“Reading what I have just written, I now believe.”–Louise Gluck, from Faithful and Virtuous Night At the time it felt like a dream. One Spring afternoon geocache coordinates took us north an hour and then west for another. GPS dinged we’d reached our destination. Scant undergrowth made it easy to find the two-track. We walked…
Author: Lisa or Li
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Music That Strikes a Chord: R.E.M.’s, “World Leader Pretend”
image link Today’s post will be dual purpose. First purpose is a song that strikes a chord with me. It’s called, “World Leader Pretend” by R.E.M. This one has a caveat in that it is striking a chord with me at this moment. The week has been full of mostly downers, and it reflects my…
dVerse — MTB 228 — Preston’s Rainbow
Reds, greens, yellows dance pirouettes in orange sky over indigo Grace is today’s host for dVerse‘ Meet the Bar. Grace says: The writing challenge: Today we will incorporate music in our poem from the perspective of a synesthete. Create your own Symphony. Infuse your musical experience when listening to a band, artist or musical genre,…
#FF — Mortal Coil
PHOTO PROMPT © CEAyr Sun crackled designs on the surface of the water. The first sunny day in a month, they’d sprinted to the beach for the show. Weathercasters could offer no explanation for the dense planetary cloud coverage – or what cleared it. Laughing and chattering with others who’d gathered waterside, a humming filled…
dVerse — Poetics 432 — Squirrel Hunting in the Mountains
Armed with a Canon’s telefoto,sturdy-soled hikers, and a canteenI march forward, led by sun-crackledcottonwood and half-ground beech.Squirrel hunting in the mountainsmeans tracking under treelines,craning for oak-nestand pine-needled apples.Mid-winter Sol stirs their bellies;groggy they crawl, head first.Aboriginal-headed, the many-pelted,silvered, burnt-oranged, blackedcoat warms me, but wool worksas I trudge white tracks backto build a mighty slide show….
M3! #61 – 120120 — The Secret Garden, Concert for George, You’ve Got Mail, Ophelia, A Hard Day’s Night, Everything Will Be Fine
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! The Secret Garden (2020) Starring: Dixie Egerickx, Richard Hansell, David Verrey, Tommy Gene Surridge, Julie Walters, Maeve Dermody, Colin Firth, Isis Davis, Amir Wilson, Fozzie, Anne Lacey, Edan Hayhurst, Rupert Young, Jemma Powell, Sonia Goswami, and many more Director: Marc Munden Genres: drama, family Synopsis: Set at…
dVerse — Quadrille 117 — Waltzing with Fractals
What are yeabiding ingredientin fractal mirrors?What secrets fundmental meander?What makes sunrisea cherished friend?Where do souls plug in? And why?How waltz we with amoeba and stars?What stays when passthis bag of bonesbeyond the dust? top image information: The repeating patterns in a snowflake are a classic example of beautiful, geometric fractals. Now MIT scientists have…
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