#MM — Saturday Mix — The Test

image link In the digital age of too much information, The Test had put so many memes, thoughtbytes, myths, and buzz inside of Timbo’s head that it felt like it was vibrating. Crammed full and crawling, the processor in his frontal cortex seized up. Like a marquee on a theater, LED bubble lights flashed circling…

#MM Music Challenge — Life is a Metaphor

Jim Adams is the music-loving host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenges.  Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [“One Way Out” by The Allman Brothers] and use it for inspiration in any form of creative expression (including but not limited to short stories, a piece of flash fiction, poems, lyrics, artwork, photography, (etc.)…

#MM Saturday Mix — The idea was difficult to swallow.

image link Twenty-five years ago, there was a neighbor kid who had gotten into the habit of pulling up the plants in our garden for fun. We’d tried speaking with the boy’s mother, fencing in the yard, employing kindness and reason with him, then yelling and threats. We’d even called the police on the youngster…

#MM Saturday Mix – Unique Personality — Mother Nature can be a….

image link Gordon Lightfoot sang about the “gales of November,” which haven’t quite reached here yet, but cold October rains did their best to wash the rainbow leaves off of the trees. A thick mat greeted my running shoes as I walked along the trail that ran between the dunes today. I’d almost made it…

#MM Music Challenge — Walking this Way

Jim Adams is the committed host of Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Challenge.  Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [Walk Like an Egyptian] and use it for inspiration in any form of creative expression. Jim, I enjoyed your post today very much. What inspired me in it is the walking; the walking in music…