Monday WRites 266

[In Mosaic 1: Leaves of The Caricature Plant and leaves of  Purple Shamrock. They are the same colour all year through since we in T&T do not have a Season of Autumn] and a painting of The Caricature leaves

FASHION ME A NEW NORMAL

Wet blanket, this novel corona. Shut ins, lock downs, distancing, serves us cold turkey. 

We mask to ward off viral attacks.

Birthday song our hand washing guide  for children.

Elbows bounce, and hugs must be virtual. What a world this new normal fashions.

© gillena cox 2020

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We are in our 100 Days of Christmas celebrating on the radio with musical genres themed for the festival by our local artistes and singers and too some of the traditional pieces
You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or
eg the rite of afternoon tea). Welcome to Monday WRites #266: A Happy Monday to all


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[In mosaic 2: Leaves of The Purple Shamrock which maintain this colour throughout the year. Here in T& T we do not have a season of Autumn. Our  two seasons are The Rainy/Hurricance Season and The Dry Season]

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Its Day 13 of 100 Days of Christmas here in T&T at FM Sweet 100 radio station

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Mosaic Monday

 #99: My Escape

AND

Quadrille #113: Blanket Us

REVISIT

5 October 2015

...birthing a new normal

...new age plight of our children

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ENJOY THE MUSIC: Gentle Del Caribe- Los Tocadores


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Monday WRites 264

[Mosaic 1 fruit]

High on a mountain,
arms stretched to the clouds,
i'll sing a song and sing it loud,
for what is a rainbow if not
a box of crayons lost
in the vast space above,
that blue ocean below heaven above
we call a sky
© gillena cox 2020

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You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or
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[Mosaic 2 random words]

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BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Mosaic Monday
Mosaic Monday #97: Gone to Seed

AND


Quadrille #112:
The Sky’s the Limit (in 44 words)


REVISIT
...from the sy
21 September 2016
21 September 2015


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ENJOY THE MUSIC: Dancing In The Sky Dani And Lizzy Lyrics



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[Mosaic 1 - A painting by my son Khama Cox & some face masks i made last week]

Shh. There's talk of a wave coming,
Should you even care you of the daunting
Refusing to wear your mask
Saying this constraint is such a task
Better that little discomfort
To the choice of going forth
Shh. Are there pigeons in the eaves?
© gillena cox 2020

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Its now mandatory to wear a mask in public, here in T&T🇹🇹 and one can be fined if caught not conforming to this law.

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[Mosaic 2, todays random words]


Blog hopping today with

Mosaic Monday
#95: 2013 Weekend Getaway

AND


Quadrille #111 – What’s That Rustling in the Eaves?


REVISIT
7 September 2015
...pigeons stir
... eaves 2017






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[today's Mosaic: leaf of caladium, ixora flowers red and yellow and spider lily leaves and flowers]

CORONA APOLOGIA
What a bummer
This novel corona stunner

Shush-ing planet earth with mouth and nose gear
Calling us super heroes if we wear

Our mask of Covid 19 protocol

Maybe there was just soo much name calling
And too much cussing

We are sorry Ma!
© gillena cox 2020

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Our churches have been lock down again. The SEA exam for children 11 plus was held last week - not as virtual exercise but a physical event, though schools are still locked down. we are still battling to flatten the curve.

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Blog hopping today with

Quadrille #110: Shall we bum around a bit?
CHALLENGE: Just write a poem of precisely 44 words, including some form of the word bum.



REVISIT
24 August 2016






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Monday WRites 258

[In today's mosaic: 2 words and abstract art]

GARDEN QUADRILLE
Pinks and yellows of ixoras, little fairy umbrellas, open to moon beams and sun rays.

Fake straitions of peacock gingers, on whose leaves, marks of proud statements say.

How many furls, will a bougainville bract, need to hide her tiny tiny white blossoms away.
© gillena cox 2020

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You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or
eg the rite of afternoon tea). Welcome to Monday WRites #258: A Happy Monday to all ❧✿❧ Today is General Elections here in Trinidad and Tobago

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Blog hopping today with

Mosaic Monday
#92: Shakin' It Up

AND


Quadrille Monday : Garden


REVISIT
10 August 2017
10 August 2016
10 August 2015

Monday Writes 254

[Today'mosaic: Flowers And A Scribble]

QUADRILLE BLUE
Were it not for ink blots on
Blue pleated skirts, one
Could have pondered heaven
In colours ruddy or golden, even
If the drill masters chalked
Formulas of h20 and balked
Footsteps etched forever on the moon;
Mystery clung to distance all to soon.
QUADRILLE BLUE © gillena cox 2020
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You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or
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Blog hopping today with

Mosaic Monday
#88: Glory in the garden

AND


Quadrille #107 Blue Monday
Today's prompt from Kim is "blue"


REVISIT
13 JuLY 2016
13 JuLY 2015
...sky is blue 2015


ENJOY THE MUSIC: All Too Soon (Stephen Hatfield) - Kokopelli and Mascato

Monday WRites 248

Today's mosaic I call June Jumble: I went to my blog Lunch Break and took 4 June photos from years (2006 -Flamboyant Tree. 2007 - Caricature flowers, 2008 - Bougainvillea, and 2009 candle Bush Floral spikes), combined them for this June Jumble.

Wishing all A Happy Monday: Goodbye May Welcome June
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Blog hopping today with

Mosaic Monday
#82: Emerging


AND



#Quadrille #105
Cry Havoc and Let ‘SLIP’ the Dogs of War




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STEPPING OUT IN FAITH
Hers was a slip of the tongue;
What she really wanted to articulate,
Was the way her mind had sung,
That day not so long ago at the gate,
To her new normal lifestyle adventure,
Que sera sera,
Who knew this day would come.
STEPPING OUT IN FAITH © gillena cox 2020




REVISIT
1 June 2017
1 May 2015

Monday WRites 246

[Old photos again today in my mosaic from my days of walking to exercise] I stopped going out to walk and started walking laps in my backyard long before Covid days. And i continue this backyard exercising now


Wishing all A Happy Monday
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Blog hopping today with

Mosaic Monday
#80: Road Trip Re-wind


AND



Quadrille #104
Oh, We are in a fix


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SO MANY MANGOES
Evening sun stares, fixed awhile in orange rays, as day takes a few minutes gathering herself in contemplation.

There is the old mango tree like a still life in the near distance, heavily laden with fruit

Sigh. This is definitely a new normal scene
© gillena cox 2020


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REVISIT
18May 2015


still..working from my mobile phone..a new charger for my lap top ...ordered

Monday WRites 244

['White flowers And A Bit Of Sky - old photos again used in today's mosaic]

Wishing all A Happy Monday
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Blog hopping today with

Monday Mosaic
#78: a wait-y month


AND



Monday's Quadrille
Lighten Up


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QUADRILLE SILLY
I went to sleep and woke up dizzy
to another dream lost and bent silly

My nose and mouth now covered
and my eyeballs seem anchored

To the walls i call safety at home
Washing my hands singing all alone

Go away Covid nineteen !
QUADRILLE SILLY © gillena cox


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REVISIT
4 May 2017

4 May 2016

4 May 2015

no linky today keeping it simple ..working from my mobile phone..a new charger for my lap top ...ordered



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