Guess what I learned today? A very important song in The Beatles catalogue was written based upon my favorite Tao Te Ching verse, #47 (Witter Bynner’s rendering): There is no need to run outside For better seeing, Nor to peer from a window. Rather abide At the center of your being; For the more you…
Author: Lisa or Li
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dVerse — tranquility — one day one life amongst the others
one day one life amongst the others sheltered indoors plants absorb and dream wind chasers whishing outdoors greens bunnies browse tender clover green and pink bees hum away other blooms to drink jays and chipmunks inchoate punctuate tranquillity’s prose heads’ billowy roofs feets’ crunchy paths we meander between heaven and earth Lillian is the…
Coloring Club Plus — 8/26/19
Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (also known simply as Tiny Music) is the third studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on March 26, 1996, on Atlantic Records. After a brief hiatus in 1995, the band regrouped to record Tiny Music, living and recording the album together in a…
Growing Friendship
image link Mayzey started volunteering twenty hours a week at the community garden. She hoped to build new friendships with other volunteers, and it wasn’t long before she met one of the regulars. Matiz was in his 70s and had been helping with the garden since it was first planted twenty years previously. Matiz was…
3.2.1 Quote Me! — Good Health
Sadje has nominated me for 3.2.1 Quote Me! on the topic of GOOD HEALTH. 3.2.1 Quote Me! is a prompt originated by Rory of A Guy Called Bloke and K9 Doodle Pip. Rory says: Once every ten days, l (Rory) will pick a random topic, post two quotes on that topic and nominate 3 bloggers,…
Coloring Club Plus — 8/25/19
Today my Celtic letter “S” is dedicated to Sting. I liked him when he was in The Police and I loved his music when he went solo, even to the point of obsession. I think I literally swooned the first time I heard the selection, “Sister Moon” from his album, “…Nothing Like the Sun.” Branford…
#SLS — I Go To Sleep by The Pretenders
Jim Adams is the ever-gracious and reliable host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: find a song that fits the prompt Dream/Lullaby/Sleep. Here are the “rules”: Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it does not fit, then please explain why you chose this song. Please…
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