Last year we were able to see cherry trees blooming at the gardens for the first time post-Covid lockdown. There are two areas where they are grouped. One is a small orchard where they share space with boulders engraved with what they’ve chosen as words of wisdom. The other is a cherry tree promenade, first…
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.
A2Z 2025 — Reflections
I already said quite a bit in a note on my Z entry, so this will be brief. I think I had more fun this year than other years because of my own attitude towards it. Instead of going full blown workaholic on putting the posts together, I chose something I already had a lot…
Petals of Haiku: An Anthology is out!
This is the 4th poetry anthology I’ve been a part of through Gabriela Marie Milton’s publishing house, Literary Revelations. I’m reading it right now and loving the poems in it. Please consider buying a copy. Paperback edition is just under $17 and Kindle edition is $5. Link is here. Read more about it at Gabriela’s…
Book Review of _Zeitoun_, by Dave Eggers (2009) by Josna
Josna, one of the bloggers I met during A2Z 2025, wrote a book review. The book’s focus is on one family caught up in chaos during the New Orleans storms that devastated the area, but so much more. Josna uses it as a starting point to what’s happened in the world since and what’s going…
#FF — Symbiotes?
PHOTO PROMPT © Ken Arnopole (friend of Ted Strutz) Symbiotes? Gazette publishes monthly articles urging single seniors to stop looking for love; instead, to search for the companionship of a symbiotic relationship. Myrtle, life-long romantic, cancels her subscription. Myrtle accepts when Virginia invites her on a cruise, hopeful that Mr. Right will be aboard. She…
Dawn Redwood
My adventure with Dawn Redwoods began in 2023. There is no sense in reinventing the wheel, so if you want to see how it all began, go here. There was another update in September 2023 here. The final update, before today’s, in March 2024, was here. The pictures above show you what they look like…
Tao Talk 