Christmas Wonder
Twinkle
Crinkle
Present wrapping
Trying
Spying
No kids napping
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Sneaking
Peeking
Such little spies
Hidden
Did in
From prying eyes.
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Two breve poems☺️
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Word Craft Poetry
Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge
Surrounded by moving boxes, most everyday use items already packed so it is a hassle. No Christmas decos and shopping in an actual store is not conducive to staying healthy. Two family members had a bout of Covid and I found out my eldest son has serious health issues.
The holidays will come and go another year with all the usual activities curtailed or given up altogether. If I sound discouraged it’s because I am. But the “olden” days of Christmas cheer have gone by the wayside for me with the daily news of violence.
I need to take heart, and think of the trial of my late husband’s grandmother who sat at home with four sons away in WWII.
Songwriters: Carole Bayer Sager / David Foster, The Prayer lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Those Modern Conveniences🙄
“You know I hate change, and yet you expect me to plunge into setting up this new fangled television with a cable connection? Is there a book, a manual, even? You know I’m not good at this technical stuff. What’s wrong with the radio? We could dance to the radio—you know, romance—dancing cheek to cheek? What do you say, turtle dove?”
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https://cyranny.com/2021/12/07/turtledove-word-of-the-day-challenge/#like-60615
https://fivedotoh.com/2021/12/07/fowc-with-fandango-not/#like-64309
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2021/12/07/rdp-tuesday-change/#like-12156
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2021/12/07/three-things-challenge-805/#like-77088 Your three things today are:
CABLE
BOOK
MANUAL
Eighty years ago, today – 12-7-1941
“The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday, December 7, 1941.” Wikipedia
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“President Roosevelt concluded his speech on December 8 with a firm note to a country horrified and uncertain:
“No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.”
These words proved prophetic, as the Japanese representatives would stand aboard the USS Missouri four years later and sign the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, an unconditional capitulation of their Empire. FDR would not live, however, to see the end of the conflict he so skillfully guided this country through.”
https://www.nationalgeographic.com
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Monday Media
A violent but interesting concept in the movie this week, “Looper”. It’s R rated as is this trailer.
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MLMM Wordle #269
An obnoxious young woman dressed in her newly purchased anorak, let an audible groan from her bright red lips as she sniffs the air.
“This place smells awful!” Receiving a puzzled look from the nebbish waiter, she continued, “bring me something that doesn’t smell like it’s been sitting under hot lights for a few days!”
The waiter, also being the proprietor of the restaurant, felt bruised. He remained polite even as the woman lit up a cigarette and demanded an ashtray. When he said there was no smoking, she tossed it into the water glass. The establishment was new and he wanted to promote good will and encourage customers, but this woman had no respect.
His heart wasn’t in it but he had to ask her to leave.
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The Sunday Whirl
Sunset burns as the stars roll into the edge of evening. The felines chatter their secret adventures on a wooden porch in the night haze, all stretching and yawning, ready to retreat to their beds.
Creatures across the land take the last of the sunset as a sign it’s time to rest. Cows cuddle their calves, ewes nudge their lambs into the straw, chickens settle in their nests of hay, butterflies and even bees in their hive quiet as darkness falls.
All living things are wakened by the roar of the tractor, readying to plow the fields and the noise is not seen as a curse, but a sign of another warm summer day.
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Ronovanwrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt – Colored and Three
three wise men
walk beneath a star
faith colored
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dVerse Poets 12-6-21
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Dust travels silently over them, weeds hide their presence. Wind driven tumbleweeds roll, sometimes pausing, possibly to reflect what lies below. Time itself still passes, never stopping to think of the children, the victims of the past. I remember, I reflect. I dress in their stories patterned and purpled as night.
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Answers to Name that Tune!
How did you do? I hope you had fun.
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1. Nibbling ’ on sponge cake – Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet
2. Well she got her daddy’s car and she cruised through the hamburger stand now – Fun Fun Fun – The Beach Boys
3. Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you- All my Lovin – The Beatles
4. Chicks and geese and ducks better scurry – Surrey with the Fringe on top – Gordon Mac Rae
5. Take the ribbon from your hair – Help me make it Through the Night – Kris Kristofferson
6. Well I tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen – Nine to Five – Dolly Parton
7. In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came – The Phantom of the Opera- Andrew Lloyd Webber
8. On a dark and desert highway – Hotel California – The Eagles
9. Well life on the farm is kinda laid back – Thank God I’m a Country Boy – John Denver
10. My mama done told me – Blues in the Night – Shirley Bassey
11. She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee, her dress has got a tear – Maria -Sound of Music
12. When I find myself in times of trouble – Let it Be – The Beatles
13. Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it – Let’s Fall in Love – Cole Porter
14. Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord – Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
15. Every mornin’ at the mine you could see him arrive – Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean
16. It’s the thought of being young, when your heart’s just like a drum / Permission to Dance – BTS
17. Oh my love, my darling – Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
18. Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway – Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
19. You and I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back – I’ll be There – The Jackson Five
20. Steve walks warily down the street with his brim pulled way down low – Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
21. It’s been seven hours and fifteen days – Nothing Compares to You – Sinead O’Connor
22. Guess it’s true, I’m not good at a one night stand – Stay With Me – Sam Smith
23. Well, east coast girls are hip – California Girls – The Beach Boys
24. Early this morning when you knocked upon my door – Me and the Devil Blues – Robert Johnson
25. She was morning and I was night time – Play Me – Neil Diamond
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The Bag Lady 
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