Coloring Club Plus — 11/24/19

Today’s song comes from an album I talked about back in June of this year.  You can find it here.  Today’s track from Lyle Lovett and His Large Band is his cover of Tammy Wynette’s song, “Stand By Your Man.”  I remember the first time I heard it my first thought was “he can’t do…

#SLS — Midnite Cruiser by Steely Dan

Jim Adams is the maker of broccoli cheese casserole and is the prepared host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: In case you have not guessed it yet, the Song Lyric Sunday prompt is food related this week, because of the Thanksgiving holiday that is approaching. I think that everyone will have a lot of…

#Haikai Challenge #114: Thanksgiving and dVerse OLN

Thanksgiving Alone Dawn, cold November Snowflakes blanket a grey sky Wet firewood smokes Warm hearth’s gatherings distant No footprints lead to my door Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haiki Challenge.  Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga) that alludes to Thanksgiving. image link…

#MM Saturday Mix — Forevermore

image link It was the twelfth of January, the day of each month that I went to visit him. There was no obligation on my part to do so and a million reasons why not. Month after month, year after year, I made the two-hour sojourn. Brewing enough coffee to fill my large traveler’s cup…

Coloring Club Plus — 11/23/19

One of my friends’ daughters is into traveling where the live music takes her. She often takes her mom with her (mom looks like she’s about 20 and fits right in with their crowd.) Last year mother and daughter to Bluegrass Underground in the caverns of Pelham, Tennessee, as mentioned in the information below, and…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #114 — How much evil?

image link Reena asked us to choose from a list of questions and answer. This is the one I chose. “For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do? Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and acts of hatred.” I wouldn’t have a clue how…

#MM Tale Weaver 250 — The Fisher King

When I think of cup my first thought is The Holy Grail. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary describes it as, “The Holy Grail is a treasure that serves as an important motif in Arthurian literature. Different traditions describe it as a cup, dish or stone with miraculous powers that provide happiness, eternal youth or sustenance in infinite abundance,…