The Forgotten Island Sadje has tagged me to continue this story. Teresa started the story: Night had fallen on the Atlantic, James and Patrick leaned back against the barrels and ropes, looking up at the night sky. “Did you ever think we’d see this?” James smiled. “Not in a million years. Always figured the…
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#FF — last dessert
It was Lana’s second week at the hospice center. Her loss of appetite didn’t help her choke down small bits of the ill-prepared special diet prescribed for her condition. The morphine drip eased the pain but it didn’t kill her craving for one more bowl of butter pecan ice cream. Jimmy promised he’d bring some,…
Cat Talk: The divide is closing
Mlady Dotty Dotty has been with us for about 12 weeks now. Mlady has gone through a whole range of adjustment issues, where Dotty has been trying to stay out of her way. At first I thought I would just let them work it out between themselves, but when I saw a scratch on Dotty’s…
Have You Too Much Shame? — DemCast
This is also connected to the one I just posted about the MI Senators. It started with Lucido’s harassment of a news reporter at the Capitol Building in Lansing speaking about it, which in turn led Senator McMorrow to speak out about her experience with the same Senator (Lucido) This type of toxic masculinity will…
MI State Senator speaking out against sexual harassment. YOU GO GIRL!
Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow talks sexual harassment complaint against Sen. Peter Lucido. Read more about it here. I can’t say how much I admire Senator McMorrow for speaking out. Everything she says in this video about the ongoing “little things” that women are expected to shoulder as part of being in the…
#Haikai Challenge #122: The Dream
Rainbow lollypops — each one licked by a pink tongue – small hands, many hues Grandmothers rocking watching their grandbabies play long summer sunshine My warm arm rests next to your warm arm, at peace – love is colorblind Race checkbox erased demographics refashioned This dream can come true…
dVerse — Shhhh! — Seven Secrets
Seven Secrets Delicious assignations, tantalizing tawdriness Betrayal, concealment, smoldering silence Midnight raids, candy corn amongst socks Headlights off, on to 7-11; gobbling, puking Under the table trading, permits to polluters Cayman billions, rotting soldiers in trenches Fat feet propped on desks, unoiled machines Undotted “I”s, forgotten “T”s Unseen bruises, battered worth, stalking Passive-aggressive pot shots,…
Tao-Talk 