image link, which leads to S8 teaser video The Word of the Day Challenge is capitulate. For individuals who have NOT seen Game of Thrones but have considered watching it at some point, stop reading this post now and click away from it. OK now, let’s get on with the post. The root of capitulate…
Author: Lisa or Li
mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.
#SoCS Music(als) from 1970
I didn’t live far from one of the first big department stores in the area from the age of 10 to 16. My best friend and I would walk the couple of blocks to it at least once a day, sometimes multiple times. It had everything, a snack bar, shoe repair, ice cream shop, clothing,…
Driver 8 (1985)
image link Fandango’s One-Word Challenge today is driver . R.E.M.’s song, “Driver 8”, came to mind. Maybe because of last night’s prompt at dverse where a repetitive form was called for. Usually I don’t like repetitive songs, but it works so well in, “Driver 8”. Maybe it is used as a reflection of the often-monotonous…
SHORT short story
image link The Word Challenge of the day is eruption , and Fandango’s One-Word Challenge is floor. Since I”m just now getting to this, it’s going to be a quickie. I woke up to a rumbling underneath the floorboards. Shards of white light lasered between them, burning holes in the dingy ceiling. All I could…
Meeting the Bear
image link Jilly at dverse poets pub is the hostess this evening and has asked for a poem with repetition. This one is in the form of villanelle . I saw a Disney-produced — yes, I hate Disney, but — movie a couple of years ago, called, “Bears”, which is a documentary of a mother…
White Elephant Gift Exchange #THWWE
image link This fun game was initiated by Teresa, The Haunted Wordsmith. I have been tagged and presented a gift by Kristian at Tales from the Mind of Kristian. Kristian is a thoughtful giver and knew I would love this gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H48j3KGBomU Thank you so much for your careful consideration! As part of this party,…
#YPQ #4 Better to Know or Not?
Fandango has provoked us with yet another question. This is the best one yet, imo. “Is it better to know or is it better to not know?” Things it’s better not to know: –How hot Charlie Hunnam looks in a suit image link Let’s face it, he looks good in anything, or even nothing,…
