Sitting here, still contemplating whether I should use the bottle of poison that I bought to kill the poison ivy that is slowly, inexorably, creeping up the siding of the house, into the flower beds, and slinking towards the back slider. I know that the poison will kill the plants. I also know, after, it…
Book Review: _End of the World House_, by Adrienne Celt
_End of the World House_ is the third novel I’ve read by Adrienne Celt. The first was, _Invitation to a Bonfire_ which is set in the 1920’s about a young Russian refugee in America. The second, _The Daughters_, is about an opera singer trying to extricate herself from a family curse, I wasn’t sure what…
dVerse Q181 — Q x 2
Tall walls and soundproofed ceilings;I wonder why art is caged in hushed,conditioned, dustless air, whether three hundred or a single year old.I sidle and snake my way, along and around Matisse’ traveling exhibit. Hesure knows how to make color pop. When I think pop, I think: Badfinger;a startling punch;…goes the weasel;green, red, and yellow soda;bubble…
The Unicorn Challenge — Careful
© Doug Jacquier Marcia continued rubbing her right buttock while waiting for the receipt and to make a follow-up appointment with the receptionist at the clinic. Her chart, under a pseudonym, was growing. She was too embarrassed to seek out testing and treatment from Dr. Bane, her and her husband, Charles’, primary care physician. Instead,…
Cardinal flowers and hummingbirds (tanka)
Cardinal flowersflag down thirsty hummingbirds;fizzy lifting drinkstransfix them; straw tongues sip andrecall drinks before feeders.
Dumb Accident Extravaganza!
First thing I noticed when I got up this morning and started opening blinds and got ready to feed the fish in the fishtanks is that the 10-gallon tank was leaking and probably 2 gallons of water was soaked into the carpet. This meant netting the 4 fish in there and putting them in the…
Doodads — sitting pretty
More pics from around the yard.
