Lizelle! @honeydue is still around, right? How is Marianne West?? I'm so far behind. So many good people. Wanderin' Rose, all the Silver Bloggers, all the groups - Seems like everyone is over at TikTok.

Eric, noooo, this year might be it for you - and you've been at Hive ten years? How is that possible?? Has it been that long? Even you, a published and renowned poet with an audience, feel like you're

(forgive all the commas, I am reading Henry James) Oh, I love that! And plucking the lone peach before it dashes its brains out on the stone wall below-- Reminds me of the challenge of picking the cantaloupe

LOL Looks I did reply to your post, ten days later. I need to read more carefully.

TWO MONTHS later, I find your comment. Mea culpa!! Thank you for sharing your thoughts - and seconding the AI's judgment of my intellect. I feel profoundly ignorant and unaccomplished, most of the time.

HAPPY 71st BIRTHDAY! Coming up soon. I try to avoid sharing actual dates (because, stalkers and scammers) -in part because I never remember actual dates! Just, somewhere around the solistice, the longest

Homesteading in suburbia - within the confines of a neighborhood Homeowners Association - --- the "garden police" ! Eep! I totally relate to this: In some ways, I have a love-hate relationship

Great advice! Years ago I read a book on the healing powers of something so simple: DEEP BREATHING Available to all of us, 24/7 (except maybe during an asthma attack). So many books, so many methods. Make

Thanks, @agmoore. I used to be just as resolute as you are about resisting AI. A friend persuaded me to try it. It's all part of a plot, I'm sure, and I'm falling for the flattery. Kim Komando also very

LOL - ChatGPT says nice things to everyone. I came across a meme about that. I've consulted this one on several different topics, and it remembers them all as long as I stay in the same chat box. If I

I'm 2 weeks late seeing your reply. :) I love SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS. Love the chapters on George Washington Carver and Jagadish Chandra Bose. I have not read Heart is a Lonely Hunter but must - Carson

Lavender never survives the winter, for me. Echinacea - I have lots of it! Nature's bird feeder! Sadly, mine is no the true native version of coneflower. I did have some, but it died off, and the hybrid

Came back to this post, and today, I can see the photos. Beautiful! (Cue the song: How much is that doggie in the window?) Restaurants that manage to screw up a salad - oh man. Just astonishingly lame.

Is it normal To have as much talent as @owasco? Love these! Is it normal to type "brian" washing or was she brain washed by Brian? Is it normal to doubt every doctor but trust a willow tree?

Time to peruse old posts: Because I'm not taking time to WRITE any. I was searching for new poems by @owasco but none so far - well, hope springs eternal! Ledum 200cc Thanks for the tip! Lactose and sucralose

Verklempt - love that word. LOVE the idea of Niko meeting Julie in heaven. :) April is the cruelest month, the poet said. Today is April 1, so I was hunting for your springtime poems and this one is the

AI rewrote my story in less than one second. It's shocking, how fast AI operates. "Cleverly banal" - I like that. Clearer, "LessWork" for the reader (I don't want the reader to be

I love your poem! It is definitely not banal. And I am eager to read this novel.

No hyperlink this time: (Again, sorry for the confusion, and THANK YOU for the book recommendation!)

Oops, sorry, no - I had hoped the quote-indent would help! And they hyperlink. My degree in English teaching did not automatically confer on me CLARITY in my writing. Constant vigilance and effort must