I am proud to be an American. It doesn’t mean I like everything my nation has done or does. It means I maintain hope that we can do better. Frederick Douglass is one of the most eloquent, articulate writers I’ve come across. His autobiography needs to be required reading in every school’s curriculum. To read…
Month: July 2020
Novelty Song Friday #16 — “Pink Shoe Laces,” by Dodie Stevens
Thanks go to Jim Adams at A Unique Title for Me for finding this little gem of a song to feature for this week’s Novelty Song Friday. Per wikipedia: “Pink Shoe Laces” (or “Pink Shoelaces”) is a song composed by Mickie Grant that was recorded by Dodie Stevens, accompanied by Bobby Hammack and his Orchestra,…
Thursday Inspiration 63 — Still, beginning
There beside me on the roof Fur to fur gaze on the Earth Together sharing love’s berth Wonder how the time has flown Purred with warmth in purple skies On Mars, marveled hows and whys We woke here to begin our tenth lives Paula Light is the host of Thursday Inspiration. Paula…
Mask Contest! All are welcome!
Max from the PowerPop blog just gave me a brilliant idea. In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks to protect oneself from the virus and to protect others if you have or are carrying it, need to be worn. No, it isn’t Unamerican; no, it isn’t namby pamby to wear one. It simply is…
#FF — Yee-haw!
Uber-man dropped them at the Segway rental from the train station. Jib and Tag had been studying Segway touring routes for NYC; the map was criss-crossed in varying-colored neon highlighters. Jib spied a pub a few doors down. “Tag, let’s have one for the road first, shall we, and chit-chat the locals for any tips.”…
Parasites and Hunter-Killers
Hunter who has studied us One who knows our ev’ry like Sent by Mother Gaia, who Says it’s time for us to shift When our bodies have a foe We send out the phagocytes Killer cells who eat them up Balanced health an unspoke right We are now the parasites Mother’s body’s had enough…
Tao Talk 