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Okay, I know, it’s an old term, but…I just found out that John Fogarty and I are almost the same age…why does it matter, you ask? Because I like his words and fortunately, he scribed them into songs I like. A band was formed, a “swamp” band and I had to look that up, even though I like that type of music I had never heard the term swamp band. Here’s the Wikipedia version:

Here’s one of their songs and quite a few of the band’s songs are relevant today. They are still COOL!

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The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2026 Daily Prompt for Jan. 17th

***I have since moved into a better, roomier apartment, but only one closet, and yes, it’s also a Fibber McGee! Have a great weekend!

Fandango’s Flashback Friday — January 16th

Hawaii – Maui

Visit 60 countries

Politics

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Get to Know You #73!

Spell check doesn’t like this word, and underlines in red. Okay… WordPress’s spell check has never been symbiotic with posts.🙄

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Daily Prompt – JusJoJan the 15th, 2026

Standing on the tower edge atop his building, poured the champagne over his diploma, realizing it was only a worthless piece of paper. His job was gone, his family gone, accounts overdrawn, so stepping off, he was too.

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Can You Tell A Story In…

peeking through

thick autumn leaf hues

ventures wait

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cultured build still stands

welcoming autumn students

hedges hold promise

traditions seen in stone edges

educators are ready

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SenHai Saturday #34

Go Figure

A vow sometimes is easily broken. Marriage vows spoken in earnest at the time result in fifty percent failure. Joe was determined not to be in that percentile. He followed every vow and loved his wife immensely. His wife felt differently. She felt Joe was too perfect a husband.

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Prompt Word!

I know it has already been said

Nothing beats the color red

You can have your blue sky

Purple may make you sigh

Yellow daisies, oh my

Green fields make me cry

Orange tastes delish

Indigo promises a wish

Black gives me an ache

So I’ll savor and take

Red – roses, cheeks, berries and lips

You can have all the others, I quip

I want RED.

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Writing Prompts

He said, “Coffee, tea, or me?” Decisions, decisions…

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One-Liner Wednesday & #JusJoJan26 the 14th – Decisions, decisions

“It couldn’t be” he thought. “I only repeated what I saw that morning, an impossible murder, a real happening, I didn’t make anything up!” Joe noticed he was in an unfamiliar place, high wavering icons shifted as he gazed up at them. His imagination had taken him there, the Hall of Judgment, or at least that’s what he remembered from childhood Bible verses. A booming voice inquired, “Are you sure, Joseph Michael Alexander Jones? Are you perfectly sure that is what you saw?” The voice seemed to grow louder. “Or are you mistaken?” A sudden electric jolt coarsed through Joe.

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16 January 2026