I bought a bag of these for grandkids’ stockings this year, first time in 40+ years. I was feeling nostalgic for our Colorado home. Schools used to give a field trip to the Jolly Rancher factory in Denver when my kids were small.
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RDP – Peg
Hat off the peg
Coat zipped up tight
Ice skates ready
For a chilly night.
The sunset lights the pond
With a warm glow
And we glide on the ice
Through patches of snow.
Holding hands through a knitted glove
Christmas magic–think we’re falling in love.
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https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/12/14/rdp-monday-peg/
FFFC#96 12-14-20
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Wrote about it today in the Monday Peeve
How some people act doesn’t matter to me
It’s all gibberish in this hurting world
A peeping tom watch being unfurled
I don’t need to know a star’s private life
I don’t care how they spend their time
This year has shown how selfish we can be
All for ourselves and what we need
It’s time for a change, long overdue
Looking inside ourselves for what we know to be true.
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https://fivedotoh.com/2020/12/14/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-96/#like-51644
The Monday Peeve ⚠️
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Here’s MY “I message 2020″:
😏😒😕
I feel “dissed”!
Disappointed
Disgusted
Disillusioned
Disenfranchised
And while I’m ranting, since when is news not new anymore? What’s new that I need to know about, important enough to be a headline and blasted into my world for days or weeks?
News such as Trump blah blah blah and if I never see his face again I would thank the gods! Peoples’ unbelievably high incomes, sports figure’s troubles, people who decide to back something or someone, who divorced, sexual orientation, has covid, who is fighting, who married, who is cheating, who is losing or gaining weight, who has a new pet? Who cares? Is there any real news fit to print anymore?
The topper today was a mother who’s 6 year old racked up thousands of dollars on a video game. I mean really. . .this goes into the “I’m not wearing a mask and you can’t make me” category. It’s your own stupidity and we can’t change you, so why should we read about it? Headline worthy?
Okay I guess I’m done, for now. I read a lot of different news outlets, well except for Fox and I am tired of what is considered news. Walter Kronkite is rolling over in his grave.
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https://lightmotifs.wordpress.com/2020/12/14/the-monday-peeve-66/
Monday Media
I watched “Antwone Fisher” on a free preview of Epic this weekend. Denzel is always outstanding in my book, but Derek Luke – what can I say?😊 You might recognize him from “Friday Night Lights” made in 2004. Another movie I recommend. A warning, child abuse occurs in this movie, be prepared. It is a story of recovery.
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25 Day Christmas Challenge – Family
Snow outside, the cold gives me a chill
No family here, but I wish them no ill
Everyone’s locked in their own homes
Looking out windows at snow covered gnomes
A blanket, a movie, or a book’s all we need
We hardly miss the holiday speed
A snap, a text, a video call
Keeping separate-together is all
This family can wait till times are better
And all the illness and sadness no longer fetters.
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https://sandmanjazz.wordpress.com/2020/12/13/25-day-christmas-challenge-day-13/#like-14321
Fish Tale
“Before five in the morning is when the big mouth bass swim in this stream.” The instructor presented his well trimmed lean arm over his shoulder and expertly fired out the fly on the end of the line.
After what seemed a curiously long time to his students, he sheepishly retrieved the end of his line from the tree behind him.
Image: Outdoor Life
Fatal Fumble
He was new at this, hoping to be the latest to discover the rewards of being a great Shakespearean actor.
He was so nervous before entering stage left, he energetically stumbled on his sword. Sad to say, in his hurry to get dressed in his costume, he forgot the inner protection pads of his fake armor.
Conclusion: he is forever known as the actor who “laid down on the job”.
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https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/12/13/rdp-sunday-stage/
MLMM Sunday Writing Prompt 12-13-20
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No matter the chaos
No matter the strife
No matter the changes
We’ve had in our life
Christmas is coming on 12/25
Just as sure as we are alive.
People will sing, we’ll dance and and we’ll pray
People will celebrate in their own way
People are strong, they’ll find that the day
Passes, even when loved ones are far away.
And as the new year beckons a change
With the old one exceptionally strange
We will survive, maybe rearrange
As it comes and hopeful greetings exchanged.
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Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt 12-12-20
It was a niggle, a nudge, a suggestion to make me budge. I was growing too comfortable in these snowy cold times and just stayed on my bed, writing rhymes. But today I thought enough was enough, started sorting my Christmas stuff. I’m wrapping, storing, checking supplies. Do I have enough paper, ribbons and ties? I’m almost done, and by the way, it really was fun.
🎄🤶🏻🎅🏼☃️❤️💚🛍🎁⛄️🌲🦌👼🏻🤩
https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2020/12/12/weekend-writing-prompt-187-niggle/#like-4863
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