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#SLS — I Have the Touch by Peter Gabriel

Jim Adams is the anatomically-oriented host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: I am hoping that responses will be more evenly distributed with this week’s prompt being Arms/Elbows/Knees/Legs. 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…

Book Review — The New Asylum: A Memoir of Psychiatry, by Frank Prem

Frank Prem’s new poetry book, “The New Asylum: A Memoir of Psychiatry” contains memoirs spanning his life from a small child to forty or more years as a psychiatric nurse, all in relation to the psychiatric hospital on the hill in his small town in Australia. It starts with both of his parents working there,…

#Haikai Challenge #116 (12/7/19): Cold Moon and dVerse OLN #256

Twelfth night December’s Iced globe – blue light broadcast Above and below Cold moon bounces cross-country Nature’s wordless winter song In long night’s silence Winter’s moon is small comfort To cold loneliness Two castaways, far apart, Look up and share a warm dream Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haiki Challenge. …

Coloring Club Plus — 12/7/19

OK, today’s song isn’t a holiday song, per se, but the lyrics have some suggestion of ornaments and a tree, so it technically is one. Besides, I listened to this album last night and again tonight (which is now the next morning, when I am posting it.) What can I say, but that Cake is…

Too Beautiful (and dao) not to share

Here is another one of those random stumble-acrosses while looking for something else on youtube. In this clip, Stephen Colbert tells how he met his wife. This, my friends, is a piece of magic.

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #116 — Do No Harm

Image credit: Gerd Altmann at Pixabay The first thing I thought when I saw the photo was how beautiful it was, the magnificence of the sunrise up against the silhouettes of a human kneeling at the foot of a cross. Humans connect with each other through symbols and archetypes, and most people would recognize these…

Coloring Club Plus — 12/6/19

Today I put in the search box “holiday decorations” and this was one of only 30 songs to pop up. This is a beautiful song! Boyz II Men (pronounced boys to men) is an American R&B and hip hop vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are…