Photo Friday: Wet
This is a fairy penguin swimming with its eyes closed. Isn’t he cute? I shot this while in Australia. Larger version here. Share this post:
The Shaman of Australia
Above, a familiar movie title has been made not so familiar. Below, 10 memorable quotes from the same movie have been made not so memorable. This should be an easy task, should you accept it. See if you can guess them all. 1. In the vicinity of across the multicolored array, any of three small North American thrushes that are blue above and reddish brown or pale blue below take flight. The young of a feathered vertebrate move in or…
Morass
On TV, reporters and pundits discuss a bunch of presidential candidate Senator Clinton’s old letters, written to a friend when she was 16 years old. They read, “Sunday was lethargic from the beginning as I wallowed in a morass of general and specific dislike and pity for most people but me especially.” April: 16? Did they say 16? HE: Yep. April: Wow. I don’t know many 16-year-olds who would use the word “morass” in their everyday language. HE: At 16?…
Flash Fiction: Senses
Lisa Andel’s rules: Topic: Must include one of the five senses — taste, touch, sight, sound, or smell. Even if you just name your character “Smelly Bob” it qualifies. Length: 100 words A sharp tap on the nose woke Bandit. “Wake up and smell the dragon dung. Time to rise!†The words rang like a church bell, and he’d have protested had it not been for the slicing pain in his skull. His mouth tasted of cotton, and his eyes…