Jim Adams is the prompt-slingin’ host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week we have Come/Go/Leave/Stay and I think we will all have fun with this. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it does not fit, then please…
Author: Lisa or Li
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Big Snow Movies
After watching the rest of Akira Kurosawa’s Noir, “The Idiot” I started thinking about movies where snow plays a huge role in the plot or ambience of a film. Today’s post will highlight a few of them. The first one is where a family in Sweden takes a 5-day skiing vaca to spend quality time…
#Haikai Challenge #126 (2/15/20): returning cold (saekaeru) and dVerse’ OLN
Afterthaw’s blizzard Chills water to ice, mid-drip – Bird’s baths must wait. ~ Clear path turns long trudge To mailbox. Warm weather left No return address. ~ Cardinal feathers From slick shiny to puffed warmth — Cold’s return fashion. ~ Weatherbug’s re-freeze Tells crocus and snowdrops: “Sleep on for awhile.” ~ Midwinter light grows Temperatures…
Ralph Nadar: “Democratic Socialism” – Bring it on Corporate Socialists! — Rise Up Times
RALPH NADAR DEBUNKS DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM What is democratic socialism, anyway? Ralph Nader explains. via Ralph Nadar: “Democratic Socialism” – Bring it on Corporate Socialists! — Rise Up Times
#MM Saturday Mix – Opposing Forces
like dawn you crept in to mend these cracks with golden light this vessel again fit to hold a promise fulfilled with love’s elixir drinking in brightest noon, thirsting as we entwined in toasts day waned and midnight fell, our restored cups clattering evermore breaking our once cupped hearts into red glittering shards that left…
Valentines Day Feature — Three Roses
Happy Valentine’s Day All I’ve been trying to decide what angle to approach Valentines Day in my writing today. Valentines Day is a iconic celebration of love between two people. Not everyone has the blessings of being in reciprocal love with another person. It’s difficult not to feel like you’re missing out on this day…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #122 — Professor Pettigrew’s Magic
Credit: Daniel Salmieri in A Velocity of Being Johnny’s English 101 teacher was the old-fashioned kind, and Johnny wasn’t sure he liked the old-fashioned kind. English 101 was Johnny’s 8 a.m. Monday-Thursday class in his freshman year at the community college. The first class Professor Pettigrew laid out the groundwork for the semester as he…
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