I first heard “Message to Martha” on a Burt Bacharach compilation album. I adore the song and I love the way Jerry Butler, Jr. sings it. The song was first recorded as “Message to Martha” by Jerry Butler in the 1962 session in New York City which produced Butler’s hit “Make It Easy on Yourself”….
Dreams do come true
Ever since May was a small girl, tucked in for the night and listening to her mom reading tales of princesses and knights in shining armor, she wanted to spend her honeymoon night in a 4-poster bed with a canopy. She wanted a fancy wedding also, but the bed was the thing that would make…
Tale Weaver # 224 – Estrangement – May 23rd.
Michael is the host of Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Tale Weaver. Michael says: This week I am asking you to explore the concept of estrangement. It happens to so many of us.We may be estranged from family, from children, from friends and the reasons can be obvious and they can be mysterious and frustrating. From the dictionary:…
Divine Gifts
Image by Mystic Art Design from Pixabay Minerva had come and gone from this world many times and had cycled through many forms. Her most boring form had been that of a starfish, but when she rose to heaven’s sanctuary afterwards, she was rewarded with a return as human with (human) palms itching to write…
Coloring Club Plus — 5/23/19
Bonus photo: asparagus up growing. These were picked today. Lilacs are also starting to bloom. “I’m a Loser” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, originally released on Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom, later released on Beatles ’65 in the United States, both in 1964. Written by John Lennon, and…
Not a joke this time
Image by Mabel Amber, still incognito… from Pixabay Riding to the fairy ball wearing their brown velvet jackets and hats, the Three Gaffe Brothers practiced their jokes on the carriage. Three Gaffe Brothers made the celebration circuit throughout the region as stand-up comedians. As their name implied, one would make a mistake during their routine…
Friday Fictioneers — Learning to play
Penny was tortured each day, while the revelers laughed. Adults did not trust children to be cruel, and so they blindfolded them to remove any chance a child would say no, I don’t want to hurt the donkey. When Penny brayed as the pins pierced her flesh, the adults told the children that she was…
Tao-Talk 