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.

dVerse — Quadrille 134 — Get on Board

Oh baby girl how I heart you,a timelessness transporter to grace divine. Wrinkles disappear, gravity lightens with your toothless smile. Pitted stone weeps, chest’s choke cranked, chugging on the joy line. Your coo delivers cool healing to all passengers.We’re at our destination.   NOTE:  The top image is not my granddaughter.   Image link here. De…

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Experiments with Asian Cooking

I’ve been buying packages of prepared sushi for awhile now that it isn’t easily accessible at the buffets of Asian restaurants.  The cost is prohibitive, and frankly, the quality of the rice in it is terrible in its crumbly dryness.  Earlier this month, the contemplation stage of making my own sushi kicked into the action…

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Doodads — sunflowers and others

A poem from childhood that the asters reminded me of: A road like brown ribbonA sky that is blue,A forest of green with the sky peeping through.Asters deep purple,A grasshopper’s call,Today it is summer;Tomorrow is fall.—Anonymous

TSM 174 — lulled

sun is warmmusic lowglass of winelulled to sleep I love this image.  It brings instant relaxation.  Form:  slimverse. Carrie is today’s host for The Sunday Muse.

Doodads: Geo, Colbert, and Burton

ABOUT GEO I got a notice that George Harrison’s youtube channel had a new video to watch.  I was truly delighted by it (hoping they used only scrub or already-dead trees to create it.)     ABOUT COLBERT Before the election in November and through last and this past winter  I watched The Late Show…

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