Month: August 2025

#FF — Under the Streetlight

PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Under the Streetlight Merilee lives with seriousness and purpose as her father has taught her. People can’t be trusted, as everyone has hidden agendas. But seriousness demands exceptions. She is being promoted to Regional Director, and that is reason to celebrate. June, her friend, has convinced her to host a…

Read More

dVerse Q 230 (2nd) — Inside Outside Vice Versa

Funny clip of Gladys Kravitz from old Bewitched TV show Inside Outside Vice Versa“Must you always fling such rumpus?”Mrs. Kravitz badgered, grumpus.“Life’s too short to worry, lady, I’m hot potato, life is gravy.”“Why you wise crack every time?”Mrs. Kravitz gulped her wine.“Life is lush, not sour grapes.Loosen up, enjoy the day.” Here is a second…

Read More

dVerse Q230 – Comes Now a Rumpus

Comes Now a RumpusComes now a rumpuspinned on no compasssound brass trumpetsdispel fear from us.Gathered alumnusprepare in onenessas crucible of fundushath made toughness.Resolve, cuprous cutlass’,survey bulbous buttress’;we steel-smelted puppetsshall refuse interruptuswill forge new twas thus. I have this live album.  Bought it after hearing them at our Irish (and Celtic) Music Festival many moons ago. …

Read More

what am i?

i’m pretty and round like a mushroomi’m orange-striped like a muskmeloni’m buried in dirt like a seedgreen stems spring from mewhat am i?oh look, i have eyesa special potato?look closeyou’ll seei’m a toad frogbright me.i live in a zoofor me it’s okthey feed me wellcan you tell? Younger son and his fam went to the…

Read More

#SLS — Strange Little Girl – Tori Amos Cover

image is from Tori Amos’ website In 2021, I was introduced to a Tori Amos cover of “Strange Little Girl” by Steve for the Deaf. Written by The Stranglers in 1974 and re-recorded and released in the UK in 1982, it was their last single while signed to Liberty Records (part of EMI.) Strange Little Girls is a concept album released…

Read More