Saturday Doodads — The Yard

This edition of Doodads will take you on an abbreviated tour of the yard, as I walked around on my way out to the mailbox. The first picture is the growing fancy Asiatic Lilies I planted in the fall.  These are going to be gorgeous!  They were planted in suet cages to keep the ground…

Coloring Club Plus — 5/25/19

I first heard JP Hoe’s music on myspace.com and loved his voice right from the get-go. JP is based in Manitoba, Canada. Manitoba Music did a nice write-up on him here. which has several of his music videos at the page. His official website is here. I bought his debut, self-published, “The Dear John Letters”…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #88 — Maa Durga experience

In the middle of last October, I wrote a poem for OctWriPoMo about protection. The following is most of the post and the poem I wrote: Thinking about this briefly, it was clear that there is nothing comparable to the protection outlined in the 23rd Psalm of the Christian Bible.  I use it daily and…

High Diver

In the world of finance, Louann had always been a high diver. Only the most addicted to xtreme risk opportunities came to Louann to invest. If there was no jeopardy, there was no thrill. To those with endless wells of disposable income, it was the only way to fly. Louann, whose nickname was the Sunflower…

Coloring Club Plus — 5/24/19

  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:…