The cicadas awake to see peonies bloomas the girl with the cello plays songs in the park;where their drones rise with ginger sweet, scented perfume; metronomes setting time with the random dog’s bark.Lovers lie in soft grass / fingers trail arms and cheekswhere the assembled chorus remains until dark. At the edge of the park…
James Oliver Curwood and Curwood Castle — History and Tour with 061821 update
On Wednesday, June 2, 2021, I drove to the first special place (that I haven’t seen yet) from a book I bought a few years ago, called, “Lost in Michigan,” Curwood Castle in Owosso, MI. The Castle was built in 1922-1923, long after Curwood was famous, as a writing studio and as a place to…
dVerse — Poetics — Grandma’s Baby Saturday
Thursday began as any other morning, when the breeze blew in this morning. Cats figure-eight my first sit-spot as cats are wont to do. The coffee brews. Outside, look up, not blue; storm brews? Stirring cream into the hot steaming mug, stirring emotions swirl; Saturday is baby. Not quite eight weeks old, Saturday my…
dVerse — MTB — Curwood Castle
Day trip, along two roads of perpendicular straight lines,cuts through endless fields, punctuated by bergsand a prison. One way ends and then begins curves;first anchored by a rectangle that serves as a dash between a poetry of smooth golden-rodded turrets’ curves.Inside, heavy, burnished oak of narrow staircases curlever upward; tree repurposed to vine. At last,…
Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse (and a few flowers)
These were all taken on June 1, 2021. All pictures can go full size if you click on their caption links. I took a video out there and added a soundtrack because the wind and the screams of a little kid chasing gulls was not pleasant.
Hanspostcard’s Movie Draft, Round 11 Pick 7, “Begin Again” (2013)
Dan: You can tell a lot about a person by what’s on their playlist.Greta: I know you can. That’s what’s worrying me.– from, “Begin Again” Title: “Begin Again”Released: 2013Genre: Music*Director and Writer: John CarneyStarring: Keira Knightly, Mark Ruffalo, James Corden, Hailee Steinfeld, Catherine Keener, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def,) Adam Levine, Karen Pittman, Paul Romero,…
#FF — Break on Through
PHOTO PROMPT © Liz Young I love rock and roll and the musicians who make it. It’s more than just about the music to me; it’s about the origin stories of the songs. For example, I remember learning Ringo Starr’s offhand comment inspired, “A Hard Day’s Night.” When I saw today’s image, I became curious….
Tao-Talk 