https://youtu.be/8XkcbdSRdO0 The Daily Dose of Internet is one of my favorite chill channels. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. It is difficult to NOT watch too much TV during the lockdown. As a lover of zombie movies, I noticed there are MORE zombie and epidemic movies lined up in my Hulu andContinueContinue reading “Day 5: Miscounted Stock of TP”
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Day 4: Stay Home. Stay Healthy.
On March 24th the governor of Washington State declared the “Stay Home. Stay Healthy” mandate. “It’s time to hunker down in order to win this fight. So, tonight, I am issuing a “Stay Home” order to fight this virus. This is Washington’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order. This includes a ban on all gatherings, andContinueContinue reading “Day 4: Stay Home. Stay Healthy.”
How Are You Doing?
Hey, how ya’ doin’? How are you doing during the pandemic? Are you ready for it to be over? Ya, me too. I live about 2 hours drive north of Seattle, Washington, ground zero for the first coronavirus death in America. Whatcom County is locked up. On this day March 19th: restaurants offer take-out orContinueContinue reading “How Are You Doing?”
Poem: Unfinished Basement
Unfinished Basement By Shannon Laws Figure out how I fit in your world as I discover the shape of your heart push me into your foreign form as the chalk line between us dulls Memory foam bed faces north in your cold unfinished basement headboard is bare drywall with taped-over nails primer and mud aContinueContinue reading “Poem: Unfinished Basement”
bohemian
bohemian So, a while back a friend said she could finally afford to buy that bohemian coat she wanted. The use of the word “bohemian” spurred memories. I’ve considered myself a bohemian ever since my aunt gave me a turquoise & silver ring when I was seven. My aunt lived the bohemian lifestyle and gettingContinueContinue reading “bohemian”
Warm Worm
Warm Worm Moss-heavy limbs fall from charge of a warm southern wind rest in a compost graveyard of other arms that have been Once boasted of leaves awarded with weighted sog pray if awarded knees low water releases a fog Time will turn you into swamps breath and a story told around the table AsContinueContinue reading “Warm Worm”
These Things Shall Pass
Do you know what the best day to be at Disneyland was? September 12, 2001. On the day after September 11th, while all planes over the skies of America were grounded, my neighbors loaded up their Subaru and drove like a bat out of hell to Disneyland. They were a young Disney fanatical-couple with earlyContinueContinue reading “These Things Shall Pass”
Crab
Crab Shannon Laws A foam washed wreckage to shore breath-bubbles pop in the thin light Early beachcomber fights the gulls for a freshly delivered treasure The minute before dawn you grab it’s back Carry it to your kitchen for a slow boil With a crack, a glut of juices spill out Lips suck at theContinueContinue reading “Crab”
Source Code Switch
Source Code Switch Both in popular usage and in the sociolinguistic study, the name code-switching is sometimes used to refer to switching among dialects, styles or registers. -Wikipedia Code-Switching is a common phrase and an NPR Podcast. If you’re not familiar with this phrase please YouTube Key and Peele. It’s good stuff. https://youtu.be/_YkE7W6qegg So whatContinueContinue reading “Source Code Switch”
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