Older son and I met up with younger son, his wife, and grandbaby today. We spent a couple of hours mostly in the outside children’s area of the place. It was sunny and about 55F. A good time was had by all.
Doodads — 10 minute tour of the yard and Project Ant update 101423
Am headed out to Meijer Gardens in a minute to meet up with family, but I wanted to get this posted before leaving. There will probably be pics later of the garden visit. I’ve been hard at work on Project Ant, as you will see in the video. I mention innumerable bugs I’m unveiling as…
POPO2023 Day 15
Georges Seurat, “The river Seine at La Grande-Jatte” Chirps of birds have turned from plaintive to excited. Worms dance and new insects emerge. The bird bath splashes with roof runoff. Dust and pollen are dashed into mud.
POPO2023 Day 14
Georges Seurat, “Courbevoie, Landscape with Turret” I take my daily stroll around the yard; raindrops gift me their coolness. I survey the tomatoes vibrating with light. Long-planted seeds are sprouting. Color is returning after the drought.
Writober Days 12, 13, 14 and OLW #25 for Desperate Poets — Testament to Death
Mourning at the Cemetery by Robert C. George countless veils grieve cold, still ashes endless tears in an ocean of graves where mighty trees are receptacles of innocence and early endings; and testaments to memory-entrenched egos, of iron wills that will not bend; to death Maria Berg is hosting Writober. Also linking this to Brendan’s…
Friday Favorite Feature 8 — tiramisu
image by: Raffaele Diomede from Pordenone, ITALIA Trying to choose a favorite dessert for me is an exercise in futility as there are so many contenders. Today I choose tiramisu as the subject of my Friday Favorite Feature. Wikipedia describes Tiramisu as: Tiramisu (Italian: tiramisù [ˌtiramiˈsu], from tirami su, “pick me up” or “cheer me…
Book Review: “Not Forever, but for Now,” by Chuck Palahniuk with update
We’re bright young things, and no bright young thing wants to squander his life as a custodian to the dead.(from page 94) I need to put up a dartboard with adjectives and throw darts at it to choose some of my many different impressions of, _Not Forever, But For Now_ by Chuck Palahniuk. First, it…
Tao-Talk 