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.

#FF — Tree Tour

PHOTO PROMPT © Liz Young Jem and Peet chugged along the Everglades trail, their first trip since lockdown ended. “Peet, it’s nice to be out of the house, but Florida in July?” “Jem, I wanted to see a mangrove tree,” said Peet, checking off the box on his tree list. “I’m geeked we leave for…

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Women Music March 2021 – Day 17 – Anita O’Day

Anita O’Day photo Photo: David Redfern/Redferns Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O’Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the “girl singer”….

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dVerse — Poetics — This being human is …

This being human is water,blue blankets, morning mists, and waves,green sea foam, slick pools in blae caves,bubbling, then steeping morning tea. Pushed by seasons, pulled by physics,this being human is water.Warm and greeting, cooled receding,ice-stretched hinterlands. Temporals shaping our molecule’s context.Single teardrops and moon-tide swells,this being human is water.We wander from mud to rainbows. We’re…

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Women Music March 2021 – Day 16 – Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. Apple is an eleven-time Grammy Award nominee and one-time winner whose albums have reached the top fifteen on the U.S. chart in four consecutive decades. The youngest daughter of actor Brandon Maggart, Apple was born in New York City but was raised…

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A2Z 2021 Theme Reveal

I’m way behind for A2Z this year, in both choosing a theme and getting any posts prepared ahead of time.  I won’t be able to devote the time to a complex or research-oriented theme.  So….. what I chose last night was…………………………  A Jethro Tull song a day.  The plan is to post the song with…

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dVerse — Prosery — The Last Word

I prefer keeping in mind even the possibilitythat existence has its own reason for being.— Wisława Szymborska, “Possibilities” We were committed tree-huggers, yet we were scientists first. Space-X and Amazon Foundation sponsored our team to study the White Mountain bristlecone pines to figure out how to mimic their hardiness via gene engineering. Humankind’s hourglass had…

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