Geographical information on Iran and insights into why we should not be messing with it. The Beginning of The End After the elimination of Iranian Quds Commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani on 3rd Jan around 1 a.m. local time, the US president warned leaders in Tehran, in a series of tweets, against following through…
Book Review: 1Q84
image link I finished Murakami’s three-volume, 1,300+-page story this week. It was read in its entirety using Kindle’s program for PC. Although I’m firmly in the corner of hard copy books, I learned a new appreciation for reading e-books. The ability to highlight passages in different colors and store them in the attached “notebook” was…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #119 — Mysterious Mother and the rise and fall of humans and Earthweal Open Link Weekend #4
In the beginning, when Mysterious Mother was waving an arm as long as a spiral galaxy, creating all things that spring from her, she made a decision with humans. She had magnanimous love for all of her creations and made them with the skills to have them all playing well together until, at last, they…
Shakin’
Originally posted on Mindlovemisery's Menagerie:
This Eddie Money song was recorded on his Platinum-certified album No Control, which was released in 1982. It was co-written by Eddie Money, Elizabeth Myers a composer who usually worked on commercials, and his bass player Ralph Carter, and it was released as a single, reaching #63 on the…
Update on Michigan Senator McMorrow and speaking out about Senator Lucido’s sexual harassment, from Bridge
Bridge calls itself “Michigan’s nonpartisan, nonprofit news source.” Read the latest developments in the story from them here. Update from source kxnet.com on 1/26/20 says: LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A third woman in two weeks has publicly come forward with sexual harassment allegations against a Michigan state legislator, according to a published report Sunday. Melissa…
Thursday Inspiration 40 and dVerse OLN — Lead on
I dreamed you, sinews stretched beneath silky fur, leading me, jumping, lean muscles rippling, towards the jungle. Today’s poem is in shadorma form. Paula Light is the host of Thursday Inspiration. Paula says: This week’s theme is jump and the picture is [above.] Here is the song snippet from “Jump” recorded by the…
FTS – The Forgotten Island 2020- # 3
The Forgotten Island Sadje has tagged me to continue this story. Teresa started the story: Night had fallen on the Atlantic, James and Patrick leaned back against the barrels and ropes, looking up at the night sky. “Did you ever think we’d see this?” James smiled. “Not in a million years. Always figured the…
Tao-Talk 