“Banning books give us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.” Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
https://lindaghill.com/2022/02/09/one-liner-wednesday-the-stuff-you-make/
This phrase was quite controversial when Clark Gable uttered it in Margaret Mitchell’s screen adaptation of “Gone With the Wind” in 1939. Of course “bad” words have been used for eons but not in films for the general public.
https://cyranny.com/2022/02/09/frankly-word-of-the-day-challenge/#like-61355
He wasn’t much of a conversationalist. Most of his ad-libs bordered on indiscriminate garble he intended to be off the cuff, but they knew the difference. Anything true he uttered was based on him staying in the middle, never trying to jiggle a vendors’ opinion. He could read their willingness to cooperate or not and knew how to press them into submission if they objected. No one on the street wanted to perish by not obeying the rules.
His fingertips fondled the apples in one grocer’s sidewalk fare, one by one, picked one up and chomped loudly. This action was a signal to the street vendors he wanted their cash quickly with no trouble. His employer had been fleecing the local vendors for years and DJ wasn’t about to cross him.
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He darted in under the door
Freezing weather, he wanted more
Warmth my fire could provide
He didn’t even try to hide
I was startled, incredulous—
A mouse in my new house!
Cheese, crackers I fixed to nibble
Mousey thought were his own kibble.
https://dversepoets.com/2022/02/07/quadrille-145/#like-23657
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https://godoggocafe.com/2022/02/08/tuesday-writing-prompt-challenge-tuesday-february-8-2022/
This week’s Story Starter teaser is:
Some secrets her uncle had hidden. Suspicious of her uncle, who held the opinion the attic should be under guard because he was getting forgetful in his seventies. This was a curiosity to Eileen, even though he had been chosen to lead the country a few years before. However, the attic was hard to open without a special card key only her uncle held.
NPR news reported the next week what Eileen had found when she decided to pocket her uncle’s key card and investigate:
Fifteen boxes of White House records that should have been at the National Archives have been found at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property. Keeping the boxes there violates the Presidential Records Act
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https://fivedotoh.com/2022/02/08/fowc-with-fandango-opinion/#like-66774
Hosted by Di at pensitivity101 Your three words today are:
HARD
CARD
GUARD
https://cyranny.com/2022/02/08/forgetful-word-of-the-day-challenge-2/#like-61347
A family is unison to me
People coming together
Even brief moments shared
Words spoken, loving touches
Smiles for an inside joke
Communication and appreciation
Love, together.
Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Unison – February 8, 2022
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/02/07/three-things-challenge-867/
On the great slate of things, I would rate my Walmart delivery service good. The people setting fragile bags of fruit on my doorstep are very good. I am reticent to swathe the shoppers of my grocery list in praise. I want them to check quality and freshness dates, is that asking too much? Apparently so.
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The Bag Lady 
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