The “D” for today is honoring the celebration of China’s Dragon Boat Festival, which begins today. Learn more about this important festival here. It began way back when, to honor a poet, yes a poet, who many feel is the greatest Chinese poet of all time, Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan CROSSING THE RIVER, by Qu…
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The ivy-covered cottage rests Set in the clearing of green dale Where oxygen so thick lays low Black ink with woe will tell this tale Of the spirit in the mirror’s Love for witch and thirst for freedom. How she dabbled to release him, With uttered spells and…
Coloring Club Plus — 6/6/19
This is another cut from the Merle Haggard “Down Every Road 1962-1994” 4 disc set. Read more about it at my post from yesterday, here. “Sam Hill” is from Merle’s “Strangers” album, his debut studio album, released on September 27, 1965, by Capitol Records. “Sam Hill,” for example, had peaked at number forty-five after its…
#FF — Abrupt Discoveries
PHOTO PROMPT © Ceayr Jerome and Cindy had been together for 25 years; Jerome had marriage aversion and liked things as-is. Cindy realized she needed to explore other options, one of which was Luis in the apartment below theirs. Jerome had never missed a day of work aside from his annual 2-week vacation – until…
Twittering Tales #139 – 4 June 2019 — Glass
Photo by Portrait of Tracy at Pixabay.com Glass Flo, a quiet millionaire, earns her money through writing dozens of novels that hit the bestseller lists. Only her offshore bank and her agent know that Flo writes under many names. Flo’s multiple personalities, all top writers, demand to be published under their own names. [276 characters]…
Coloring Club Plus — 6/5/19
Per wikipedia: Down Every Road 1962–1994 is a compilation album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1996. It covers music from his earliest work in the early 1960s to his Epic releases of the late 1980s. The boxed set includes three CDs of material recorded for Capitol (up to 1977) and one of…
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