Odds & Ends, Ins & Outs

Cat on the Fence, greeting (sort of) visitors to the homestead one late afternoon in September, photo © 2010 by ybonesy. All rights reserved. Something about October’s approach. Strange things start to happen. Earlier this week I drove up the long drive to our house. There on the mahogany fence was The Cat. I don’t [...]

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summer prepares for a fall

summer prepares for a fall, BlackBerry Shots, Golden Valley, Minnesota, September 2010, photo © 2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. autumn wind bristles painted in yellows and blues — blurred, undecided, summer prepares for a fall, from the garden’s point of view. -posted on red Ravine, Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 -related to post: haiku 2 [...]

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Walking With Centipedes

centipede. distant relative (third cousin twice removed) of the lobster, crayfish, and shrimp—which is why the centipede likes to live under rocks legs. anywhere from 20 to 300 pairs, depending on the type (this one being Scolopendra polymorpha, or Desert Tiger centipede) bites. yes, indeed, inflicted by the poison claw that exists  just under the [...]

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FridgeFotos – Assateague Island To Frozen Trolls

My Refrigerator, photo © 2010 by chickenlil. All rights reserved. From chickenlil: This is a photo I took last summer, my grandson decided to play a practical joke on us by loading the fridge with trolls! Had to take a picture of that! My Refrigerator, photo © 2010 by reccos62. All rights reserved. From reccos62: [...]

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yellow sock haiku

Hello From L&P Sock Puppets Invade Osteo, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, September 2010, photo © 2010 by Pam Wilshere, haiku by Louis Robertson. All rights reserved. yellow sock haiku footed yellow sock breathe deep the essence of earth love, my yellow sock NOTE: My brother Louis has been pretty sick for the last few months. A few [...]

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This Wind – For Annie & Her Sisters

    By Linda Phillips Thune           This Wind        (For Annie and her sisters — Mother’s Day, 2010)       This wind lifts through the grass and leaves and curtains taking with it some dreams      but not all some tears      but not all some joy      [...]

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WRITING TOPIC — MY REFRIGERATOR

My Refrigerator, BlackBerry Shots, Golden Valley, Minnesota, September 2010, photo © 2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. To some, refrigerators are bare places, slick and spit-polish clean. Enamel, stainless steel, plastic. Avocado greens and lemon yellows in the 1970′s. Black, white, and stainless steel, the current aesthetic. For some, appliances are pieces of art — [...]

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When You Get Tired Of Scrabble, Take Up Dominoes

…During Labor Day weekend, the thought of making the same ol’ pendants all the live-long day sounded monotonous…   …so we pulled out the Dominoes and starting playing.         Domino collages in process, in all stages of becoming domed resin pendants, images and photo © 2009 by ybonesy. All rights reserved.   [...]

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The Master Butchers Singing Club (Revisited)

The Master Butcher (Louis Erdrich) – 255/365, BlackBerry 365, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2010, photo © 2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. To celebrate the World Premiere stage adaptation of The Master Butchers Singing Club at the Guthrie, Liz and I have started reading the novel aloud to each other. I savor each moment. This will [...]

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double Ferris wheel haiku

Double Ferris Wheel, Minnesota State Fair, September 2010, photo © 2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. dark cycles of life, giant octagonal stars — dive into your fear -posted on red Ravine, Sunday, September 12th, 2010 -related to posts: haiku 2 (one-a-day), red Ravine At The MN State Fair — Minding Our P’s & Q’s, [...]

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Centipede Dreams

Centipede Dreams, scar from a benign tumor taken out when I was 12 (37 years ago), September 2010, photo © 2010 by ybonesy. All rights reserved. Most people no longer ask about the large blemish I have in the center of my throat, down where my larynx meets my chest. It’s a tracheotomy scar that [...]

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PRACTICE: Scars – 15min

Most people no longer recognize the patch I have in the center of my throat, down where my larynx meets my chest. It is a tracheotomy scar that must be getting lighter the longer I have it. When I was a kid, it was not uncommon for a perfect stranger would approach me in some [...]

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PRACTICE – Scars – 20min

I have not wanted to write on the Topic of Scars. Why? All the more reason to dig in. I see the tiny nicks on my hands and wrists every day. They remind me of what I was doing when I got them. Pulling the stainless steel blade across a grinding wheel when the dental [...]

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red Ravine At The MN State Fair — Minding Our P’s & Q’s

red Ravine At The MN State Fair — Minding Our P’s & Q’s, September 2010, photo © 2010 by Liz Schultz. All rights reserved. We spent hours at the Minnesota State Fair yesterday. Fall made her official debut with a cloudy, blustery 68 degrees. I bundled up in my Lily and Hope North American Bear [...]

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