#SLS — Steel Rail Blues by Gordon Lightfoot

Jim Adams is the always-motivating host of Song Lyric Sunday. Today is the debut of Jim’s brand new Song Lyric Sunday banner, which shows just how much of a party Song Lyric Sunday is each week. Jim says: I picked what I feel is the most challenging theme that we have encountered so far, which…

Coloring Club Plus (minus coloring) 10/12/19

Yesterday afternoon, I was unexpectedly called away to help out friends and then ended up spending the night out of town.  Got back home around 11 a.m. this morning.  Mlady was peering around the corner at the end of the hall to make sure it was me.  Her fur was all puffed out when she…

OctPoWriMo2019 Day 12 — black — Prince Whom Darkness Prints

  Prince Whom Darkness Prints Globe that twists and swirls the depths of globe Needle thrusts at heaven – dark’s needle. Wheedle built from Hell’s dev’lish wheedle Trove of darkness cached as treasure trove Wasted hungry fish, starved, thin-waisted Needs to consume light of life; black needs Freed shadow bites eats bleeds, evil freed Tastes…

OctPoWriMo2019 Day 11 — silence

  silence lonely forgotten piercing rejecting echoing accusing mocking spacious potent soothing accepting opening special peaceful quiet Morgan Dragonwillow is the host of OctPoWriMo.  Morgan says: What is silence for you? Is it ever silent where you live? Is it a comfortable silence or is the silence screaming? Have you been silenced? Answer some of…

Book Review — Herja, Devastation, by Cage Dunn and Frank Prem

“The woman, well, she’s the devil to some, vengeance incarnate, the one who uses scars on the soul to hold you still while your heart comes out for examination.” —Herja, Devastation, by Prem, Frank and CS Dunn Adjectives that come to mind when I think of “Herja, Devastation” are smoldering, passionate, cold, dedicated, focused. Imagine,…

OctPoWriMo2019 — Day 10 — WARM

WARM cozy comforter snuggled in for rest no chilled air touches me except for my brave moon face “winter’s icy sorrows melting”     I went out to find a graphic for my poem and came across the following concept.  Poetry always leads to serendipitous, delightful finds. Patrick Allen at Life Hacker says: Hygge, which…