PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook On summer afternoons, teenagers walk past, laughing and chasing each other, most times oblivious of our existence as anything other than a pile of rocks. Occasionally one will say, “Look at that pile of rocks!” How cavalier young people of today are! They wouldn’t believe it if we told them…
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December Promote Your Book Party!
Do you want to get eyes looking at your book? This blog is giving you a chance to promote your book(s). I don’t have any books written (yet!) but I know some who read my blog do. Here is a chance to promote your writing. via December Promote Your Book Party!
Bernie Sanders Should Be Democrats’ First Choice, by Jeff Cohen — Rise Up Times
Please read this. Both Biden and Sanders have longer and more consistent histories than either Warren or Buttigieg. But while the former has spent his career defending corporate interests, the latter’s history is unabashedly progressive. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. (Gage Skidmore / Flickr) By Jeff Cohen Truthdig December 12, 2019 Less than two months…
#Haikai Challenge #117: Midwinter (mafuyu)
Dark’s pendulum swings heavy, to its furthest reach – dawn a memory Midwinter night, Luna’s lost Clouds sputter confused snow Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senyru, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga) that alludes to either midwinter (mafayu), midsummer (manastu),…
Using Tarot Cards to Understand the Spirit of Place — THE DIRT
Simply fascinating but also satisfying article on symbols, archetypes, Tarot cards, and genus loci. “The idea that big data will be the generator of design in the future is very depressing,” said Elizabeth Boults, ASLA, a landscape architect and educator, at the ASLA 2019 Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Diego. She instead called…
#MM Music Challenge — Climbed a Tower, Lost a Shoe
What’s hard to ignore with the Coconut song is that it’s a round that loops to infinity if one were to have enough time to sing infinitely. It has nonsensical, fantastical lyrics that are more a nursery rhyme than anything. The rhythm is pulsing, some might say hypnotic. Using the above named features of it,…
Coloring Club Plus — 11/28/19
Happy Thanksgiving to All. I won’t be around today until later. My family is coming over early and is expected to be here most of the day. I decided to go youtube surfing to find today’s track, and I knew the right song would speak to me. I was right. I first heard it in…
Tao-Talk 