Monegasque

Sloppy Joe is a popular American sandwich, in which ground beef cooked in tomato sauce, is used as the filling. It provokes mixed feelings, as on the one hand, it’s quick to make, fairly nutritious and tasty. On the other hand, when badly done, (i.e., by using canned commercial mix), it is yet another example…

Onder een heel grote boom met schaduw en mooi avondlicht waren juffers aan het spelen. Even wegvliegen maar toch terugkomen naar hetzelfde plekje. Het zouden ‘houtpantserjuffers’ zijn volgens de app ObsIdentify Klik op een foto om te vergroten – click on a picture to enlarge Een man die voorbij kwam, vroeg me wat ik eigenlijk…

A history and legend filled roadside oddity can be found on CR 400S outside of Amity, Indiana  which is south of Indianapolis in Johnson County. The story begins in 1808 when 14 year old Nancy Kerlin married William Barnett. The couple had 11 kids. The only marker on the grave Fast forward to 1831, the…

The Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) was back with a bang this year with all 140,000 tickets selling out in advance of the 2022 show.  The 163rd show took place between 12-15 July in Harrogate, North Yorkshire with fine weather and mostly sunny conditions each day. The show is England’s premier agricultural event organised by the…

I love a good affirmation. I was home on the couch on a Saturday. While watching Anne with an “E,” I tapped affirmation after affirmation into my phone. The whole series radiates girl power, especially Season 3, Episode 5, “I Am Fearless and Therefore Powerful.” In this episode, the kids practice for the upcoming barn…

Children in the Street, 1915, Edvard Munch João-Maria TRANSCRIPT 607 – heartbreak Flames now shape a dulled european growth. The sky outlines the faintest struggle. Part of it is smoke. Part of it is memory. My mother conjures up a sigh for her fifty-seventh summer. She wishes for us to be children again, and she…

Time knows movement and change, always moving and changing, from day to night, dry to wet, and repeat. Time just moves, time knows no patience, time waits for no man cos time knows no man, but sometimes man waits for the right time to do and to move. The situation or period man describes as…

I wonder if it’s shyness- whether Sasha and I should be asking him more about what he’s doing. But Mile’s history makes those questions feel loaded, or patronizing, and anyway, we’re in our fifties- do people even ask what we’re “doing” anymore? Hasn’t that already been decided? Jennifer Egan Candy House For my friends who…

My postcard from historic, artistic and colourful St. John’s. Postcard from St. John’s

Here is my entry for Patti’s of the Lens-Artists Photo A Week Challenge. I’ve put together a list of challenges and their hosts.  So if you know a challenge host, please direct them to my blog.  Feel free to contact me anytime.  I hope everyone will be able to use my lists. Qi (energy) hugs…