The Bag Lady

3TC – Lion or Lamb 3-12-22

Fandango’s Flashback Friday — March 27th

stripes of black or white

nature’s mystery challenge

no middling gray

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life described in stripes

animals understand choice

and yet they stick together

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Succumbed into a welcoming sea, saw the mermaid who used her ancient spell.

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Weekend Writing Prompt #461 – Spell

“Respond to this challenge by either using the prompt word dark, or going with the above picture, or by means of the song ‘Evil Ways’, or by going with another song”.

My first thought was a song from the eighties, “White Wedding” sung by Billy Idol. We listened to many Idol songs, mainly because my middle son played guitars and copied Idol’s style. Having three teenagers, I listened to a lot of music!

“The music video, featuring Idol attending a goth wedding, is one of his best-known. The bride is played by Perri Lister, Idol’s real-life girlfriend at the time. She is also one of the three dancers clad in black leather, who slap their buttocks in time with the clap track in the song as they shimmy downwards near the end. “That’s the kind of thing they love in England”, says Idol.^”

“In one scene, Idol forces a wedding ring made of barbed wire onto Lister’s finger and cuts her knuckle. Lister insisted that her knuckle actually be cut in order for the scene to appear more realistic.^[11] MTV initially removed this scene from the video.” Wikipedia

I’ve never seen the video, but it sounds pretty weird.

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Thursday Inspiration #325 Evil Ways

Joe adjusted headphones watching his wife dance the conga with friends they made on this tour. The bus was not a luxury, but adequate for the price. A shark in the tourism industry was plentiful, but Joe waggled costs down to something affordable. The “soundtrack” playing in his ears was the baseball game he was missing. After four years of sitting in a noisy seat, Joe threw in the towel. The seats were expensive, behind the umpire, but his wife and this tour replaced them.

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Can You Tell A Story In…

innocence in spring

among trees and newborn leaves

a young face appears

forest creatures acceptance

while a new life flourishes

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Open Link Night #404

“Yesterday I parked my car in a tow-away zone…when I came back the entire area was missing…” Stephen Wright

One-Liner Wednesday – Are they?

I thought our family couldn’t break

Then along came Trump with his take

Stubbornness does not playcate

Opinions grown that will not shake

Can’t people see these mistakes

Letting those loud mouths slake

I want to walk us back, betake

Times when Trump did not forsake

The USA.

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Writing Prompts

“Frightening spider webs, not my cup of tea” Susan said. “Jack Frost’s paintings I love, but the thought of how many large beings weave those webs, gives me chills!”

“Never mind, honey, I’ll sweep them off after I finish the driveway.” A half hour later, Susan called to her husband to come in for some hot chocolate. Getting no response she thought he was probably putting the shovel away in the garage.

Shortly, there was a knock on the door. “Jack’s not coming, but I could use a warm drink…”. Susan spied a black hairy arm leaning against the doorway.

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27 March 2026

My granddaughter goes to our local community college and loves playing soccer. So far just scrimmages but found the girls they played against were vicious. Cleats bruises and black and blues – I think this is unnecessary and the other team’s coaches should change that. My granddaughter is pretty small and a very good player so they attack her to get her off the field. I’m happy to watch from afar or I might have to take someone out😄😡🤯😀😎

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