dVerse — quadrille — dragon — rising

image link De Jackson is the host of dVerse today for Quadrille Monday.  De says: Just pen us a poem of precisely 44 words, not counting the title, and using some form of the word dragon. “Ancient Japanese lore describes Koi fish swimming up a massive waterfall called ‘The Dragon Gate.’ If they reach the…

Coloring Club Plus — 6/3/19

  Listened to this album this morning, and it is filled with beautiful Celtic tunes.  As I love Celtic music, I love this album!  This one made me cry it’s so exquistely sung.  I need to look for more music by The Civil Wars. Voice of Ages is a 2012 album by The Chieftains. It…

Rangoon Delight

image link and recipe for rangoon Neil the Gnome was on pins and needles wondering if his first ever gnome cookout was going to happen or not. Morning showers went on for an hour and left the picnic tables and patio chairs drenched. The guests were going to start arriving at 3 and here it…

Coloring Club Plus — 6/2/19

This is a CD I listened to many times before putting it in the CD rack, where it’s been sitting for awhile. It’s got jazz and country, not mixed, songs. There are some fun ones on here, notably the jazz selection, “Here I Am,” which is a duet with Francine Reed. There are a couple…

#SLS — Street Fighting Man (1968) — The Rolling Stones

Jim is the illustrious host of Song Lyric Sunday.  Jim says: Our prompt for this week is Avenue/Boulevard/Drive/Lane/Road/Street. Here are the “rules”: Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due. Make sure…

The Grinder

Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay Liam and Kati had dreamt of a trip to New York City for as long as they’d known each other. The two met in 1980 and here it was almost 40 years later and their dream was coming true. Their favorite couple, Will and Rose, they’d known almost as long…

“FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION” Challenge! ART!

Richa is the host of the Freedom of Expression Challenge.  Richa says: For my entry this week my theme is Chuck Palahniuk, my favorite author.  There will be book covers and quotes and other artwork. Marla Singer, a character from, “Fight Club” the book and the movie     book cover for Rant image link…