Pixabay at Pexels.com Herman’s daughter had been begging him for a self-portrait for the past year. Herman had been diagnosed with lymphoma two years previous and had been doing his best to stay alive since then. It was September. Herman had a feeling the coming Christmas would be his last. He decided to paint a…
Month: November 2019
dVerse — prosery 6 — Lights Out
One Mid-November Monday temperatures hovered around freezing. Dusk pulled up its blanket as rain fell then froze to trees as Arctic air swept in. Limbs groaned with burden. Victims’ cracks and crashes echoed outside of the house, and the earth vibrated with their landing — the equivalent of an earthquake in Michigan. The old willow…
Coloring Club Plus — 11/11/19
This morning I realized it had been a long time since listening to this album. What profoundly strikes me about Achtung Baby are the poetry of the lyrics with so many of the songs. Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno,…
#Haikai Challenge #112 (11/10/19): Veterans Day
To our soldiers, living and passed on, I thank you. Please accept these humble poems to honor you. Trained sacrifices To appease warmongers — White crosses, green hills Poppies pale mimics of fields blossoming red – Tears remember. Shiny medals dance on the chest of a hero – wheel-chaired, he accepts Armistice Day Blood faucet…
Coloring Club Plus — 11/10/19
I have got to give thanks for the local library system for carrying this album, as it was rocking me all morning long. There are some kick butt liner notes also about BBC broadcasting at the time these were recorded that I hope to find and at least link to, as they are well worth…
#SLS — Eurhythmics, Would I Lie To You?
Jim Adams is the organized host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: English grammar can be complex and modal verbs are unlike other verbs. They include can, must, may, might, will, would, should. They are used with other verbs to express ability, obligation, possibility, and so on. Our prompt for this week is Could/Might/Should/Would. Here…
#MM Saturday Mix — The idea was difficult to swallow.
image link Twenty-five years ago, there was a neighbor kid who had gotten into the habit of pulling up the plants in our garden for fun. We’d tried speaking with the boy’s mother, fencing in the yard, employing kindness and reason with him, then yelling and threats. We’d even called the police on the youngster…
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