The Bag Lady

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http://ronovanwrites.com/2022/10/17/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-432-apple-and-pick/

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http://fivedotoh.com/2022/10/17/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-189/

As the moon illuminates the street, I can almost hear the moaning of the trees, bending their balance of dark bare limbs as if made of invisible elastic. The air is chilled with the petrichor of purple autumn leaves, dried and strewn about the sidewalk. I could go overboard with the strong pull of too near season’s scents, bringing memories of chilly walks of childhood when gusty cold winds froze ice frosted ponds and voiceless birds tightened their grip on snowy branches.

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/10/17/wordle-292/

https://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/2022/10/16/cellpic-sunday-255/

“Mr. Buttigieg quoted as saying an aspirational line about building a “truly representative, fully inclusive, multi-racial, democratic republic like the one that has been under constant construction here on US soil for the last 200 years.”

“Buttigieg is both self-aware enough to know that any move suggesting presidential thinking would almost certainly leak and self-confident enough to believe he doesn’t need to start laying the groundwork for a campaign now.”

“People in Buttigieg’s orbit and the secretary himself try to downplay any presidential speculation, and any suggestion of tension between the once and possible future rivals.”

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More info on Pete Buttigieg at ballotpedia.org. Maybe it’s time to start looking beyond the “headliners”. JMO

https://rugby843.blog

Time to watch this again. The man responsible for the choreography in the film is Ashley Wallen, an Australian native who has been dancing since the age of twelve. He has toured Australia and the UK with Kylie Minogue, appeared in films like Moulin Rouge! and The Phantom of the Opera. Daniel ‘Cloud’ Campos who played the bartender in this scene also choreographed it.

THE DANCING BARTENDER

While Ashley was working on the choreography for the larger numbers, he had the help of Daniel ‘Cloud’ Campos for “The Other Side.” You’ll instantly recognize Daniel as the bartender in the meticulously crafted bar scene with Hugh and Zac.

“He came up with most of that number. And I remember watching in the studio, that was a tough one for Hugh and Zac. Everything was synced with the beat and the music. But they pulled it off, and it’s really good. You watch it, and you don’t realize how hard that really is.”

Not only is the sequence a feat of choreography, but also editing and sound mixing. There is an incredible attention to detail – with every glass, bottle, and even chair movement. The complexity of the number becomes more and more prevalent upon multiple viewings.

“And trying to make it natural from an acting point of view, with the beat and music is tough. But it’s brilliant.”

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1 small cup sugar

I stick butter

1 egg

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp salt

3 ripe mashed bananas

Optional to add chopped walnuts💗

Mix all together, put in greased/pammed loaf pan, bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.

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https://crushedcaramel.wordpress.com/2022/10/13/this-weekend-the-2022-great-bloggers-bake-off/

Old song running through my head on this turning terrible day, but I suppose magic moments might occur…doubtful. (Med side effects).

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“Don’t you have any sense? Those costumes have been down in the cellar for years! They’re probably moldy; in fact I think those are the scents we’re smelling now!”

“Well what’s your suggestion then? Going to a costume seller and spending mucho dollars and cents on a paper one? It won’t last a half hour when we go to that party, and then we’ll look like all the other losers who didn’t wear one.”

Joe put his hand on his brother’s shoulder, “okay, okay, let’s see if mom can clean them enough to wear.”

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/10/15/double-take-saturday-mix-15-october-2022/

The closet door

Hiding who knows what

She heard the squeak

Not wanting to see more

But plied the hinge

With liberal oil

Thought “whatever lurks

I can foil!“

Her mind spoke, “are you mad?”

Then it jumped out, raggedy clad

It’s voice uttered, “glad you’re here

I’ve been stuck inside for years

A wonder I’ve not met my end

If not for rats I’d be death wend”

She stood aback, not really scared

And helped it, happy to be aired

“I’ll call an ambulance”, she murmured

But it ran away as her eyes averted

When her husband came, he fixed a lock

No more would creatures be in that box.

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https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/10/15/three-things-challenge-m117/
Your three words today are:
SQUEAK
HINGE
MAD