Haikai Challenge #152: katydid (kirigirisu) — Katydid serenade

Grass-coated crickets serenade late August’s moon – silver ears listen.   image link here Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the katydid (kirigirisu).

Doodads — road trip — Felt Mansion

Yesterday I took a road trip to The Felt Mansion.  Although I had JUST put new batteries in the camera, AND the camera was a trooper until the end of my walk around the property, when I looked at the pictures, only 25% or so showed up.  This is a major disappointment because most of…

#FF — On the fence

Trees surrounded the house like a cage. Tangi asked the realtor, “Why has this house been on the market so long? The price is more than right.” Inhaling visibly, the realtor answered, “Mechanically it’s sound, and there are no liens.” “That’s not what I asked.” “Once an offer is made, I’m able to disclose specifics,”…

dVerse — poetics — clowns and waves

  The elementary school sat across from the old folks home. Each Halloween, kindergarten through fifth graders paraded in a circuit that went from around the school property, across the street, and past a large plate glass window at the end of the second floor of the seniors’ building. Clowns, princesses, mutant turtles, scissor-hands, rangers,…

Movies, Movies, Movies! #46 – August 18, 2020

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! The Invisible Man (2020) Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Storm Reid, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman, Benedict Hardie, Sam Smith, Renee Lim, Nicholas Hope, Nash Edgerton, Xavier Fernandez, Anthony Brandon Wong Director: Leigh Whannell Genres: thriller Synopsis: The plot jumps right in with Moss’ character as…

see you on the flipside

There are a lot of this’es and that’s going on right now that are pulling me away from the keyboard.  Not insignificantly is what feels like inflamed tendons in my right wrist.  The tendons need rest.  Starting now and until next Tuesday I’ll be on vacation from WP.  See you all on the flipside!