Transported the bike to GR and took a wonderful bike ride with younger son and my granddaughter yesterday. The weather was perfect. We rode through neighborhoods and ended up on Kent Trails that runs along the Grand River (which empties out into Lake MI in Grand Haven.)
Category: health
Fitness — 19+ mile bike ride today
Today was a beautiful day for a bike ride and I refused to be distracted by the computer because that’s how a day gets wasted. I had a plan to ride to my favorite cafe and back and enjoy lunch at the halfway point. It was almost unbelievable the number of flowering trees in bloom. …
“It’s Your Water, Too” — On “Bad River: A Story of Defiance” by Jennifer Patino
Remember my post on the documentary about the battle against Enbridge? Jennifer Patino and her husband went to see it recently, and Jennifer wrote a review of the film and an essay about her context in the midst of a very important battle. Thank you, Jennifer, for allowing me to re-blog your post. JUST…
New Movie about the Bad River Tribe, Water Protectors of Lake Superior v. Enbridge
Deadline.com has a write-up on the film here. More here at 50eggsfilms.
dVerse — Haibun Monday — breathe
In the middle of the night, when my mind thinks it’s dawn, I count my breaths, tongue to the roof of my mouth. Once in the rhythm, I rub a spot just below my navel until it is warm. The cage opened, a tingling host of healers is released to roll their circuit, nibbling away…
24 SSPC 14 Winter Solstice (2nd week) (Dec 21 – Jan 4) Touji
Open Shopping sales Boxing Dayblinders fall, turn to seehomeless who look like me;smile, ask to tea. Will New Year’s Eve closes yearreborn babe upon dawnblank slate potential yawnswith will to good. Warm Long cold walk around lakeHow do the birds stay warm?Wings touching, safe from harm.My hot drink: Cheers! top image by Michael S. Williamson…
dVerse — Poetics — Inspired by van Gogh’s, “Window in the Studio”
What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then — even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show…
Tao Talk 