Married as I am to a Brown Man, potential threats are always near. When we went to New Orleans for my 50th birthday, I had to call the hotel and ask if our mixed races would be a problem. I… Read More ›
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EARTH DAY AND SHARING
SHARE YOUR WORLD & BE KIND TO EARTH! 4-26-2022 With all of the mess going on across the world, I still think trying to get our planet healthy — for us — should be our number one priority. It isn’t… Read More ›
TEMPER, TEMPER! – Marilyn Armstrong
“Temper, temper!” That’s what grownups used to say to us when we got angry about whatever it was about which they weren’t angry. I don’t think people say it anymore. There are so many things to get angry about. I… Read More ›
TECHNOLOGICALLY UNTETHERED
Writing Space – Where do you produce your best writing — at your desk, on your phone, at a noisy café? Tell us how the environment affects your creativity. If you’d asked this question a year ago, I would have said… Read More ›
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SATURATED – GARDENS
Nothing says color like flowers. From wild to cultivated to hothouse, every color of the rainbow and many the rainbow never thought of are captured in flowers. Rich in scent, evocative, alive. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated (dailypost.wordpress.com) Weekly… Read More ›
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SATURATED – RED ON WHITE
As bright as is the autumn, winter is intensely white. A monochromatic world where the intensity of the whiteness makes any other color jump out at you. As does this red barn on a fresh white snowy field. Hadley, Massachusetts…. Read More ›
Weekly Writing Challenge: Dialogue – Country Tale
“You’re from the city,” said the guy in the overalls. He was crouched under the sink in the bathroom, quite a feat for such a big guy. At the moment, he was paused … meaningfully. I knew I was going… Read More ›
Down in the Okefenokee
This is the first Earth Day poster (1971) from Walt Kelly and the gang down in the Okefenokee. Although Walt Kelly took ecology as his personal cause, he was highly political in other ways. Many of his cartoons are subtle references… Read More ›
Daily Prompt: Landscape – No Man Is An Island
I live in a forest. Not an allegorical or metaphorical forest. It’s the real deal, mainly oak now that the oaks have grown so tall they block the light needed by maple and other trees. We’ve had to thin them… Read More ›
Solomon’s Seal
One of the very few wildflowers that is truly a native to these shores, Solomon’s Seal is on the endangered list of wildflowers. They thrive in our woodland garden. There are many more in the woods. We planted just a couple… Read More ›
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details – The Culvert
Off to the side beyond the larger dam, a little spillway empties into a culvert. Bubbling and frothing, the river’s water are diverted to … where? It’s all in the details. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 