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This is what i hope to read at the live meeting on Saturday 20th January 2024
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Thursday, January 18, 2024
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old photos from my archives
Sample and Tease: City of Port of Spain
City of Port of Spain;
Rich in history, protest, and monument.
Preserves till today;
A people loving peace,
But loving more justice.
Old quays and cathedrals are welcoming.
Standing tall, The Red House,
Seat of political decision.
Woodford Square, echoing voices
Of change and belief.
Memorial Park, where wreaths draw in, the heroes who died, so we could be, the city today.
Parade of Carnival bands claim The Queens Park Savannah, the largest roundabout in the island;
Poui in pinks and yellows burst into blossoming, even out-glamouring The Royal Botanic Gardens.
Not forgetting The Emporer Valley Zoo, named for the emporer butterfly.
The pulse of City of Port of Spain; is vibrant and varied. This is just a sample and tease
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Monday, January 15, 2024
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Cooked with rice and meat called pelau, or stewed alone,
Pigeon Peas is a traditional Carnival Season food in Trinidad and Tobago; grown in home gardens and farms.
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dVerse — Prosery — January 15
using a line from
Dudley Randall, Ballad of Birmingham
To The Movies
I guess it was one of those morning where you looked to the paper boy; calling out in the street, the urgency to buy news in print their goal. This early morning scene always made her smile and shake her head. Oh but that morning in particular;
oh but that smile was the last smile
to come upon her face, for soon after she would have gotten the news of a ship built to last, then sunken; carrying down so many hopes dreams and connections.
And many many years later. The movies would made the day come alive once more.
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REVISIT TO READ
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Happy NEW YEAR
Monday, January 1, 2024
Monday, December 18, 2023
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The word “advent” is derived from the Latin word “adventus”, which means “coming” – which refers to the coming of Christ.
The advent wreath; an evergreen wreath with four candles, sometimes with a fifth, white candle in the center.
Some Advent wreaths include a fifth, Christ candle which is lit on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day
The four candles of Advent represent the four Sundays of Advent, and they respectively symbolize hope, peace, joy, and love.
The third candle is pink and symbolizes joy. It is called the “Shepard's Candle,” and is pink because rose is a liturgical color for joy.
[ info sourced from google dot com]
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Prompt: to write a rhyming recipe
Sorrel is a traditional Christmas drink here in Trinidad $Tobago 🇹🇹
My Sorrel Recipe
The sorrel in lbs weigh;
The water in litres may,
Long for the added sugar in cups.
Twist of orange peel, grains of clove, stick of cinnamon will cause no mix-ups,
And Rum is (optional) measured in cups.
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REVISIT TO READ
ENJOY THE MUSIC
Our 2023 Season of 100 Days of Christmas
hosted by our Radio Station Sweet 100.1 FM is in ongoing.
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Happy HOLIDAYS
You've heard about the Monday Blues
well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea).
Thursday, December 14, 2023
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this image was first posted at my blog LUNCH BREAK
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Did you see the reindeer in the far right bottom corner? 😊
REVISIT
Living in the Caribbean, a hot area, there is no winter or snow.
Yet our liturgical expressions contain all the coldness of winter that traditionally have been ascribed to Christmas.
And those who have never heard of Santa and his reindeers; must be from another planet
We as children first and as adults have only to imagine and accept.it all.
That's not so bad even, for here longing sets in, and in the end many of us travel to fulfill our dreams.
[Well maybe not to the North Pole though😊]
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Monday, December 11, 2023
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image courtesy dVerse Poets
Let It Snow
Her mummy read the story to her.
She listened wrapped in the wonder of snow.
It sounded like so much fun.
Oh yes! she wanted to go on vacation.
To spend Christmas
With her cousins in America.
[I do hope it snows, said gramma.]
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my granddaughter Zuri; on vacation wth her mummy, at her cousins in America Year 2016
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Prompt
Write a quadrille using the word or som form of it
snow
REVISIT TO READ
ENJOY THE MUSIC
Our 2023 Season of 100 Days of Christmas
hosted by our Radio Station Sweet 100.1 FM is in ongoing.
❧✿❧
THIS IS MONDAY WRITES 424
A Happy December to all
You've heard about the Monday Blues
well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea).
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