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Song Lyric Sunday: Sunshine,Sea and Sand.

Good Sunday morning, Jim Adams our brilliant and dedicated host for Sunday lyric Sunday has requested songs about sandy beaches! Apparently it’s National Beach Day ? Really ? well obviously the money makers have designed a day for everything! Let’s call the next one International Money in the Coffers Day? Jim as always has plenty to say about
National Beach Day and he manages to make it interesting, as he always does

There are loads of good, bad and indifferent old and new songs about beaches and sand I have gone for two. The first one which is more recent. and one from my youth. Imagine Dragons a group introduced to me by our eldest grandson.

I have chosen “Take me to the beach”..for two reasons it’s a great tune and the lyrics are just so true of life today.

“Take Me to the Beach” is a song by American band Imagine Dragons. It was released as a single through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records on October 11, 2024. The song was included on the band’s sixth studio album Loom with four remixes also released featuring Baker Boy, Ernia, Jungeli, and Ado through to the end of 2024. “Take Me to the Beach” was written by band members Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee with additional writing from producers Mattias Larsson and Robin Fredriksson. It was first teased on TikTok on May 28, 2024. The song’s lyrics describe escaping typical life.

Lyrics:

People-pleasing planet
Got a million people saying how to plan it
I can no longer stand it
Gonna spend my days telling them to can it
Each and to their own
Got a salesman ringing my phone
Tell me where to go
No, I don’t wanna hear the down low

I owe
Nothing, not a penny, never wanna hear you preach
No

Take me to the beach, ah
You could have the mountains, ah
You take the snow, ah
It’s way too cold
My heart is cold enough, ah
Push comes to shove, ah
You could have the mountains, ah
I’ll take the beach

If you want it, come and get it
Got a million people telling me they’re with it
And they got me at my limit
And I’m telling you, I never spare a minute
If you wanna keep on living
For the sucker that is telling you your limit
Gotta find out it’s a gimmick
Can’t nobody tell you how to live it

I owe
Nothing, not a penny, never walking on a leash
No

I’m better off alone
Like a rolling stone
Turning off my phone
No one bringing me down, down, down, down
Just give me some space
That sun in my face
And the days go on, and on, and on, and on (T-A-K-E, T-A-K-E)
(T-A-K-E)

Take me to the beach, ah
You could have the mountains, ah
You take the snow, ah
It’s way too cold (it’s way too cold)
My heart is cold enough, ah
Push comes to shove, ah
You could have the mountains, ah
I’ll take the beach (I’ll take the -, I’ll take the -)
Take me to the –

I don’t have no friends, ask anyone
Got me ’til the end, my favorite one
Take me to the beach
I don’t have no friends, ask anyone (ask anyone)
Got me ’til the end, my favorite one
Take me to the beach

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Benjamin Arthur Mckee / Daniel Coulter Reynolds / Daniel Wayne Sermon / Mattias Per Larsson / Robin Lennart Fredriksson / Robert Amoruso / Philip Eric Norman / Danzal James Baker

Take Me to the Beach lyrics © Imagine Dragons Publishing, Songs Of Wolf Cousins, Mushroom Music Publishing Pty Ltd, Mushroom Music Publishing Pty. Ltd., Mushroom Music Publishing Pty Ltd (ascap)

My second song is a real oldie and may well show up several times today… but hey ho I like it. “Remember, Walking in the Sand” came out when I was about twelve years old. (The same age as my grandson was when he introduced me to Imagine Dragons). The song is about a teenage couple who get split up and he gets sent overseas… the song is not specific but it’s possible that it refers to the boy being drafted and at that time he could well have been sent to Vietnam. ( American song from that era) …Anyway she waits for him for two years …then the swine gets in touch and blatantly tells her he’s met someone new??? Well she’s devastated…I like to think she got over him and met someone much better!

“Remember (Walking in the Sand)“, also known as “Remember“, is a song written by George “Shadow” Morton. It was originally recorded by the girl group the Shangri-Las, who had a top five hit with it in 1964, their first hit single. A remake by Aerosmith in 1979 was a minor hit. There have been many other versions of the song as well.

