I woke up today to sunny skies. When I put recyclable items in the bin outside it wasn’t even cold, somewhere in the 50’s. I ended up walking out back to check things out. More trees have fallen because of the extremely high water table. Looking up the clouds were moving fast. Looking down I…
Month: December 2019
“Game of Thrones” Season 8 review
I just finished binge-watching S8 of Game of Thrones. Although I LOVED seeing so many of the characters I have grown to love over the previous 7 seasons, I am left with a feeling that the producers skated through too much with only 6 episodes in which humankind has to wage an epic battle with…
Coloring Club Plus — 12/26/19
The kinara is a seven-branched candleholder used in Kwanzaa celebrations in the United States. It is based on the Menorah used by Jews celebrating Hanukkah. Per wikipedia: Kwanzaa (/ˈkwɑːn.zə/) is a week-long annual celebration held in the United States and other nations of the African diaspora in the Americas to honor African heritage in African-American…
Coloring Club Plus — Christmas 2019
per wikipedia: “Thank God It’s Christmas” is a Christmas single by the British rock band Queen. It was written by lead guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Released on 26 November 1984, the single spent six weeks in the UK charts over Christmas 1984 and new year of 1985, and peaked at number 21….
#FF — The Price of Freedom
PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook On summer afternoons, teenagers walk past, laughing and chasing each other, most times oblivious of our existence as anything other than a pile of rocks. Occasionally one will say, “Look at that pile of rocks!” How cavalier young people of today are! They wouldn’t believe it if we told them…
ELBOW — Must hear music the US has ignored for long enough
image of Elbow from RadioX website I heard of Elbow through Steve for the Deaf and again in chapter 16 in the book he recently posted by chapter in its entirety. I borrowed a couple of albums from the library and have listened to them a few times now. The more I listen the more…
Christmas Comes but Once a Year — Hobo Moon Cartoons
Fleischer Studios (1936) The orphans were all animated based on a template of one of them, whose toy soldier falls through the sock. The short was directed by Dave Fleischer, it starred Jack Mercer as the voice of Grampy; it was Grampy’s only appearance in which Betty Boop did not appear. Along with many…
Tao Talk 