Tourists returned to the village of Hualong, after enduring five years of rigidly enforced international travel restrictions. Three years prior, laissez faire attitudes and practices had killed or disabled twenty million worldwide. The vaccine was developed from a tropical fungus that could be easily mass-produced. Mae could hear them in her upper apartment over the…
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.
FDDA 11 — “Escape from US”
Fandango is the host of Fandango’s Dog Days of August. Fandango says: Today’s theme is “your greatest fear.” Is it death? Disease? Ghosts? Someone? Something? Share a story, a poem, a photo, a drawing, some music, or whatever you wish to share about your greatest fear. If you wish to participate, please write your post,…
dVerse — Old (New) Dream Deferred
Now nudging daisies Home away from home Blue dreams of water When my sails unfurled Or putting along Aquamarine world Wedged in sugar sand Only wave laps heard Sun gleams, moon silvers Celestial smiles I, their wee daughter Toddled my tiller Through duckweed blankets That dipped and quivered Now red right return Old (new) dream…
Haikai Challenge #151: first (autumn) storm (hatsu arashi) / Darkness (Yami)
First Autumn Storm Dense saunal mist begs dark clouds’ rumbled promises – buckets poured gain trust. Grass greens as we hear its thrum, Inhaling cool autumn breeze. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.)…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #45 – August 11, 2020
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! The White Crow (2019) Starring: Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann, Chulpan Khamatova, Alexey Morozov, Raphaël Personnaz, Olivier Rabourdin, Ravshana Kurkova, Sergei Polunin, Maksimilian Grigoriyev, Zach Avery, Mar Sodupe, Jovo Maksic, Pavle Cemerikic, Andrey Urgant, Jonathan Zaccaï Director: Ralph Fiennes Genres: biopic, ballet Synopsis: The…
FFFC 78 — a rare find
Andy and Lance had gone over this field dozens of times over the years. Now both in their 70’s their steps were a little shorter and the wave of the detector a little slower. That sunny Saturday morning Andy’s machine had a conniption fit. What on earth could it be. He spaded up the area…
dVerse — quadrille — Gethsemane’s Check
Labyrinth in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo taken August 5, 2020. Gethsemane’s Check A large carved brick disc is plopped in the center of a near-urban churches’ garden. Chartre-styled snakes undulate with purple petunias at midday to wind chimes. Highway noises call like trapped surf in machined shells, far from the sea. Only ants walk…
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