“Remember (Walking in the Sand)” was covered by Aerosmith and was released on the 1979 album Night in the Ruts..

There where lots of other copies, eg, Amy Winehouse, The Haylas, Jeff Beck and Imelda May, The Red hot chili peppers and many more too many to mention… it’s worth looking it up on YouTube and seeing all the different versions…it will not disappoint!…

Lyrics.

Seems like the other day
My baby went away
He went away ‘cross the sea

It’s been two years or so
Since I saw my baby go
And then this letter came for me

It said that we were through
He found somebody new
Oh, let me think, let me think, what can I do?

Oh no, oh no
Oh no-no-no-no-no

walkin’ in the sand
(Remember) walkin’ hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting

then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
Softly, softly we’d meet with our lips

Whatever happened to
The boy that I once knew?
The boy who said he’d be true

Oh, what will happen to
The life I gave to you?
What will I do with it now?

walkin’ in the sand
(Remember) walkin’ hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting

then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
(Remember) softly
(Remember)

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: George Francis Morton

Well that’s me for now, HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE 💜💜💜

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS August 29, 2026. Sleep 😴

Ping went my phone , yes it was LindaGHill with this week’s prompt for SoCs. Here’s what she said: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “sleep.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!“

Sleep patterns

Sleep is a life giver …a healer, it keeps you sane, and can really help you with your sanity.

There are times in your life when it is harder to sleep than at other times. Times when you heart breaks and your mind is in torment! Insomnia is so hard to bear on top of everything else .

Insomnia is so damaging to the brain and physical health.

Then of course when you are a parent and your hormones are all over the place… You have a tiny human thrust on you who is totally dependent on you…. they can keep you up all night and day …. until you are so desperate for sleep.

Then there is The Golden monent just before you wake, you are asleep but waking up and you just want to stay sleeping

Well that’s me for now. However you sleep 😴 Deeply, lightly, fitfully, like the dead, cat naps, power naps however you sleep enjoy it while you can.

THIS IS PART OF LINDAGHILL’S STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SATURDAY.

Haiku Fridays with J-Dub #18 The Beast.

Jilly says this about this on her prompt for This week’s Friday Haiku.

mirror images

mouth spits river, moon above

guardians of truth

I see this … The Beast.

Twin evils
Jealousy and hate
Sad planet 💜

Jillys Haiku Friday .💜💜💜

One -Liner Wednesday: Oh! Really!

This is my slightly longer than One -Liner Wednesday than I usually do ..but I think it is worth it!

This memorable interaction is a famous comedic exchange from the 1965 Beatles movie, Help! In the film, the band seeks protection from Scotland Yard because a mystical, dangerous cult is trying to steal a sacrificial ring stuck on Ringo Starr’s finger.

The exact script dialogue unfolds as follows:

Superintendent: “So this is the famous ring?”
Ringo: “I’m in fear of me life, you know!”
Superintendent: “And these are the famous Beatles?”
John: “So this is the famous Scotland Yard, eh?”
Superintendent: “And how long do you think you’ll last?”
John: “Can’t say fairer than that. The Great Train Robbery, eh? How’s that going?”

Part of LindaGHill’s One – Liner Wednesday.

The Great Train Robbery

TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 79, Color as a Metaphor, 8/25/26

This week’s host for Tanka Tuesday is Colleen, here is what she has to say about : “The Significance of Color in Japanese Poetry“

Connection to Nature

In Japanese poetry, color is intricately linked to nature. Poets often draw inspiration from the natural world, using colors to evoke specific emotions and imagery. This connection allows readers to experience the beauty of the seasons and the environment through vivid descriptions.” You can read more about this and all the Tanka Tuesday Guidelines here at Colleen’s prompt.“

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So this week, let’s explore color in our Japanese poetry. Using (a) color as a metaphor, write your poem connected to your favorite season.

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I am going for Autumn 🍁 again as I love it so much, it is my safe season. The colours I have chosen are Golden (Ki ) Power and devine mercy, Green,Blue (Ao) commonness and simplicity.

I remember travelling through Tuscany one year in Autumn 🍂🍁. We passed a field full of Sunflowers… they were past their best. Waiting for their seeds to be harvested. I was struck by sadness… bowed heads, they looked tired and wet. There had been rain… and yet the golden sun was out and the sky was so blue. So renewal was on its way.

