NEKNEERAJ of Mindlovesmisery Menagerie Photo Challenge has asked for a poem or story to go with the above image. I went with a free-form poem. Long I survey, with hollowed eyes, rubbled landscape, cloudless skies. Humans going to and fro, I watch and wait, through rain and snow. You said you’d come back, swore your…
Month: January 2019
d’Verse Quadrille to Winter’s Pheasant
Mish is the host of tonight’s d’Verse and gives the following prompt for tonight’s quadrille: So I give you the word “steep” to infuse into your poem of 44 words. Steep drifts shelter the pheasant outside my window. He stares in at the greenery and wonders at the mirage of summer. * I…
Getting to Know Me
Fandango at This, That, and The Other has tagged me for answering questions for others to get to know me better. I’m supposed to answer them then tag two others to answer them. If you haven’t seen Fandango’s page and daily One-Word Challenge, you are missing out. He’s an honest and friendly host that I’m…
January Coloring Club — 1/28/19
This one was colored last night while listening to a library borrow, “Mondo Celtic”, which has several Celtic songs done by several Celtic musicians. The song is called, “Bushes and Briars”, by Susan McKeown. I couldn’t find the version on the CD, but here is the song as found on youtube. Exquisite! Update: ok after…
Adventures at the Cat Shelter
This is the “little angel,” asleep. Fandango’s FOWC is forlorn, and the Word of the Day Challenge is yelp. I am an official volunteer at the cat shelter now, with the code to the door and everything. There were a lot of people working this afternoon, more than ever seen. There were also a lot…
January Coloring Club — 1/27/19
I was listening to, “The Basement Tapes” with Bob Dylan and The Band but youtube has blocked most of the videos from it. I was able to find, “When I Paint my Masterpiece” by The Band on their “Cahoots” album. From wiki: Cahoots is the fourth studio album by Canadian/American rock group the Band. It…
SLS — Mama Can’t Help You by Doyle Bramhall II
image link Jim Adams continues as the host for Song Lyric Sunday, filling in while Helen Vahdati takes a well-deserved rest. Jim says: Di at pensitivity101 suggested the prompt of “No”, and even though “no” stands for nitric oxide which I think would be hard to find songs about, we are using this two letter…
Tao Talk 