Our family has been talking about toning down the materialism of Christmas for awhile. This year we did it. We traditionally have used amazon wishlists to ensure the gifts are wanted/needed. Older son put a total of one item on his list, which solidified the beginning of the new way. The gifts I bought them…
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The Wanderer and dVerse OLN
The Wanderer Springtime season’s when the growing Sunshine comes and the soil, it warms Plants and critters pulse with knowing Feed store sells pheasant chicks when born Orphaned, boxed, sold by the dozen Instead of nuts, seeds, berries, corn Protein mash, their distant cousin Lost to nature, tamed and forlorn Ignoring nature’s ways and means…
dVerse — gifts for that special someone
image link I decided to get you a passel of gift certificates this year, including one each for: 1) Santa’s Elves Hammer – to break your fingers, in hopes for a Tweetless 2020 2) Orange duct tape – to match your skin when it covers your mouth 3) Get out of Jail Free card –…
dVerse — The Frog King
Chaos disintegration confusion conflicting destroying competing nightmarish degrading holistic organic calming enveloping healing inclusive visionary Peace Mish is today’s host of dVerse. Mish says: Do you ever wish you could just wave a magic wand, eliminate everything that creates havoc, unrest, uncertainty, injustice? I do. Today I am asking you to do the same….
dVerse — quadrille — Sleep in heavenly peace
Curled in moonglow, warm-blooded family Breathe deeply, chests heaving frost Melting mallow marrow, fur against fur Thump-echoing thumps, living drums thrum night’s resonant hum Crystals crunch time; slinking latecomer Crawls in, yawns. Consensus is that Feathered dinner can wait until breakfast; Dreaming one dream. Note: The title of my quadrille is taken from…
dVerse — prosery #7 — A Mother’s Love…
I watched a metallic spheroid rise in the distance over the lip of the arroyo. A shiny dime in a green-blue cloudless sky, the sun’s position behind and below it gave its outline a golden, mesmerizing aura. Sound below broke the spell when a calf bawled to her mother halfway up the ridge. Not…
#Haikai Challenge #116 (12/7/19): Cold Moon and dVerse OLN #256
Twelfth night December’s Iced globe – blue light broadcast Above and below Cold moon bounces cross-country Nature’s wordless winter song In long night’s silence Winter’s moon is small comfort To cold loneliness Two castaways, far apart, Look up and share a warm dream Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haiki Challenge. …
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