This morning I realized it had been a long time since listening to this album. What profoundly strikes me about Achtung Baby are the poetry of the lyrics with so many of the songs. Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno,…
#Haikai Challenge #112 (11/10/19): Veterans Day
To our soldiers, living and passed on, I thank you. Please accept these humble poems to honor you. Trained sacrifices To appease warmongers — White crosses, green hills Poppies pale mimics of fields blossoming red – Tears remember. Shiny medals dance on the chest of a hero – wheel-chaired, he accepts Armistice Day Blood faucet…
Coloring Club Plus — 11/10/19
I have got to give thanks for the local library system for carrying this album, as it was rocking me all morning long. There are some kick butt liner notes also about BBC broadcasting at the time these were recorded that I hope to find and at least link to, as they are well worth…
#SLS — Eurhythmics, Would I Lie To You?
Jim Adams is the organized host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: English grammar can be complex and modal verbs are unlike other verbs. They include can, must, may, might, will, would, should. They are used with other verbs to express ability, obligation, possibility, and so on. Our prompt for this week is Could/Might/Should/Would. Here…
#MM Saturday Mix — The idea was difficult to swallow.
image link Twenty-five years ago, there was a neighbor kid who had gotten into the habit of pulling up the plants in our garden for fun. We’d tried speaking with the boy’s mother, fencing in the yard, employing kindness and reason with him, then yelling and threats. We’d even called the police on the youngster…
Coloring Club Plus — 11/9/19
Today’s Celtic letter “Q” is dedicated to Queen. If you’ve noticed a lot of Celtic letters lately it is because I want to get them done before the end of November, as I plan on Christmas colorings all December and the coloring, for the most part, will be ending at the end of the year….
TV News is Lying to You?
I found this in the November 2019 issue of The Funny Times, which I’ve subscribed to for several years now. The Cleveland, Ohio-based political and general humor newspaper takes no advertising dollars and so it can print as it will without fear. I’ve come to implicitly trust the editors in what they choose to include…
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