Linda G. Hill is the host of Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Linda says: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “the last piece of mail you received.” Talk about the subject of the last piece of physical mail you received, i.e. a gas bill–talk about gas, not the bill itself. Have fun! I…
Category: politics
Home of the brave
image link Fandango’s FOWC is division, the Word Challenge of the Day is empty, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are tortilla, vault, riverbed, and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge prompt is “I’m sure it was all a dream.” Vanna started her morning with a breakfast of coffee and a corn tortilla with fresh avocado on it,…
SLS — Midnight Oil’s Mountains of Burma
image link which also takes you to Rolling Stone article on the group Jim Adams is the host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: Music is in the air, lighting up our hearts and filling our dreams as an art form made up of sounds and silence. (and you said you weren’t a poet, Jim)…
FPQ — footing the bill
Fandango’s question of the day is easier than others he’s asked. “Should tax payers have the option to explicitly say what they don’t want their tax dollars spent on?” What do you think? What areas, if any, would you wish to exclude your tax dollars from paying for? Fandango, I think representative government as we…
To Mr. James Baldwin, With Love
image link Anmol is hosting dVerse this evening. The topic tonight is privilege. Anmol says: You can approach the idea of privilege in different ways. You can either seek inspiration from these poets and their poems or reflect upon your own privileges and share them through a tapestry of images and metaphors along with a…
Institutionalized soul murder. — Lucky Otters Haven
After watching Season 2 of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and writing about it recently, when I read Lucky Otter’s essay on totalitarianism and the trends of real life going on in relationship to it, I wanted to share it. It’s important we face where we are. The title is apt. “If you’ve been following me for…
The Handmaid’s Tale — S2
I’m about to go watch E4. Hey peeps for those of you who haven’t watched this series, it gives me an icy chill up my spine. It’s probably how some people felt back in George Orwell’s time when he wrote 1984, where they were thinking if we are not careful this is where we are…
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