I have written two poems, An Etheree and An Haiku.

Sunflowers Rebirth. Etheree

I
think that
I have not
Seen a sadder
Scene than golden heads
Turned to brown bowed by rain.
Nature’s way to revival
To make oil or rebirth. It’s true,
All those dying heads are a sad view.
Against a Tuscan sky that is so blue.

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Circle of life. Haiku.

A blue Tuscan sky
Holds the mighty golden orb
All things run their course

Song Lyric Sunday: Your Body is a Temple.

Remove keyboard; add Imogen Heap’s Mi.Mu gloves

Hi I was away this weekend and so here is Jim Adams Song Lyric Sunday on Monday.

This week Jim has asked us to find a song that uses the words bare, birthday suit, buff, exposed, liberated, naked, naturist, nude, or skin. … Well I have a favourite song about all the afore mentioned prompts… yet the nearest it gets to mentioning them is Bodies …The song treats sex and love really beautifully and gently.

The accompanying video was made by Imogen and her partner Michael Lebor ( a film director). It was filmed exclusively by them in their own house. … Imogen was newly pregnant with her daughter Florence Scout Rosie, known as Scout at the time… I think it makes the song even more special.

“Entanglement is part of Sparks, the fourth studio album by Imogen Heap, released on 19 August 2014 through Megaphonic Records in the United Kingdom and through RCA Records in the United States. Recorded between 2011 and 2014 across four different continents, with a new song being written and released every three months, it was primarily written and produced by Heap, with additional writing and production from collaborators Deadmau5, Vishal–Shekhar, and B.o.B, as well as production from Nick Ryan. Info Wiki“

Entanglement was made the old fashioned way … I don’t think Imogen even used her Mi Mu gloves, which she invented and developed, on the track.

Here we are
Blood pressure rising fast
Air electric
Conduct this orchestra

A micro utopia born
As the overture plays
This prelude to life long love
Our bodies entanglement takes
You all over me
Me all over you

Fearless heart
I’m gonna take care of you
Whether spark or spiral
I’ll pull the strength of suns

It’s home where you hold me
So show me no mercy
On islands of cotton
Taboos get forgotten
Our body entanglement wants
You all over me (me, me, me)
Me all over you (you, you, you)
You all over me

Oh, burst me into bloom I dare you to
Lose yourself in our embodiment
Ravage this palate of pinks and reds and
Dissolve into radiance

It’s home where you hold me
So show me no mercy
On islands of cotton
Taboos get forgotten
Our body entanglement wants
You all over me (me, me, me, me, me)
Me all over you, you, you, you
You all over

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Imogen Heap / Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap

Happy Monday everyone 💜💜💜

Haiku Fridays with J-Dub #17

I wasn’t there Friday so This is Jilly’s Haiku Friday… on Monday. Here’s what Jilly said about our prompt. “Date unknown. This is some sort of track/print in the damp soil after a rain. I have no idea why I took this photo except that I am easily stopped in mid step by all kinds of nature sightings.“

©2026 Jill Witherspoon. All Rights Reserved.

My interpretation…

In hyroglifics
dancing free
Meaning? what you see

#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 78, Tread with Trepidation! 8/18/26

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Yvette is our host Tanka Tuesday. Here is what she has asked for in her her prompt: “So, this week, I thought we would focus our poems on the theme, Tread with Trepidation, which means to proceed or walk through a situation with great caution, fear, or nervous hesitation.

You could focus your poem on cautious movement – taking slow, careful steps because you expect trouble or danger ahead. You could focus on the emotional state of trepidation – feeling a shaky, nervous worry about a future event or decision. Or you could focus on the metaphorical caution of the theme – handling a sensitive topic, a difficult person, or a risky plan very carefully so you don’t make a mistake.” You can join in here.

Thank you Yvette for this interesting post.

Hubby should be a Buddhist… He is forever making me a nervous wreck by suddenly saying “Mind out.” “Why” I ask ” Is it dangerous ?” “No mind the ants” …

Walking in trepidation .

