My "bump" was in 2016, aged 48, when I suffered a stroke. This blog charts my recovery. (Header clipart licensed by pngguru.com.)
For Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #120, where we write about this image from Antenna at Unsplash. .
“He delivered us power. What more do we want? We probably wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for him.”
Continue reading “Voting for Christmas”I quite like this – the video is quirky and left me smiling. And the music itself isn’t bad. Thanks, KK.
What do you think?
Does your spirit crave the new? I know mine does. So every Monday, I will feature a new song that wasn’t even in existence the week before. Yes, it’s true. Great new music is still being made every week. I will mix up the genres and artists to keep the surprises coming.
Englishalternative R&Bband Easy Life formed inLeicester, Englandin 2017. On May 28th, 2021, they released their first full album, Life’s A Beach, which has a mellow, satirical vibe that captures the highs and lows of everyday life during lockdown, without holding anything back.
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inspired by Fandango’s One Word Challenge (FOWC) of of 31 May 2021, beserk.
“I just can’t sell my wine”, he lamented,
So the grower new wine press invented,
As it started to work,
The machine went beserk,
And the vintner was duly fermented.
In response to Fandango’s Who Won the Week post, I have been looking at my own newsfeeds.
Poor old Shell. Only a few weeks ago I reported about how their London HQ had been targetted, yet how a jury ruled that the miscreants had been justified.
And now they’re in the news again.
Continue reading “Who Won the Week (30 May 2021)”When my eyesight was still good, I was a bit of an amateur photographer. This is one of mine.
Old Harry, on the Dorset coast. We used to go out on “Bird Boats” (birdwatching) along the south coast, around this time of year, and Old Harry greeted us on our return to port.
KK just posted on our blog, Songshine Sounds.
The thing about the Sunday track is that it is supposed to be uplifting, and I think this hits the mark, don’t you? I can certainly hear the twangs that I associate with African music in there.
Whether or not there’s sunshine where you are in the world this Sunday, we hope you’ll enjoy a sunny track, and that it uplifts your spirit.
To celebrate World Africa Day, which was May 25th, a trio of powerhouse artists, David Guetta, Akon and Master KG, collaborated to bring us a new uplifting track, “Shine Your Light.” It’s impossible to not feel a glow from the positive energy, and afro-house rhythms radiating from this song.
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inspired by Fandango’s One Word Challenge (FOWC) of of 30 May 2021, transitory.
A romeo from Bangalore,
So adored by his wife, she was sore,
But he badmouthed her dad,
And the missus got mad,
Now he’s sleeping in dog-house once more.
inspired by Fandango’s One Word Challenge (FOWC) of of 29 May 2021, permeate.
A schoolboy with grudge had concluded,
To set stink bomb off somewhere secluded,
But when smell permeated,
Through those corridors hated,
The headmistress said “Son, you’re excluded”
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