Coloring Club Plus — 2/10/19

I I borrowed Neil Young’s compilation, Decade, from the library (half of it, anyway).  “Mr. Soul” is on it.  “Mr. Soul” was first released by the American-Canadian rock band Buffalo Springfield in June 1967, from their second studio album Buffalo Springfield Again. Wikipedia has a couple of different song origins listed: “Mr. Soul” is about…

SLS — The Catfish Song by Townes VanZandt

Jim Adams is the host for today’s Song Lyric Sunday. Today’s theme is a good one: “River/Stream/Creek/Brook”  per wikipedia:  “The Catfish Song” is from the album, “At My Window”, an album released by… Townes Van Zandt in 1987. This was Van Zandt’s first studio album in the nine years that followed 1978’s Flyin’ Shoes, and…

Once Upon A Blog Crime 09 – Feb 2019 – Game 2

Rory, aka A Guy Called Bloke has really put the challenge to me today. Once Upon A Blog Crime …….. 09 – Feb 2019 – Game 2 There’s been a terrible murder ……… well we are pretty sure anyway! That’s down to you to decide…… During our investigation the following names have come up in…

Parrot

Fandango’s FOWC is garage and the Word of the Day Challenge is taxi. The yellow taxi with the orange doors followed its route for thirty years, day in, day out. There were no holidays for “Parrot”, as the taxi had been affectionately nicknamed by Chuck, his driver, as Parrot’s orange wings are what set him…

SoCS — -ly

Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday is here. Linda says: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “ends with -ly.” Start your post with any adverb that ends in “-ly.” Bonus points if you end with an adverb too. Have fun! Chillily I sit here searching through my head for something to…

Coloring Club Plus — 2/9/19

Today is another Richard & Linda Thompson offering, this one from their “Pour Down Like Silver” CD.  This one has Linda singing it.  “Dimming of the Day” is a song I first heard sung by Bonnie Raitt, who does an excellent cover, but I didn’t know who had written it.  Richard Thompson wrote the song,…