Drifting through life

from Waging War by April White: "It is as though my purpose for living was just torn out of the book and I don't know what happens next." "We take what happened and we make ourselves into people we can look at in mirrors without flinching." from Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor: "Perhaps Fate laid out your life for you like a dress on a bed, and you could either wear it or go naked." from Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor: "And he could catch her hand across the table just to hold it, and they could talk, and discover each other layer by layer." Today's Thought: discover each other layer by layer. This is something I've only ever read about in books.  Someone meets their soulmate or the love of their life or maybe they just grow up with their best friend and they know everything there is to know about each other.  They talk and tell their secrets and fears, their hopes and dreams.  They talk...

I'm searching for an instrumental piece I remember from the seventies, (I think), it has keyboard, guitar and drums, maybe other instruments, I can't be sure; the opening sound is similar to a lonely train whistle.  Note I said "similar to", not "is". I have no idea who the band is or what the piece is called. All I really remember is I like it a lot. But if anyone can help me find it, I would be grateful. and I could purchase it from I-tunes to add to my playlist. I've been wading through long lists of instrumentals on you tube without success :(

Welcome back to Whimsical Wednesday! The day for your googled giggle that gets you over the hump that is Wednesday and sliding down into the weekend. this is a great way to wait for a bus!

from Dreams of Gods and Monsters , by Laini Taylor: "My wife likes to say that the mind is a palace with rooms for many guests. Perhaps the butler takes care to install the delegates of Science in a different wing from the emissaries of Faith, let they take up arguing in the passages. So, the voices in my head.   There's one that pops up now and again and says," there hasn't been any chocolate around here for a while. When are you going to buy some chocolate?" He's easy to ignore. The other one works on things more readily accessible.  "There's vanilla ice cream in the freezer," he says.  "It's cool, creamy, sweet and delicious. Why don't you have some? It's hours until dinner." "Cool?" I said. "Cool?" "Okay, okay'" he says. "It's icy cold and will freeze the roof of your mouth, but everything else I said is true." Dammit, he was right. It DID freeze the roof o...

Musical Monday I was introduced to Musical Monday by Delores who copied the meme from another site. I think it’s a fun way to show off some of the music we like and brighten up our Mondays at the same time.  I’ll be finding my clips on you tube , so will simply credit that site since there are often so many versions of everything and I wouldn’t want to accidentally credit the wrong artist. Today’s clip is: Bob Seger Old Time Rock and Roll and the lyrics , just in case you don't remember them.

Welcome back to Sunday Selections! This once-a- week-meme was originally begun by Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, as a way to showcase some of the many photos we all take, but don't get around to showing on our blogs. The rules are very simple:- 1. post photos of your choice, old or new, under the Sunday Selections title 2. link back to me, River , somewhere in your post 3. leave me a comment so that I know you've joined in and can come over and see what you've posted. 4. hop on over to Elephant’s Child to see more of her wonderful photos. I usually go with a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week we're back at the beach. now there's a handy sign! the miniature train line which runs from Semaphore Beach to Fort Granville, goes right past Noonies Cafe. there it is, heading to Semaphore. It's a single track; the train goes all the way, stops for a few minutes so people can stretch their legs, take photos etc, then runs back...

On Wednesdays , assorted people have been taking monthly turns at putting up a selection of six (or twelve) words which is called “Words for Wednesday”. We have taken over this meme from Delores, who had been having computer problems. This month the meme continues here , with words supplied by Mark Koopmans. Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.     Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or images.    What we do with those prompts is up to us:   a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore... Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.   We would really like it if as many people as possible joined in with this fun meme. If you are posting on your own blog - let us know so that we can come along and read your masterpiece.   I’m hopeless at poetry so I always do a story. It’s a fun challenge…why not join ...