UPDATE: learn more about who Daniel Hale is and why he’s important in this recently published New York Magazine article This is the first I’ve heard of Creech but it’s something we all need to learn more about. 60 miles from Las Vegas This fall will mark the 12th year CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace +…
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dVerse — MTB — Trimmed Trimmed
Grace is today’s host for dVerse’ Meeting the Bar. Grace says:Today’s challenge: To write a poem in monotetra form. You choose your theme, following the stanza structure as described. Glenn was kind enough to point out that I didn’t follow directions very well by not having every line of every stanza rhyming the same rhyme. …
Some Olympic Memorabilia — My Slice of Mexico
Irene at My Slice of Mexico wonderfully decided to share photos and memories surrounding the Olympics over the years. Any history buff or person with interest in the Olympics (Tokyo’s postponed 2020 Games are now current news) please take a look at this and marvel. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have officially (and finally) started,…
Make Your Best Photos Shine — The WordPress.com Blog
I used the photo gallery on my doodads post today as a tester and I like it. It’s easier than going back to the editor to do captions on each picture and no need to plug the link into each to enlarge them in a new window. Thanks WordPress! Photos on your website can be…
NYC Midnight 100-word story that didn’t make first round cut: “Lunch Mate”
GROUP 100 GENRE Romance ACTION Crossing a bridge WORD phase There were an average of 63 submissions per group. I was in group #100. I had 24 hours to write a 100-word story with the following guidelines: It had to be a romance that included crossing a bridge and the word “phase” in it. This…
dVerse’ 10th Anniversary Celebration Week — Poetics — My Garden on 071321
The edges of my garden curl along green fuzz, concrete, and stone. Its haphazard, organic growth is both playland and harvest zone; where ants climb and dragonflies wheel; where rainbow sways among today’s sky offering. Claudia Schoenfeld, one of the co-founders of dVerse, is today’s host for Poetics. We are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of…
Lethal Force Against Pipeline Protests? Defending the Sacred”: Indigenous Water Protectors — Rise Up Times
Critics say [Governor] Noem is turning the National Guard into a private mercenary force targeting migrants, but the governor’s plans for the National Guard could encompass other activities. “This, to me, is an extension of the fight that’s happening all over Mother Earth, protecting the last beautiful places, protecting the sacred,” Resistance to construction of […]…