Stop
Don’t move
Will I fall?
No watch the ants
So I nearly fall
Hubby worries about
Insects, more than he does me.
As I walk in trepidation
My body quakes in fear of his wrath.
The Buddhist in him makes me quake for sure.

One -Liner Wednesday: Time.

It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

Part of LindaGHill’s One -Liner Wednesday.

Inheritance of Solitude: A new poetry book from Smitha Vishwanath.

What Amazon has to say about the book.

A book that explores grief, loss, healing and the strength it takes to begin again. Through heartfelt verses, the collection is a reminder that healing is possible even after life’s heartbreaks. Smitha Vishwanath

The poems in ‘The Inheritance of Solitude’ explore the loss of parents, home, health, and friendship, and the journey of healing, reflecting on personal and collective experiences of sorrow and hope. The book is a lyrical journey, captivating in its understanding of humanity’s most challenging subject: grief. It embraces the vulnerability of love set against a redolent world of beauty and family, where we sit at the poet’s table, experiencing the intense majesty of a world filled with love, loss and finding oneself again.
– Candice L. Daquin, Managing Editor, Lit Fox Books, Associate Editor, Life & Legends, Author, ‘The Cruelty.’

Smitha Vishwanath’s poems arrive almost like a whisper against the skin, and linger long after they are read. This collection is not merely read. It is inhabited.
– Kabir Deb, Writer, Reviewer & Translator

The poems in The Inheritance of Solitude have a delicate feeling and sensitivity that resonate and gently linger. As they weave a tapestry of thoughts that speak of loss and holding on, of invisible struggles that remain mostly within oneself, the poems in the volume also create a sense of community.
– Nishi Pulugurtha, Academic, Author, Poet & Translator

This is my review.
This book is a perfect read for everyone. Whether or not you have experienced loss and whether or not you like poetry. I love poetry yet at first I really was not sure what this book was going to be like …
I can honestly say I am so glad I have read it.
Smitha takes us through her life in poems, the loss of her mother, how her father became her rock, her roots and her home. Then he got older and ill. Sadly he died, as did her Grandmother and an Uncle all in the same year. This sent her reeling as it would anyone.
Through her poetry she guides us through her grief, to the acceptance that life goes on even after we lose those we love.
Smitha also guides us through her grief at losing, friends and work colleagues. Even friendships sometimes we have to see these come to an end too.
I have experienced the loss of family and friends and The Inheritance of Solitude really strikes a cord with me.
There is something for everyone in this book. I say thank you Smitha for sharing.

About Smitha

photo from Smitha Vishwanath’s Amazon page.

Smitha Vishwanath is your quintessential ‘bored banker’ turned writer. After two decades in banking in the Middle East, she quit in 2018 and moved to India. She began by writing on her blog and participating in poetry competitions.

‘Roads- A Journey with Verses’ is a book of poems she co-authored and published in July 2019.

‘Coming Home’ is her debut novel released in March 2023.

Her first solo book of poems, ‘The Inheritance of Solitude’ has been published in July 2026

A Pushcart Prize (2023 for her poem, ‘Out of Order’) and Best of the Net (2019 for her poem, ‘Omid’) nominee, Smitha’s poems have been recognised both nationally and internationally. Her poetry has been published by several online publications, including Thieving Magpies, Spillwords Press, MasticadoresUS, Silverbirch Press, Borderless Journal, Rebelle Society, StoryChat and has found a place in several noteworthy anthologies including ‘Unhoused’, ‘The Kali Project’, ‘Poetry Treasures- Passion’, ‘The Short of It’. In 2021, she was awarded the Reuel International Prize (II) for poetry and in 2023, her novel won the Asian Literary Prize (Runner up)

When she’s not writing on her blog, you’ll find her reading, writing book reviews, painting, travelling, going on long walks or just being. She currently resides with her husband in Nairobi, Kenya. Her poems and writing reflect the experiences that come with having lived in several countries.

You can find Smitha at.

http://amazon.com/author/smithavishwanath

and on her blog https://smithavpennings.com/

One of Smitha’s poems is called My Home is The River . I chose this song to send to her because I feel it sums up some of her feelings….and definitely mine .