Sunday Whirligig

 

 

 they were having fun

enjoying the feast

plates of baked potatoes

turkey on bread rolls

lots of wine 

all laid out on a damask tablecloth

and just like in the story book and movies

John Travolta sidled over to their table

and said hey girls could you mind

this bundle of cash for me

i gotta get on stage now

Helen said no but we wouldn't mind a dance

with you

Both Helen and Bev look decades younger

not at all wrinkled... hot chicks

he called her bluff and said ok 

but do you know the steps?

luck would have it they were very easy

and repetitive steps

yes...we're professional dancers she said

and the rest is history  

 

(any resemblance to any person alive or dead is not coincidental and purely intentional:)

 

 

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Thanksgiving for Two" by Marjorie Saiser: feast, plates, potatoes, rolls, bundle, tablecloth, bluff, storybook, wrinkled, wine, decades, luck

 

 

 

Schubert: Fantasie in F minor - Lucas & Arthur Jussen ...For The Weekend.

 

they may look like

 a couple of surfie boys

you see hanging about Bondi

but when these brothers play

all the angels smile 

the heart spills over

and we feel the presence

of  something other out there

in the beyond

   Earthweal Open Link Weekend # 94

Arthur Jussen - Schubert Impromptus Opus 90 No.2+3

 

 praising is what matters

 gratitude is what matters  more

imagine experiencing awesome beauty and wonder

no sunsets or mountains required

possible in a locked room

even prostrate in a hospital bed 

no one can take it away from you

and when the finger tips no longer work

it's all between the ears

dazzling in the mind

needed... a classical musical education

from a very early age

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

Deo Gratias

 

 Written for Earthweal

Wordle # 267... MLMM

at the stroke of midnight 

 she will be made redundant 

 after all those years 

 feeling a bit scared and sad 

 maybe she will settle for a better fit 

with less pay in another job

 the workplace is very competetive and she is not young

 fortunately she has squirrled away a few dollars 

 will have to back pedal on the life style a bit

 complaining wont achieve anything 

 maybe she should open a pie shop 

 that would be awesome

 

 

 

 

 stroke redundant scared settle compete squirrel fit pedal complain awesome sad pies

Centennial Park

 no one around

my favourite lake

centennial park yesterday

just lovely

 

 

SWEET PETE

 this little boy

gave me a pot of mauve blue hydrangeas

on the weekend

time has passed

santa has since turned into a garden gnome

sweet pete hasn't travelled quite as well

still looking for his  spot in the plot

Wordle # 266 MLMM

pose dust eminent jewel listen impartial society noiseless unnatural furtive clues glitter

 

 

 

 

 trophy wives with those painted on unnatural eyebrows 

glance furtively around to check out the competition

flashing smiles pretending  to listen intently to others 

engage in trendy impartial conversation

 pose with glittering jewels at society events

 

 all attached to rich eminent professionals 

they don't dust or do anything domestic 

have perfected the art of  noiseless bathroom activity

 just wax dolls who don't have a clue about anything too much

Whirligig # 344

 bed and books

you can't beat that

my idea of luxury

 

farewell father

i will miss you

i am not going far

i will be careful not

to drag the family name in the mud 

or get strangled by a mass murderer

i have looked after myself

since i was seven anyway

ill be safe because i will be living

in the shadow of a cathedral 

mesa gonna be ok

 

 

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Moving to Santa Fe" by Mary Morris: beat, bed, books, father, farewell, far, mud, mesa, miss, strangled, seven, shadow 

 

 

 

Friday Writing # 2 Earthweal OLW # 92

 

whales beach themselves sometimes

no one knows why

one could assume that this group of spectators

has much in common with them

it's never too late

to realise a dream of conducting

the sea symphony orchestra 

 

   

 

party time

beats the bush barn dance

in the outback

edouard cortes painted

rich warm wonderful parisian scenes

never fails to evoke a gasp

 

popular with art thieves

one turned up in a thrift shop

in Maryland

oz without our sleepy bears

would be  like

a sky without stars

a world without sunshine

 

 

SAVE OUR KOALAS

 

 

 

THANK YOU!!

 ladies from the Netherlands

making mittens for the burnt paws

of the koalas in last summers bush fires

 

Pollini plays Chopin Etude Collection (Op.10 NO.1 ~ NO.12)

Lest We Forget

 

thank you grandpa

and to all the other young men

for your sacrifice 

to keep the world free for us

103 years ago

Earthweal Weekly Challenge

our little billy bears

are in danger  of extinction

their habitat destroyed by greedy developers

and horrendous bush fires occuring

because of climate change and poor  fire control management

oz without  koalas

is like a sky without stars

a world without sunshine

our dear little bears must be saved

somehow and soon

 

 

THANK YOU LADIES FROM THE NETHERLANDS !!!

volunteer mitten makers for the koalas burnt paws

NOVEMBER

 

 

november

jacaranda and flame trees

sydney  in spring 

Wordle # 265 ... MLMM

 

 obtain bounce would siamese brawny record cent right steep wood colossal left 

 

would you mind

if i asked you if

you have obtained a permit

to bounce around your siamese 

with your brawny left arm

like a piece of wood

i bet you have a criminal record...right?

what you are charging for this show

is a bit steep

you have a colossal cheek

it's not worth a cent

The Sunday Muse # 185

 

 

vino for one

for better for worse

till death us do part

 

nope

i don't think so

smashing the glassware and crockery

was not in the contract

ciao bello

Devo - Whip It For The Weekend (Official Music Video) | Warner Vault

 

the 80s

 a different world

 glad i was there