PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook Johnny absconded with Joey a week earlier. When their parents passed, the two were placed in separate foster homes in Bucharest. Johnny’s foster father tried to touch him inappropriately so he ran away. He wasn’t leaving Joey behind. Johnny’s dad had always talked about his great uncle, Vlad Tepes, who…
Coloring Club Plus — 7/24/19
Bonus pic: One of the asiatic lilies has finally opened. What a beauty! Today’s cut is from disc 5 of Like Omigod! The 80s Pop Culture Box (Totally). Learn more about it in my earlier post here. The song chosen today is “They Don’t Know,” by actress/comedienne, Tracey Ullman. I think Tracey is a brilliant…
dVerse — Poetics: Movement — Travelers
image link Gaia scoops water from our cursed lands Crops turn to ashes, our home turns to dust Our cow lies dying, her face scored with sand Small Goji’s abed, his fevered face flushed Vultures in dead orange tree, our hopes crushed We pack our possessions with trembling hands Coin enough left, train fare…
Twittering Tales #146 – 23 July 2019 — Pool of Souls
Cenote Cave in the Yukatan by mattiaverga at Pixabay.com The last thing Sha saw was a man with a syringe. Waking, she found herself on a stone ledge near a round pool of deep water surrounded by tall sheer rocks. Looking up, Shar saw sunshine, green, and water falling. “Where am I?” she asked. “The…
Coloring Club Plus — 7/23/19
This cut is from disc 4 of Like Omigod! The 80s Pop Culture Box (Totally). Learn more about it in my earlier post here. The song chosen today is “Suddenly Last Summer,” by the band, The Motels. I’m not sure I’ve heard this before now but I like the sound of it and the atmosphere…
dVerse — Prosery #2 — Queen of the Great Lakes
Thunderstorms pushed my small sailboat ever farther from shore. Superior, cold, deep, held skeletons — ships and people – long picked clean by pike and sturgeon, on its sandy feet. Dusk crept into the blackened maelstrom. I remember feeling an overpowering weariness and turning my fate over to the Queen of the Great Lakes; my…
Coloring Club Plus — 7/22/19
I got hooked on Cake back when my younger son left for college. His friend and roommate that he rode back and forth with played Cake and so younger son brought Cake home. I love everything about this band and I have every album they’ve made. The vocals, especially the timing of them, the clever…
