Sunday, October 13, 2024

GREETINGS DEARIE... DIGITAL WHISPER's WITCH CHALLENGE...


 "Never put your faith in a Prince. 
When you require a miracle, 
trust in a Witch." 
~
 Catherynne M. Valente

Saturday, October 12, 2024

BLACK ON BLACK... SPA's RAVEN CHALLENGE...


 Blackbird singing in the dead of night 
Take these broken wings and learn to fly 
All your life, 
you were only waiting for this moment to arise
~
The Beatles

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

FLYING SPIDERS EGADS... OMM's WINGS ON THINGS CHALLENGE...


 "You were born with wings, 
why prefer to crawl through life?" 
~
 Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

Monday, October 7, 2024

TRICK OR TREAT MY DEARS... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's WICKED HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE...


 "Tis the night—the night 
Of the grave's delight, 
And the warlocks are at their play; 
Ye think that without, 
The wild winds shout, 
But no, it is they—it is they!" 
~
 Arthur Cleveland Coxe

Sunday, October 6, 2024

WILLIE a MILLION MILES, a THOUSAND SONGS and ONE GUITAR... DIGITALWHISPER's FAVORITE SINGER CHALLENGE...


 On the road again 
I just can't wait to get on the road again 
The life I love is making music with my friends
 And I can't wait to get on the road again 
On the road again 
Go'in places that I've never been 
Seein' things that I may never see again 
And I can't wait to get on the road again
~
Willie Nelson

Saturday, October 5, 2024

TREE FRIENDS... SPA's TREE CHALLENGE...


 Once there was a tree.... 
and she loved a little boy. 
And everyday the boy would come 
and he would gather her leaves 
and make them into crowns
 and play king of the forest. 
He would climb up her trunk 
and swing from her branches
~
Shel Silverstein
The Giving Tree

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

SO MANY CLOCKS, SO LITTLE TIME... OMM's IT's ABOUT TIME CHALLENGE...

 

"All we have to decide 
is what to do 
with the time that is given us." 
~
 J.R.R. Tolkien

Sunday, September 29, 2024

IN MY LIFE... DIGITTAL WHISPER's JOHN LENNON CHALLENGE...



There are places I remember 
All my life, 
though some have changed 
Some forever, not for better 
Some have gone and some remain  
All these places had their moments 
With lovers and friends, I still can recall 
Some are dead and some are living 
In my life, 
I've loved them all.
~
The Beatles

Saturday, September 28, 2024

A STRANGE NEW WORLD... SPA's ROBOT CHALLENGE...


 "Humans were still not only 
the cheapest robots around, 
but also, for many tasks, 
the only robots that could do the job. 
They were self-reproducing robots too. 
They showed up and worked 
generation after generation; 
give them 3000 calories a day 
and a few amenities, a little time off, 
and a strong jolt of fear, 
and you could work them at almost anything. 
~
Kim Stanley Robinson 

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

HOUSEWORK BAH HUMBUG... OMM's MAGAZINE COVER CHALLENGE...


 "I hate housework. 
You make the beds, 
you wash the dishes 
and six months later 
you have to start all over again." 
~
 Joan Rivers

Sunday, September 22, 2024

SEEING RED... DIGITIAL WHISPER's RED CHALLENGE...


 A color at the end of the spectrum
 next to orange and opposite violet, 
as of blood, fire, or rubies.
 "her red lips"
~
Dictionary.com

Saturday, September 21, 2024

SING OUT... SPA's SING CHALLENGE...


 Sing
 Sing a song
 Make it simple
 To last your whole life long
 Don't worry that it's not good enough 
For anyone else to hear 
Just Sing 
Sing a song
~
Sesame Street

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

COLORS OF AUTUMN... OMM's AUTUMN COLORS CHALLENGE...


 "Fall has always been my favorite season. 
The time when everything 
bursts with its last beauty, 
as if nature 
had been saving up all year 
for the grand finale." 
~
 Lauren DeStefano

Sunday, September 15, 2024

BLUE EYED BIRD... DIGITAL WHISPER's BLUE EYES CHALLENGE...


