POPO 2025 — Day 17 — (chlorophyll coloring)

(chlorophyll coloring) Why do blue and green make such a perfect color combination? Chlorophyll and hydrogen each have three syllables. Blue and red from sun set into leaves and green bounces into our eyes through the sky. Blue light scatters because of the way it travels. Sun’s white light wiggles, worm-like, lazy-prismed sky stealers. Clouds…

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POPO 2025 — Day 16 — Solstice

Solstice Lady Luna leads the way glowing reflection to look to balancing of darkness and light if just for a day. The cyclicity of things says things cannot stay still; peace must remain but ideal in a beautiful, terrible sea of chaos.

“No Code” by Pearl Jam

Was just putting it back together from Sunday (now you see how busy I’ve been!) and realized I hadn’t opened that 4th fold.  Here is the fully opened CD cover.  IIRC this was one of the first paper folded CD covers I bought.  Up to then full hard plastic.  I remember thinking PJ cares about…

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#FF — Cupid’s Bow

PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox Cupid’s Bow Memoir. Year 1961 “Meet you at Cupid’s Bow at three!,” Bobby’s fading voice said as we each rode our bikes away from each other. Bobby didn’t need to say it because it had been our routine every day without fail this summer. My family was headed back to…

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every so often (poem)

when least expectedyou walk out into a daythat says i love you   note: this is exactly how it was when I stepped outside yesterday. I was running late for an appointment but pulled out the phone and took the pic.

POPO 2025 — Day 15 — Petroleum Way (re: Oil & Water Don’t Mix)

Petroleum Way (re: Oil & Water Don’t Mix) My elected rep just sent a proud email stating he’s introduced legislation that, if passed, would make it impossible to shut down Canada’s Enbridge Line 5, the decrepit oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac. Building a tunnel around it won’t matter. It threatens fresh…

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