News: Before getting to the music, I see that between Word Press and email followers I reached 1000. That’s amazing! To all who read TaoTalk, *thank*you*. You make me feel like what is offered here on the blog has value in some way. 1000 and counting…. “It Happened in Sun Valley” is a 1941 song…
Month: December 2019
#SLS — Baby It’s You by Smith
Jim Adams is the music-loving host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: I am sure that it will be easy to find a song for this week’s prompt being Baby. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it does not…
#MM Saturday Mix — Storm’s End
The ship danced over the undulating waves of the ocean. As the dolphin played hide and seek in its wake. We knelt on the saltwater slick deck with a notion Prayed land-ho before the wild hurricane spake The captain in the wheelhouse was lashed to it fast Reconciled he’d go down with her, good Captain…
#Haikai Challenge #117: Midwinter (mafuyu)
Dark’s pendulum swings heavy, to its furthest reach – dawn a memory Midwinter night, Luna’s lost Clouds sputter confused snow Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senyru, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga) that alludes to either midwinter (mafayu), midsummer (manastu),…
Coloring Club Plus — 12/14/19
I knew there had to be a song out there about a Christmas rose and I was right. The song and the coloring fit each other not only for that, but in the lyrics it says, “friendship is a holly tree” and there are holly leaves surrounding the rose. What is love without friendship? “Love…
#MM Music Challenge — Time, from here to there
Jim Adams is the motivational host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenge. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [New York Minute by Don Henley] and use it for inspiration in any form of creative expression. “New York Minute” is a new song for me, and I appreciate the background information and interpretations…
Coloring Club Plus — 12/13/19
“Winter Wonderland” is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere. Since its original recording by Richard Himber, it has been covered by over 200 different artists, including Air Supply, Jo Stafford, Doris…
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