dVerse’ Poetics.  Ingrid says:Begin to compose a poem without putting pen to paper: you can say the words in your head, or repeat them out loud. Record them, if you wish, as an aid to memory. Try to complete the poem as far as possible without writing it down. Think…

Movies, Movies, Movies! #99 – August 31, 2021

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Today’s post includes a review of, “The Green Knight,” a film I actually went to the theater to see. No clue as to the last movie I saw at the theater before it, but it’s been a long while now. The Green Knight (2021) Starring: Dev Patel,…

Expanded Button Formatting, New Spacing Controls, and Drag-and-Drop for List View Now in Block Editor — The WordPress.com Blog

More formatting features! This month, our team released features in the block editor that give your site a little breathing room: spacing controls for buttons and paragraphs. And the List View tool keeps getting better with drag-and-drop. Powerful Expanded Button Formatting Buttons never looked so good with custom padding. Padding is empty space within the…