Category: Christmas

One More Time: The Ballad of Yukon Cornelius

image link Keele Peak in Mackenzie range Breeds snow 12 months a year To get to the top takes grit and mean And nightly bouts of prayer A man named Ringo traveled far, From North Dakota way, He’d heard ‘bout Keele since was wee That mint at its feet might pay. He set up camp…

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dVerse — MTB/Form — Earth Trees Weep

Earth Trees Weep twoblue sprucetrees  planted in their front yardintended **l i v i n g**s e a s o n a l   celebrantsover decades; but things change** rumbles  an  avalanche  of  tears **grands pass, one by one, as house crumbles;gone, beyond care, when thieves steal in, axe themCiel’s treesshine bright   (ciel = sky/heaven)…

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Albums (CDs) for Christmas

I know I can’t be the only one who buys themselves Christmas presents.  Since I featured a few Jethro Tull tunes this holiday season, it refreshed my want to own “Songs from the Wood,” one of the few albums of theirs I don’t have.  I went to discogs to find a used CD and easily…

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Santa’s Lap (repost from 2018) kind of prophetic!

image link Repost from 2018.  This seems almost more truth than fiction in 2022. Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie and Wordle challenge for this week involves writing a story using at least 10 of the following words. Your Wordle words are: present Yuletide holiday herald Santa tree celebrate mistletoe stocking pudding elves reindeer Fifty years ago Santa was…

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