Blue, songs are like tattoosYou know I’ve been to sea before— from, “Blue,” by Joni Mitchell You may find other opening lines as good as this one but you will never find better ones. The way Joni manifests the first WORD sets the tone. There is nothing more you need to know about what comes…
Book Review: Hard Luck Harry in Deadtime, by F.A. Corporan and S.E. Bryan
Book Review: Hard Luck Harry in Deadtime, by F.A. Corporan and S.E. Bryan, published by Black Rose Writing of Texas (expected publish date in September 2025) I was given an Advance Reader Copy of Hard Luck Harry in Deadtime and asked to do an honest review. When Earth is made uninhabitable through human folly, Mars…
FFF 48 — Muskegon Museum of Art visit
I had a dental appointment yesterday and on the way home remembered that Thursdays are free admission to Muskegon Museum of Art. I hadn’t gone there since they built and opened the new expansion. I was truly astounded at how wonderful it looks inside. The lady at the desk said that it was free but…
dVerse OLN 388 — It’s a matter of studied speculation
“Tree Roots” by Vincent VanGogh Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? — Pablo Neruda, Book of questions. It’s a matter of studied speculation. Do mirrored images that ripple surface conceal but illusion? Or is there more? Is it a seeing or is it a doing? What mud must we claw through to…
Joe Pye Weed
The only things I knew about the above plants was that they continue to multiply and that monarchs and other pollinators LOVE them. Today I got a clear enough photo (not this one) to identify it at Pl@ntNet. It’s Joe Pye Weed. Look closely and you’ll see a bumblebee busy at work. The next pic…
#FF — Heavenly Notice
PHOTO PROMPT – © J Hardy Carroll Heavenly Notice Father Wiggan rose as he had risen for the last sixty years, standing first at the urinal then kneeling at the altar. Sister Loretta set the mug of aromatic coffee before him at the century-old oak kitchen table. He could smell the usual butter-fried eggs cooking….
Tao Talk 