It was the Seychelles, of course, their usual vacation spot. The locals were always friendly and you could even sing hymns out of tune in church and no one batted an eye. They were friendly that way. It’s true you are judged by the company you keep, because we would never have heard of the Seychelles if it wasn’t for Jubal, an exchange student who our son befriended in high school. That was years ago, but we all still get together every couple of years.
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OLWG# 375- nevermore
monsoon
season’s rain spate
earthworms digging deeper
flood and fires damage compete
summer
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24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 44, 7/23/24, Part I, Sweltering Heat (July 22 – August 6) Taisho 大暑
Some things in life I love to hate
Things I usually underrate
Okay, it’s my chair, supposed convenience
With wheels I push, sometimes not at all lenient
Things I usually underrate
Some things in life I love to hate.
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W3 Prompt #117: Wea’ve Written Weekly
Hold it up
Use your power
It’s your mind over matter
Your will, your strength
Seize that inner strong man
The warrior, the fighter.
This is no time to stand down,
Cower on your sofa watching news reels
It’s time to stand up, partake!
Be the voice of those who have none!
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Power Visions: 07.23.24
New to the Q? Here’s what to do:
Pen a poem of precisely 44 words, post it to your own blog, and link up using the Mr. Linky below. Then spend a few hours of your summer day breezing through the poems others have posted.
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Stark contrasts of apricot dry wood
Once soaked in blue waters of the lake
Edged by green blue mountain foliage
Vermont is most beautiful in autumn
No one denies this summer visage
Will compete with inviting seasonal color
Observing the amiable calming scene above.
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Quadrille #204 – Summertime, and the Poeming is Easy
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Sitting cold in his jams, blanket folds curled around him in a shady area, Joey looked skeptically into the pool at the inflated plastic dinosaur. He had craved the inflatable at the Target store, begged his mom to buy it and she did. The day had been a scorcher, as his dad called it, and the cool water was soothing. A pool was so much better than a sandy beach and he could run into the house at any time for a snack. His shady nook was getting boring, but there was no way he was going to get on that plastic monster, which still floated on the top of the water, teasing him. His parents seemed unawares that the smiling dinosaur was scary. He knew it, though, because when he first sat on it, it whispered to him. Joey was stunned, and when it whispered again, he hopped off and took refuge on the cement edging of the pool. He could try to tell his parents, but they wouldn’t believe him.
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MLMM Monday Wordle #381
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Here are this week’s questions which are a mixed bag:
1. When you retire (or when you retired) do you have a picture of a small cottage with a white picket fence outside in a quiet village or something similar? For quite a few years I had that and then I moved.
2. What do you associate with school dinners (apart from school of course) ? I had twenty minutes from one bell to go down and up two flights of student filled stairs to the next bell for class so never walked the lunch line.
3. Can you play a musical instrument? I have played the piano and organ a bit.
4. What made you smile today? Fandango’s post.
Gratitude: I am grateful every day for my family and in particular, a Zoom call with my son who lives in France.
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Share Your World 22nd July
What do you see # 246- July 22, 2024
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