Month: Sep 2015
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE : Still moving on!
Welcome everyone especially Sheri who loves our coffee days!
This Sunday we are hosting the event at our lovely Tuscan bolt hole!
Don’t worry everything is as it always is with tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.
If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.
Lets join everyone here and all the other “IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEES”
If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster
Paul who is over at Mark Bialczak in Syracuse this week and all this month. So don’t forget to visit him over there! I shall be later!
If we were having Coffee : I would tell you that since we last had our Sunday coffee we have travelled from the Rhone Alps through Lake Como and ending up at our favourite place in Tuscany! We have had a wonderful Holiday and Next Sunday we shall be home….. I have mixed feeling about that!
Anyway here are some photos!
Now if we were having Coffee I would tell you that I have had a wonderful holiday, still 6days left! But I will be glad to get home and see the family and all my friends too. We have met some really lovely people while we have been travelling and I have lots of amazing memories!
Right I have to go now as dinner is about to be served!
So If we we were having Coffee:
I would have to say I shall love you and leave you all to enjoy I am putting my feet up now and taking in the view so come and join me or wander over to see Paul who is over at Mark Bialczak in Syracuse this week and all this month. Let us see what they are all discussing ! It has been lovely as always to have you all here and I hope, as does Paul that you will all join us here and at Mark Bialczak ‘s again next week. Then hopefully back to normal at my blog!!
If we were having Coffee Original idea from http://parttimemonster.wordpress.com/
And of course the
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: WEEKEND COFFEE SHARE
over at Part Time Monster and Gene’O’s
Stream of Consciousness Saturday: Paintballing.
LindaGHill said. Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “-eat.” Use the word “eat” or add letters to it to make a different word. Don’t cheat!
Retreat, retreat ! shouted Jen as if stuck on repeat!
We are losing this game we’re outnumbered and cannot compete!
Yes shouted the others we are going nowhere, let us go eat!
EVERYONE ! Wave that white flag our ammo is replete!
Hurry up, over here, we’ve saved you guys a seat
We won shouted the blue team, we had you beat!
Not fair shouted the red’s are you sure you did not cheat?
No we won fair and square and so the food is your treat!
So they laid down their paint guns, it had been fun
To win was a feat especially in this heat
It was supposed to rain but they’d only had sun
Better than last time when it had been cold with sleat!
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Here are the rules:
1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing, (typos can be fixed) and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.
2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.
3. There will be a prompt every week. Linda will post the prompt on her blog on Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a subject. For instance, Linda will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” or “Begin with the word ‘The’.”
4. Ping back! It’s important, so that Linda and other people can come and read your post! For example, in your post you can write “This post is part of SoCS:” and then copy and paste the URL found in your address bar at the top of Linda’s post into yours. Your link will show up in Linda’s comments, for everyone to see. The most recent pingbacks will be found at the top.
5. Read at least one other person’s blog who has linked back their post. Even better, read everyone’s! If you’re the first person to link back, you can check back later, or go to the previous week, by following my category, “Stream of Consciousness Saturday,” which you’ll find right below the “Like” button on Linda’s post.
6. Copy and paste the rules (if you’d like to) in your post. The more people who join in, the more new bloggers you’ll meet and the bigger your community will get!
7. Have fun!
Ciao! to you all!!
Dear all the wifi has been abominable this week and I cannot keep up with the emails, so I am reading what I can and liking but I just do nt have time to comment! Sorry !!
I love you all!!
One Liner Wednesday : Birthdays
This is part of LindaGHill’s One Liner Wednesday! Here is the pingback!
There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why.
Anyone who would like to try it out, feel free to use the “One-Liner Wednesday” title in your post, and if you do, you can ping back to Linda’post here to help your blog get more exposure. To execute a ping back, just copy the URL in the address bar on this post and paste it somewhere in the body of your post. Your link will show up in the comments on Linda’s page. Please ensure that the One-Liner Wednesday you’re pinging back to is this week’s! Otherwise, no one will likely see it butLinda.
As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a ping back from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.
Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”
The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:
1. Make it one sentence.
2. Make it either funny or inspirational.
3. Use the tag #1lineWed for more exposure.
Have fun!
Wordless Wednesday : Lake Como
Evenings musing
Here I am under the stars and moon
The crickets sing to each other and soon
There will be silence, no cars or voices to
Break the quite until the sun rises anew.
Today I stood by ruin’s walls and felt the history
I seemed to see it all the life, the death, the mystery.
What webs of intrigue went on where I stood
Was there fighting on this spot , was it for evil or for good.
I guess I shall never know!
Sunday Song lyric: Better get to living!
As much as it grieves me I have to say Dolly Parton writes some brilliant songs with so much meaning! Well I fell in love with this little ditty then I accidentally found this young man’s version of the words! His interpretation has inspired me on and off over the years since I found it! so please enjoy!
“Better Get To Livin'”
People always comin’ up to me and askin’
“Dolly, what’s your secret?
With all you do, your attitude
Just seems to be so good
How do you keep it?”
Well, I’m not the Dalai Lama, but I’ll try
To offer up a few words of advice.
“Dolly, what’s your secret?
With all you do, your attitude
Just seems to be so good
How do you keep it?”
Well, I’m not the Dalai Lama, but I’ll try
To offer up a few words of advice.
You better get to livin’, givin’
Don’t forget to throw in a little forgivin’
And lovin’ on the way
You better get to knowin’, showin’
A little bit more concerned about where you’re goin’
Just a word unto the wise
You better get to livin’.
