On Wednesday I took at 15+ mile bike ride in Ottawa County on the North Bank, Spoonville, and Idema Explorer Trails. This paved bike path has become my favorite. The weather was just perfect around 3:30pm. 70F, slight breeze, and the trees laid down shade for much of it. On a long stretch with few…
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#FF — Four and Twenty (was: The Grass is Greener) (warning: disturbing content)
PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz Four and Twenty Ralph’s smooth features contort through surprise, excitement, and calculation. It’s not a good look on him she thinks. “Don’t worry your pretty head about it, dear.” “Gina, are you sure?” Why did I wait so long to be worshiped by a dumb, sexy God? “I’m sure. Now…
24 SSPC 48 (1st week) Fading Heat (Aug 23 -Sept 6, 2024) Shosho (tanka)
Dark berry border menagerie of beaked joy spoils my appetite; but one conscience rests easy in today’s fresh autumn air. Every year I say I will go out and pick ripe blackberries and raspberries. Every year I might pick a couple on a stroll through the yard. 99+% go to the birds and that’s OK,…
dVerse — Q206 — Royal Sisterhood
Royal Sisterhood In aerial mines of manna, probosces probe goldenrod profusion. Humming along fencelines, tigered she-workers, suspent by unstained glass wings, harvest nuggets in baskets; after, on repeat, they bend for home. When cooling breeze calls tired sisters, beelines converge en route to their royal abode. “Bee and Goldenrod” photo by Ted I am today’s…
The Oracle Speaks — Brother Time’s Caramel Pie
Brother Time’s Caramel Pie Lingered over the window, a child’s heart desires, corduroy belly growling, some delicious caramel pie. Angel magic sails, from fat-fired sacred star, blush that colors morning air — and brother time — with joy as boy devours it. Magnet poem poets kit Reading The Oracle’s offering today, my mind visualizes a…
Friday Favorite Feature 43 — Wordsworth quote
The following quote was on a postcard I received in the mail today as part of POPO2024. Since I hadn’t put a Friday Favorite together, the quote is it. Read it and really think about it. Then allow yourself to feel it. Would love to hear your impressions. While with an eye made quiet…
dVerse OLN — little patters (tanka prose)
“and don’t forget Chessie” by Viennese artist, Guido Gruenwald Little Patters rain patters through dusklike long-gone feet of toddlers’playtime before bedmemories of clean Pjs,oft-told stories, nodding heads The image I chose today to accompany the tanka has sentimental value. My stepdad worked for the C&O Railroad for many years and retired from there. I happened…
Tao Talk 