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This houseplant that my older son gave me years ago has managed to stay alive, but it has never bloomed before.  I put it close to the plant light that’s shining on the dawn redwood seedlings and it has been inspired to bloom.  It’s still opening, but what a beauty. This weekend has been busy…

“Your Place or Mine” (2023) (Netflix)

image link   They had a one night stand 20 years ago and became friends instead of continuing the romance.  He moves away from CA to NYC and has done very well financially as a consultant.  He’s also a commitment-phobic who has been through a string of gorgeous girlfriends who never last more than 6…

#FF — Benched

PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot She’s a creative type. He’s a concrete thinker. She lets her body lead. He’s a chicken. Yet the chemistry between them is undeniable. Each feels hot wire currents from the other. But how will they bridge their opposing polar aspects? She jumps in and goes downtown; he flies the coop…

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (netflix)

I saw this on the netflix banner a few days ago.  The time is right for it.  My sensitivities wondered if I wanted to subject myself to the man I’ve just newly dubbed The Sultan of Squeamishness.  There is something about del Toro’s work that makes my skin crawl.  You may ask how in the…

Movies, Movies, Movies! #102 – September 21, 2021

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies!  I was just scrolling through some of the 2021 Emmy nominations and wins and am so far out of the loop without streaming channels! Closed for Storm (2020) Starring: Jared Black, Ryan Bordenave, Jason Cambre, Colt Connell, Patricia Franicevich, Kenney g Guidry, Jr., Troy Henry, Christian Kelly,…

dVerse — Poetics — please see beyond the veil

Turkeytail Fungus Feel free to walk any woodland pathUntil you see tell-tale rounded capNever sure what specifics will be:Gilled, shelved, clung, lurking; short, tall, or wee.Indispensible kingdom cousins. Many times shy, they hide their planetary-matted panorama;Not brutes like fauna nor flashy like flora, fruits their brave flower.Quietly they act as finisher; then begins’ ways they…

Movies, Movies, Movies! #79 – April 6, 2021

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies!  It will be another short week due to being busy with April’s A2Z posts and the wonderful outdoor weather we’ve been having.  I’ve been busy picking up sticks and limbs from the willows and walking the nearby ditches with my litter picker-upper after last week’s racing winds…