#FFFC 54 — 11:38

It didn’t matter where she was or what she was doing, Didi’s eyes were drawn to a clock at 11:38. She never thought consciously about the time or looking at the clock except in the morning when she got up for work and towards the end of her work day. It was as if a…

dVerse — quadrille #98 — Trauma’s Onion

Trauma, immortally peeling onion of layered human celluloid misery. Re-runs’ battleground images lose their vividness with each viewing. Marinated liver reeks on my onion skin tempting black eagles’ taloned mandate. Angels with light arrows circle, faces outward, protecting my soul – healing thicker pink.       Mish is today’s for dVerse.  Mish says: Today…

#SLS — Five Feet High and Rising by Johnny Cash

Jim Adams is the music aficianado host of Song Lyric Sunday.  Jim says: This week we have Ankles/Hands/Feet/Fingers/Toes/Wrists and I think we will all be able to find a song that uses of these prompt words which can be singular or plural and we should all have fun while we are doing this. Here are…

#MM — Saturday Mix — Lucky Dip — pretty peonies

Pretty puffed pungent petals Prancing pirouetting primadonas Pastels, pompous pinks, Peeking, pouncing, Passels praying Proud, precocious Parades primping Precious pronouncements     Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Saturday Mix.  Sarah says: For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out a Tautogram. The topic is up to you! …

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #123 — silent scream

Sunset at Montmajour by Vincent van Gogh, painted 1888, discovered in 2013 Vincent van Gogh was born in 1853 in the Netherlands and died 37 years later, in 1890 in France. Born to a minister father and an artist mother, he worked towards being a priest but then rejected the structure of the church. Instead…

#MM — Music Challenge — Let me get to the point

Jim Adams is the dependable host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenge.  Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [Tom Petty’s, “You Don’t Know How it Feels“] and use it for inspiration in any form of creative expression. Reading through the lyrics, it strikes me that Tom is torn between allowing himself to feel…

Thursday Inspiration 44 — Love Potion #9

George, the love of my life, was a utility worker, climbing power poles 40-50 hours a week. Or at least he did until he was thrown from a 40-foot height by a power surge. Landing on the lawn, George’s body smoked from the electricity that put him into a coma. It had been six months….