Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! We’ve come to the last installment of the series for the year. Next week I will be posting a list of my favorite films made in 2020 or 2021 that I’ve seen. I am including the tail end of 2020 because some weren’t available to borrow from…
Month: December 2021
Doodads — Nature Walk on Christmas Eve
The Land Conservancy of West MI is having a Bow Walk Challenge, where you walk certain trails that have bows placed in them. The challenge is to find the bow, take a selfie with it, submit it, which enters your name into a contest for prizes. I decided to check out a new trail today,…
The Second British Invasion Music Series — The Brit Box, Disc 1, Track 12, “She Bangs the Drums,” by The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses, l-r: Mani, Squire, Brown, and Reni Tidbits: The Stone Roses were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. One of the pioneering groups of the Madchester* movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the band’s classic and most prominent lineup consisted of vocalist Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist…
#FF — No-Snow Winter
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields It is our first no-snow winter. Shorelines of the big lakes here — and oceans elsewhere — haven’t frozen, so waves eat them like a giant Pac Man game that isn’t a game at all. Where snow fails, arctic wind prevails. Just stepping outside risks frostbite. Hundreds of homeless residents…
Favorite Holiday Movies — “The Snowman”
A repost from last year (and will probably be posted next year as well.) The beautiful simplicity of the animation, the tender-hearted magic of the story, and the music make this one of my all-time favorite holiday films. If you haven’t seen it, please take the time to do it.
Mourning Dove Solstice (tanka)
Mourning doves snugglein boughs of soft pine needles —bedtime comes early.Solstice soft moonlight gleams onfluffed feathers and diamond white. top image linkbottom image link
Doodads — site changes — request for feedback
As of 5 minutes ago, I upgraded my blog to be able to show ads, take donations, sell products, increase file limits, etc. I’m doing this on a trial basis. I have no plans to take donations or sell products at this point, however I did it to see how the ads feature works. I…
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