A girlfriend came to my house
Started cryin’ on my shoulder Sunday evening
She was spinnin’ such a sad tale
I could not believe the yarn that she was weavin’
So negative the words she had to say
I said if I had a violin I’d play.
I said you’d better get to livin’, givin’
Be willing and forgivin’
Cause all healing has to start with you
You better stop whining, pining
Get your dreams in line
And then just shine, design, refine
Until they come true
And you better get to livin’.
Your life’s a wreck, your house is mess
And your wardrobe way outdated
All your plans just keep on falling through
Overweight and under paid, under appreciated
I’m no guru, but I’ll tell you
This I know is true.
You better get to livin’, givin’
A little more thought about bein’
A little more willin’ to make a better way
Don’t sweat the small stuff
Keep your chin up
Just hang tough
And if it gets too rough
Fall on your knees and pray
And do that everyday
Then you’ll get to livin’.
The day we’re born we start to die
Don’t waste one minute of this life
Get to livin’
Share your dreams and share your laughter
Make some points for the great hereafter.
Better start carin’
Better start sharin’
Better start tryin’
Better start smiling
And you better get to livin’…
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Helen at This thing called life one word at a time invites everyone who would like to play along so we can share some fantastic music together.
Here are the rules for Song Lyric Sunday:
- Post the lyrics to a favorite song or a new song you want to share
- Make sure you credit the singer/band and provide a link to where you found the lyrics
- Link to the YouTube video, or pull it into your post so others can listen to the song
- Ping back to Helen’s post that will go up every Sunday by 9am MST
- Check out at least one other person’s blog so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process
If we were having Coffee: Chateaux and ghosts
Welcome everyone especially Sheri who arrived last night sleeping bag in hand. Now I have explained that the internet is very sketchy around here, in the Rhone Alps!
Now I have decided that we shall travel back to Boussay and that beautiful Chateau that I felt so sorry for! Let’s bring it to life for a few hours if only virtually. We can throw cushions and drapes around , maybe you could all bring your own! We can have a party here a tea party and breath some virtual life into the sad empty place.
Don’t worry everything is as it always is with tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.
If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.
Lets join everyone here and all the other “IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEES”
If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster
Paul who is over at Mark Bialczak in Syracuse this week and all this month. So don’t forget to visit him over there! I shall be later!
If we were having coffee: I would welcome you to this wonderful place and ask you how you have all been. Now although we are not still in Boussay my thoughts are dragged back there by the beautiful but empty Chateau. The owner who was 95yrs old and lived in two rooms of the Chateau toward the end of his life only died in May of this year….. imagine that old man alone in a huge chateau with all his memories and ghosts.
Now If we were having coffee : although we are in a wonderful place with mountains, swimming pool and lovely hosts I am still drawn back to the chateau. I hope you are enjoying our sojourn here! I have to dash off now as I have not enough time to stay as long as I would like also not enough wifi! So please stay and enjoy I am with you in spirit …just like the ghosts of the chateau!
I shall love you and leave you all to enjoy I am putting my feet up now and taking in the view so come and join me or wander over to see Paul who is over at Mark Bialczak in Syracuse this week and all this month. Let us see what they are all discussing ! It has been lovely as always to have you all here and I hope, as does Paul that you will all join us here and at Mark Bialczak ‘s again next week.
If we were having Coffee Original idea from http://parttimemonster.wordpress.com/
And of course the
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: WEEKEND COFFEE SHARE
over at Part Time Monster and Gene’O’s
Saturday Stream of Consciousness Saturday :Route/Root
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “route/root.” Use one, use both, use them as they are, or add something to them. Have fun!
The route to Mirmand from Charnazay!
Today we set off from our lovely Gite in the Loire valley and drove 382 miles down through France and up into to the Rhone Alps! The route we took was a mixture of motorway and twisty turny mountain roads with BIG drops! and signs in French saying Motor Bikes beware and no overtaking… but the French motorists do not seem to take any notice! I hasten to add we did!
The wifi here is very sketchy and I am standing out in a courtyard over looking a beautiful valley not that I can see it because it is pitch black but I have a fabulous view of the stars and the moon. Consequently this will be a short post.
We found our way down to the ancient town of Mirmand a five to ten minute route from our little stone cottage and found a restaurant and had a meal of root vegetable Lasagna followed by cheese cake. Then fortified by a glass of red wine we found our way back by the same route but this time in totally blackness!
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Here are the rules:
1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing, (typos can be fixed) and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.
2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.
3. There will be a prompt every week. Linda will post the prompt on her blog on Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a subject. For instance, Linda will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” or “Begin with the word ‘The’.”
4. Ping back! It’s important, so that Linda and other people can come and read your post! For example, in your post you can write “This post is part of SoCS:” and then copy and paste the URL found in your address bar at the top of Linda’s post into yours. Your link will show up in Linda’s comments, for everyone to see. The most recent pingbacks will be found at the top.
5. Read at least one other person’s blog who has linked back their post. Even better, read everyone’s! If you’re the first person to link back, you can check back later, or go to the previous week, by following my category, “Stream of Consciousness Saturday,” which you’ll find right below the “Like” button on Linda’s post.
6. Copy and paste the rules (if you’d like to) in your post. The more people who join in, the more new bloggers you’ll meet and the bigger your community will get!
7. Have fun!
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