The Bag Lady

The town was sleepy

The brains were hollow

A horse to ride

Man’s death to follow

Galloping through, he gives you a scare

About the head…no one cares!

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Prompt Word!

Quick facts. 

Born: Nov 7, 1943 (82 years), Fort Macleod, Canada

Spouse: Larry Klein (m. 1982–1994), Chuck Mitchell (m. 1965–1967)

Children: Kelly Dale Anderson

Height: 5′ 6″

Parents: Myrtle Anderson, Bill Anderson

Genre: Rock

I had many JM albums and know the words by heart. So many songs had special meaning for me but I’m sharing one of my other favorites here!

Raised On Robbery

by Joni Mitchell

He was sitting in the lounge of the Empire Hotel
He was drinking for diversion 
He was thinking for himself 
A little money riding on the Maple Leafs
Along comes a lady in lacy sleeves
She says let me sit down
You know, drinkin’ alone’s a shame
It’s a shame it’s a crying shame
Look at those jokers 
Glued to that damn hockey game 
Hey honey-you’ve got lots of cash 
Bring us round a bottle 
And we’ll have some laughs 
Gin’s what I’m drinking 
I was raised on robbery

I’m a pretty good cook 
Sitting on my groceries 
Come up to my kitchen
I’ll show you my best recipe 
I try and I try but I can’t save a cent
I’m up after midnight cooking
Trying to make my rent
I’m rough but I’m pleasin’ 
I was raised on robbery

We had a little money once
They were pushing through a four lane highway
Government gave us three thousand dollars
You should have seen it fly away 
First he bought a ’57 Biscayne *
He put it in the ditch
He drunk up all the rest
That son of a bitch 
His blood’s bad whiskey 
I was raised on robbery 

You know you ain’t bad looking
I like the way you hold your drinks
Come home with me honey
I ain’t asking for no full length mink
Hey, where you going
Don’t go yet
Your glass ain’t empty and we just met
You’re mean when you’re loaded
I was raised on robbery

© November 28, 1973; Crazy Crow

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Charles Manson Was a Wanna Be Musician

My lover dead, I have no remorse, never mourn him, and he’s lying in a grave for ghostly apparitions up in the pines. His penance for the shadowy life he led is to be confined to the yard where only dastardly fragments of his miserable life can be remembered. Only on one night can the moon’s glimmer show over the graveyard, Halloween!

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Wordle 781

Fandango’s Flashback Friday — October 30

Pumpkins colored all in a row

Soon will be covered in snow

Rotting or frozen on an old step

They’re done for the year, out of pep.

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS October 31, 2026

She thought the costume was user friendly
Convivial opening top to ending
Halloween, a cause to party
Wanted to show off as artsy
Celebrating started at ten
All ghouls could rise up then
Hiding behind the old gravestones
Played creepy music on her phone
Old man Smythe traveled by
Saw her, and said “oh Gertie, thought you’d died!”

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Weekend Writing Prompt #492 – Convivial

Here is this week’s image to get your creative juices flowing!

Please create one senryu and one haiku to accompany this image prompt. Remember that traditional American haikus and senryus are three lines presented in a 5-7-5 syllabic pattern. The haiku describes nature or a season, and the senryu focuses on human nature and emotions.

This image depicts a mountain range, with a man hiking on one of the grey and black ridges in the foreground. The colors beyond it in the middle are a kaleidoscope of shades of red and orange, with white clouds and blue sky at the top.

Then, provide a link in the comments below or ping back to this post on your blog.

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beauty in pastels

layered perfection above

picture a sunset clouding

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traveling softly

sunset hues layered display

nature paints beauty

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SenHai Saturday #42

Of course we all know the blowhard and he blew by today.

It seems he’s blowing around every corner, day and night as he hits the campaign trails. Every state gets blown red as he demands their votes.  It’s not just that he’s windy but he storms relentlessly on social media.  And when he blowsifys into your state you know there’s bad weather ahead. Raining ridiculous remarks, in a regular roundup of red hats.

Mark Twain blew into my head as he commented that true loyalty belongs to the country rather than political parties or governments. 

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Meet the bar by verbing your verse

“Harry said, I see a funny carriage full of men in prisoner costumes.”
It was the annual Halloween parade and the carriage had a blue ribbon on its side. Then came the clowns with the cherry red noses.
“And big shoes”, Joe added, “I love seeing them walking the parade marathon in those suckers! Oh, of course, look! It’s a freakin’ drone!”pointing to a supposed bat hovering over the crowd.”

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“You’re only given a spark of madness. You musn’t lose it.”
― Robin Williams

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One-Liner Wednesday – Famous last … thoughts?