image link depth of a flower butterfly straw sucks too much droopy-bottomed flight flying away with the bee a yellow fuzzy jacket shed at hive some mystery — why do orange blossoms taste the sweetest? Chevrefeuille is the host of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Chevrefeuille says: Today I have chosen a modern…
Month: July 2019
#SLS — Vanilla Fudge’s You Keep Me Hanging On from Quentin Tarantino’s, “Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood”
Jim Adams is the steady-as-a-rock host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says:This week you can write about either the movie or the song, or both. Everyone should be able to find a song that is featured in a movie and works with this prompt. Here are the “rules”: Post the lyrics to the song of your…
#MM — Saturday Mix – Unique Personality, 27 July 2019 — Vert and Brid
image link Vert was a 1965 Imperial Sedan Green Hornet. He’d sat on the lot of Sal’s Sweet Deals for a good two years. Day after day, week after week, month after month, Vert experienced the tacit rejection of the stream of customers that spilled through Sal’s lot and chose others but not him. Vert…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #97 — Writing, Creativity, and Writer’s Block
image link Note: Please read these with a caveat that they most likely come, at least partially, from things I’ve read before. On writing: Simply begin. If you have no idea when you start, just type. Pull from that deep pool in your mind whatever bubbles to the surface. Be ready with the net on…
Coloring Club Plus — 7/27/19
I’m not sure where I heard about Billie Eilish but I’m glad I did. This cut is one of the slower ones, but there are some much more energetic ones on this album. She’s talented and I love her voice! She’s only 17! Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell (born December 18, 2001) is an American…
#MM Music Challenges — Wild Wild Life and Quentin Tarantino’s, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
Jim Adams is the ever-patient host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenge. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [The Talking Heads song, “Wild Wild Life”] and use it for inspiration in any form of creative expression (including but not limited to short stories, a piece of flash fiction, poems, lyrics, artwork, photography, (etc.)…
Mlady’s Touch
Lena never failed to be amazed by how agile her cat, Mlady, was. Mlady liked to do vertical leaps onto tabletops, then step delicately around each item on the table without wobbling any. One time Lena observed Mlady go through the paneless window of the china cabinet and step over and around each precious knick-knack…
Tao Talk 