Ignoranus in Michigan Last year at this time we wondered if there would be a vaccine to protect adults from hospitalization, lingering death, and possible chronic health effects from catching Covid-19. Schools prudently shut down face-to-face classrooms and went virtual – and proved it was a viable temporary solution for educating students. This year, a…
Hanspostcard song draft — Round 5 Pick 1 — “She Asked Me So I Told Her,” performed by T-Model Ford
T-Model Ford: a truly authentic bluesman Today’s pick has its origins for me from a soundtrack of a mediocre movie called, “Big Bad Love” (2001.) I don’t remember a lot about the plot of the film, but I do remember instant love for the music in it. I immediately bought the album. The compilation would…
dVerse — MTB — Solilo-Quoi on August 26, 2021
new sunflower video, taken during my “stroll outside” As I sit in cool air after a stroll outsidethe steam rises from my frame like it does from a pile of dung in winter.I thank my lucky stars, a.k.a. “Fates”per Henley about his “unconquerable soul.”It feels like a reward of sortsfor having survived so many…
FF — Saved!
PHOTO PROMPT -Brenda Cox This unit of Marvel’s finest heroes, Wanda Maximoff, Vision, Captain America, Winter Soldier, Shang-Chi, and Thor, were charged with protecting Paris from monsters. The Breach under the Pacific Ocean had been reopened with a 9.5-level earthquake, and Kaiju were streaming through. Their masters from the other dimension programmed them to disperse…
dVerse — Poetics — please see beyond the veil
Turkeytail Fungus Feel free to walk any woodland pathUntil you see tell-tale rounded capNever sure what specifics will be:Gilled, shelved, clung, lurking; short, tall, or wee.Indispensible kingdom cousins. Many times shy, they hide their planetary-matted panorama;Not brutes like fauna nor flashy like flora, fruits their brave flower.Quietly they act as finisher; then begins’ ways they…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #98 – August 24, 2021
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! It’s a kind of odd, eclectic mix this time. One of the films has a single digit spine # in the Criterion Collection, which is pretty amazing. Please let me know if you’ve seen any of them or if not, any pique your interest. The Nest (2020)…
dVerse — Quadrille 134 — Get on Board
Oh baby girl how I heart you,a timelessness transporter to grace divine. Wrinkles disappear, gravity lightens with your toothless smile. Pitted stone weeps, chest’s choke cranked, chugging on the joy line. Your coo delivers cool healing to all passengers.We’re at our destination. NOTE: The top image is not my granddaughter. Image link here. De…
Tao-Talk 