Dave, at A Sound Day, posted a Redbone Halloween song and talked about “The Witch Queen of New Orleans” a real person. That reminded me of a poem I wrote about her awhile back. OK, this one needs a WARNING. Adults only and not for the faint of heart. “Tis I, Marie, you come to…
Month: October 2022
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (netflix)
I saw this on the netflix banner a few days ago. The time is right for it. My sensitivities wondered if I wanted to subject myself to the man I’ve just newly dubbed The Sultan of Squeamishness. There is something about del Toro’s work that makes my skin crawl. You may ask how in the…
dVerse — Quadrille Monday 163 — Happy Halloween
It’s Monday morning and Halloween. You’ve called in sick and we’ve slept in. Rolled in blankets, warm pink links, muffled crows call through the walls wordless candycorns heralding day. Kitchen-bound, terry-robed, I scare us up scrambled eggs; sourdough toast to go with fresh-made cuppajoe. top image link De Jackson (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host for…
Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge Day 31 Costume (final chapter)
baby space owls by arumise Jean was given her assignment by D.W.W. She and Hicks were allowed to leave. The other two men remained entranced, proverbial flies wrapped in silk, waiting for their captor’s hunger. The irony of D.W.W. drinking blood yet being a non-violent stranded ET was difficult for any human and for the…
Happy Beatles Halloween!
Just saw this at the “Beatles. Come Together Page.“ And then of course, I was compelled to find an appropriate video to go with this. Using Beatles Halloween, I found this gem:
POPO2022 Day 31 — faerie on rose petals
faerie plays hopscotch pretends she has broken wings hopes to kiss a prince faerie plays hopscotch on rose petals, hair a-mess in her sheer gauze dress pretends broken wings easy catch for a long tongue in a wide green mouth hoped to kiss a prince but, disappointed, she flits off to the next pond… TWO…
Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge Day 30 Party
Dias de los Muertos Party The ability to read and control the earthlings minds gave Deity-With-Wings (D-W-W,) as she was symbolized on her home planet, which had no spoken language, a.k.a. the beast, an advantage over them and other prey. Her superior intellect also gave her strategic superiority. When Marty had first climbed the ladder…