image link A family gathering gives, Appreciating why one lives Reminisces, laughter galore About things serious before Time, growth, and love blossoms forgives. Sons, now men, have women to love Humble prayers they would be beloved Helpmates, companions, hand in hand Cherished partners, unfolds as planned Thank you, Grace from dverse for the prompt today…
Thanks for being blessed to be alive
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Heading out here in a few to my oldest son’s house as his significant other has been gracious enough to offer to host the dinner today. Will be back later and hopefully be able to to do the daily prompts. :::rant mode on::: I don’t like to do this on a…
David Byrne Shares True Stories From 1986’s True Stories — Consequence of Sound
This is a very nice write-up on a movie I used to own on VHS until I moved in 2011. I think I gave my kids all of the VHS tapes, so it’s probably still around somewhere. Watching it back in 1986 it was surreal and cheesy but some of the characters within it were…
FPQ #2 — Intelligence or Wisdom?
image link Fandango’s Provocative Question #2 is: “What do you think is more useful: intelligence or wisdom, and why do you feel that way?” Intelligence and wisdom are human attributes. One is fixed (unchanging) and one is dynamic (changing) . From my view, intelligence is a fixed, or unchanging aspect, much like eye or hair color;…
Guilty
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. ~Jonathan Swift, A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind, 1707 * Crime is naught but misdirected energy. So long as every institution of today, economic, political, social, and moral, conspires to misdirect human energy into wrong channels;…
One Liner Wednesday — It’s Time
It’s time to give up the sham of Christopher Columbus “discovering” America and Thanksgiving being a holiday to celebrate (invaders coming to paradise and taking over), and instead use it as a time to gather with loved ones — not required to be biological family! — and give thanks for enjoying this thing called life….
Temple of Desire
image link Dverse topic of the night is desire and sexuality and our personal views on it. If you haven’t checked out the exceptional poetry going on over at dverse, hightail it over there by clicking on the link! here lies fleshly temple living archive within which are held sensory etchings intertwined orientations…
