image link Fandango’s FOWC is power, the Word of the Day Challenge is justice, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge Words are nose, Alabama, sailboat, and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge prompt is: “That really did not help.” Herman was a man who had a nose for adventure. A sailor from the age of ten, many generations before…
Month: March 2019
Coloring Club Plus — 3/14/19
Today’s musical selection is in honor of the late, great Chris Cornell. I first heard Chris in Soundgarden’s Superunknown and was hooked from there. Soundgarden was together from 1984 to 1997. Audioslave came into being in 2001. Per wikipedia: Audioslave was an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2001 and remained…
Friday Fictioneers — The Pleyel
Rochelle is the host of the most lovely Friday Fictioneers. Rochelle says: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin was born in March 1810, in Poland. In 1830, he left Poland for Paris. In 1848, this once proud Pleyel adorned Chopin’s conservatory there. Chopin called it “his own” and polished its keys as if it were a lover. From…
aw, no!
image link Fandango’s FOWC is wifi, the Word of the Day Challenge is pledge, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are divorce, umbrella, octopus, and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge phrase is: “Growls echoed through the hall.” Growls echoed through the hall as Dean walked back into the living room. The wifi installer had forgotten a certain…
#FPQ –tainted evil
Fandango’s Provocative Question is a doozy this time. “When you learn about highly regarded artists being accused of inappropriate sexual behavior, especially with minors, can you separate the artists from their art, or would you refuse to listen to, watch, or read the artists’ works?” Let’s start with clarification of terms. A celebrity or artist…
One-Liner Wednesday
“to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gills than lungs;…
Coloring Club Plus — 3/13/19
Wandering Spirit is the third solo album by Mick Jagger. Released in 1993, it was his only solo album release of the 1990s. It was well-received by the critics, per wikipedia. My selection from this excellent album is, “Hang on to Me Tonight”. Billy Preston may or may not be playing keyboard on this one…
Tao Talk 