“to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gills than lungs;…
Coloring Club Plus — 3/13/19
Wandering Spirit is the third solo album by Mick Jagger. Released in 1993, it was his only solo album release of the 1990s. It was well-received by the critics, per wikipedia. My selection from this excellent album is, “Hang on to Me Tonight”. Billy Preston may or may not be playing keyboard on this one…
3.2.1 Quote Me! — “Life”
Pixabay 321 Quote Me Directory 321 Quote Me Created by A Guy Called Bloke and K9 Doodlepip! Once a week, Rory will pick a random topic, post two quotes on that topic and nominate 3 bloggers, who in turn will post 2 quotes on the topic and nominate 3 bloggers of their own. Rules: 3.2.1…
dVerse — Carnivale
image link Amaya is the host of dVerse today and has asked for a poetic offering on Mardi Gras. Amaya says: Of course, if Mardi Gras/Carnival/Lent is not part of your culture then try to think of a festival time in opposition to a more contemplative, sober time experienced either collectively or on your own….
Zelda the Magnificent
image link Fandango’s FOWC is opening, the Word of the Day Challenge is action, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are lozenge, mission, raincoat, and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge prompt is: “Well, I haven’t seen one of those since…” Zelda, 93 years young, still volunteered at the shelter mission Monday-Friday mornings for homeless teenagers. She was…
Twittering Tales #127 – 12 March 2019
Photo by Pexel2013 at Pixabay.com Kat is the host of Twittering Tales. Kat says: And REMEMBER…you have 280 characters (spaces and punctuation included), to tell your tale…and a week to do it. Mar had been hunting Blue Devil (BD) for eons, in and out of time warps. Mar had only twice been close to stopping…
Finish the Story – The House on the Lake
This story is part of the Finish the Story Challenge that Teresa, The Haunted Wordsmith hosts. Teresa tagged the lovely Sadje of Keep it Alive, who tagged Kristian of Tales from the Mind of Kristian, who then tagged me. The House on the Lake Part One from The Haunted Wordsmith – A house sat perched…
