Image by cocoparisienne from Pixabay “We never stop anywhere for long.” — Darren Shan, A Living Nightmare The Giuseppe family had been in business for a long time. Traveling in their wagon, parking it on the outskirts of towns, as their ancestors had, they never saw a day when their services would not be in…
Month: May 2019
Ready
Image by pixel2013 from Pixabay Peace was on an extended vacation. She’d gotten fed up with the petty bickering and always the conflicts between humans. Enjoying herself in the delicious quietness of floating on a windless sunset, Peace decided to ask Ocean what her secret was in keeping so still. Ocean responded, “As you know,…
#FF Trouble in Paradise
PHOTO PROMPT © Susan Eames Trouble in Paradise Harold and Maude, both age 74, were in Hawaii for their honeymoon. It was a second marriage for each. Both prior divorces were from spousal abandonment, which left carryover insecurities. Each was determined to keep the other satisfied and wanting more. Maude was an organized planner…
Weekly Music Challenge — Memorial Day and War
Di at Pensivity101 has challenged me for the Weekly Music Challenge. This challenge was created by Laura Venturini’s Weekly Song Challenge! Here, as always, are the rules: Copy rules and add to your own post, pinging back to this post. Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions. Tag two people to participate!Post…
Coloring Club Plus 5/29/19
This Time is the fifth album by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam, released 3/23/93. Three of its tracks barely missed the top spot on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, each peaking at No. 2: “Ain’t That Lonely Yet,” “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere,” and “Fast as You,” the latter being his last Top…
Neophyte
Image by esudroff from Pixabay Newly retired US Secretary of Defense Cray Davis had begun his military career as a Navy seaman aboard the warship, Invictus, in 1963. He’d seen more in his years of active duty than any human should ever have to see. Cray had been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor not…
dVerse — On Wandering and Observing –Through the Dunes, to the Lake
Anmol is the host of dVerse today. Anmol says: For this Tuesday’s prompt, I would like all of you to wander around for a bit — take an old familiar walk. I chose to write an etheree form poem about a walk I’ve taken innumerable times over the years. Lake Michigan, and the winding paths…
Tao Talk 