 Blue eyes 
Baby's got blue eyes 
Like a clear, blue sky 
Watchin' over me 
Blue eyes 
Ooh, I love blue eyes
~
Elton John

Saturday, September 14, 2024

NIGHT FLYER... SPA's HOT AIR BALLOON CHALLENGE...

Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon 
Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon 
We could float among the stars together, 
you and I 
For we can fly, we can fly 
Up, up and away 
My beautiful, my beautiful balloon 
The world's a nicer place in my beautiful balloon 
It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon 
We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky 
For we can fly, we can fly
~
The Fifth Dimension

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

GREAT GRANDPA WAS A POLYGAMIST... OMM's ANCESTORS CHALLENGE...


 Yep, Great Grandfather was a 
Mormon polygamist. 
 Great Grandma is wife #6
sitting on the floor 
She is holding my Grandpa.
~
It's like my Grandma always told me
"You can pick your nose,
but you can't pick your ancestors."

Sunday, September 8, 2024

NATURE IN A BOTTLE... DIGITAL WHISPER's NATURE CHALLENGE...


 Whenever I need to leave it all behind 
Or feel the need to get away 
I find a quiet place, far from the human race 
Out in the country 
Before the breathing air is gone 
Before the sun 
is just a bright spot in the night-time 
Out where the rivers like to run 
I stand alone and take back 
somethin' worth remembering
~
Three Dog Night

Saturday, September 7, 2024

UNDERGROUND ALONE... SPA's UNDERGROUND CHALLENGE...


 
"Underground. Which I hate. 
Like mines and tunnels 
 Underground, where I dread dying, 
which is stupid 
because even if I die aboveground, 
the next thing they'll do 
is bury me underground anyway." 
~
 Suzanne Collins

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

GABRIEL BLOW YOUR HORN... OMM's SOMETHING MUSICAL CHALLENGE...


"You know, 
one of the tragedies of real life 
is that there is no background music." 
~
 Annie Proulx

Sunday, September 1, 2024

BEHIND THE JESTER... DIGITAL WHISPER's JESTER CHALLENGE...


 "The secret of the successful fool
 is that he's no fool at all." 
~
 Isaac Asimov

Saturday, August 31, 2024

HAND JIVE... SPA's HANDS CHALLENGE...


"All I ever wanted 
was to reach out 
and touch another human being
 not just with my hands 
but with my heart." 
~
 Tahereh Mafi

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

ALL MALE... OMM's YOU'VE GOT MALE CHALLENGE...


 "And if you think tough men are dangerous,
 wait until you see 
what weak men are capable of." 
~
 Jordan B. Peterson

Sunday, August 25, 2024

BACK TO SCHOOL BLUES... DIGITAL WHISPER's BACK TO SCHOOL CHALLENGE...


 "I cannot go to school today" 
Said little Peggy Ann McKay. 
"I have the measles and the mumps, 
A gash, a rash and purple bumps. 
 My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, 
My temperature is one-o-eight. 
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, 
 There's a hole inside my ear. 
 I have a hangnail, and my heart is ... 
What? What's that? What's that you say? 
You say today is .............. Saturday? 
 G'bye, I'm going out to play!" 
~
 Shel Silverstein

Saturday, August 24, 2024

IT's JUST SO ALPHABETICAL... SPA's ALPHABET CHALLENGE...


 "There are only twenty-six letters 
in the English alphabet. 
You would think there would only be 
so much you could do with twenty-six letters. 
You would think there were only so many ways
 those letters could make you feel
 when mixed up and shoved together 
to make words.
~
Colleen Hoover

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

SUPER MOON... OMM's SUPER MOON CHALLENGE...


 "The moon is a loyal companion. 
It never leaves. It’s always there, 
watching, steadfast, 
knowing us in our light and dark moments,
 changing forever just as we do. 
Every day it’s a different version of itself.
 Sometimes weak and wan, 
sometimes strong and full of light. 
~
 Tahereh Mafi