image link Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (#FOWC) is special. The Word Challenge of the Day is enrapture. She walked the fields and down by the stream all morning, then into afternoon, looking, smelling, and listening for her ingredients. With the ones she already had in her spice chest, there were only a few left to complete…
Well of Feelings — A Blitz Poem
I went and volunteered a shift at the cat shelter with my son and his wife this afternoon. The orientation was last week. One training shift down and three more, then I’ll be an official regular volunteer. The crew on Sunday evenings are so friendly and laid back. It’s also very clear they are passionate…
Kinky Boots (2005 & 2013?)
Fandango’s One-Word Challenge is free. Todays Word of the Day Challenge is kinky. Ooh there are so many directions to go with kinky. An attempt will be made to keep it x-free – go to porn hub if you want to be titillated – but still keep the spirit of the word intact. Kinky Boots…
Song Lyric Sunday — Danny Boy
image link and more info about the song Although there were several good choices for Song Lyric Sunday’s theme of boys, I chose this one. My firstborn is named after it and it is one that makes me cry every time I hear it sung right. Joe Feeney, who sang many beautiful Irish tunes on…
Cinquain on the Pencil
image link and also a link to, “The Surprising History of the Pencil” at brainpickings, by Maria Popova Fandango’s One-Word Challenge is pencil . My younger son is both a math whiz (he got it from his dad) and an artist who loves his pencils. I never thought I’d write a poem about a pencil,…
Game of Thrones (SPOILER ALERT)
image link, which leads to S8 teaser video The Word of the Day Challenge is capitulate. For individuals who have NOT seen Game of Thrones but have considered watching it at some point, stop reading this post now and click away from it. OK now, let’s get on with the post. The root of capitulate…
#SoCS Music(als) from 1970
I didn’t live far from one of the first big department stores in the area from the age of 10 to 16. My best friend and I would walk the couple of blocks to it at least once a day, sometimes multiple times. It had everything, a snack bar, shoe repair, ice cream shop, clothing,…
