https://media0.giphy.com/media/igrSs5Prw7AEo/giphy.gif OCTOBER WRITE POETRY MONTH 2018! October Write Poetry Month 2018 is coming up. I participated in the 2017 one and found it very enjoyable. At first it was daunting thinking about coming up with a brand new poem every day for 31 days. It was a challenge, and I discovered I was up to…
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.
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
image link When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. You make lemonade, or in the protagonist’s case in the film, “You were Never Really Here”, a bloodbath wherever you go. Joaquin Phoenix plays Joe, a character who struggles with a reality that is liberally sprinkled with flashbacks of abuse, neglect, and soul-crunching trauma. What…
Apology
When I joined WP July 2017, there were no issues with me “liking” and commenting on the blogs of the individuals I follow. This user-friendliness continued until January of 2018. I was on break from WP from then until 2-4 weeks or so ago. Now that I am back, writing, reading, liking, and commenting, there…
The Birth of Religion
image link Aquarium meditation percolates this and that to the surface. One thought leads to another, as thoughts are wont to do. Many times they are about the fish and the way of fish in an aquarium. The thought trail begins as such. One-sided relationships. Me, watching fish in the aquarium. I watch them and…
How Louis C.K. and the Rest of Us Failed in His Comeback Attempt — Consequence of Sound
100 % in agreement with what Brody Kenny says in this piece. It’s IMPORTANT. This past Sunday, audience members at New York’s Comedy Cellar witnessed a surprise set from Louis C.K.. The surprise came not only from C.K.’s re-emergence from several months in exile after his history of sexual impropriety (masturbating in front of unwilling…
Precious — DAILY ADDICTIONS – 2018 – WEEK #34
image link What is precious to one who values nothing? – This is not a willful detachment, nor an enlightened state. – More a vacuum in the living, in living space. – Where did this traveler come from? – Strange, airless nether regions where oxygen kills, or at minimum irrevocably maims? – To walk about…
Fish Spatula — a must have for every kitchen
If you already have one of these, you know why they are an essential for every kitchen and can skip this post. If you don’t have a fish spatula, a.k.a. slotted offset spatula, you need to get one for your kitchen. I’m 60 years old now and didn’t have one until about 10 years ago,…
