POPO2024 Day 25

Terry Pratchett, my championfor ↑ annual goodreads #s.Humor, adventure, and magicjostle each other totennis match my eyes.Each of the 40-some booksstand alone, yet intersectat places, histories, characters.All are set on a (Disc) worldthat is carried on the backsof 4 elephants& a mighty turtle.

POPO2024 Day 24

  Reading Bono’s bookis reading The Bible.I take it slow, to savorhis focused meticulousnessto get it right in the telling.As an Irishman, his daringto be honest in the tellingis luxury not been affordedover so many lengthy, dedicated oppressions.

Scoby Dooby Do

Some of my long-time readers may remember me talking about fermented foods, and kombucha specifically.  I go through periods of fermenting foods and then my interest wanes for awhile and then returns.  The last time I brewed kombucha was a few years ago.  The pickle jars and bottles of 2nd fermentation were abandoned on shelves…

POPO2024 Day 23

Mlady kneads the air,purring her wayback to kittenhood.Teenager air guitars,twanging his wayto rock stardom.Crone thought bubblesa fading yesterday;a fuzzy tomorrow;“what a beautiful morning!”

POPO2024 Day 22

  “You sure are nosy.”I was told as a child.Naive, not knowingI was in a placewhere you don’t ask questions.What parentwould be so heedlessas to drop me there?

#FF — A Tragic Mystery (with addendum)

PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox A Tragic Mystery In 1923, Big Moe is a giant in the world of grocers in Grand Rapids. Each Thursday, the Gustatory Gallavanters (GeeGees) meet at Moe’s Queen Anne style home for dinner and foodtalk. At exactly six, white-gloved servants begin bringing courses: steak tartare with raw egg; mandarin orange,…

POPO2024 Day 21

  There are 7 fish in the tank.One is territorial,a passionate bully.She is afraid of nothingexcept me,the omnipotent deitywho stops once a dayto bring light and foodand passes by once in awhile.This morning, on my dailystop, I stayed.She froze in her cave.Six fish with full bellies.