Quote a Week Tuesday

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Quote a Week Tuesday

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”
Winston Churchill

Look Up! in Mundane Monday

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Mundane Monday

“Time had changed the magical to mundane”
― Rohinton Mistry

Look Up!

When in the forest of deep
You may find what you seek
Remember to look up
But try not to stumble over a stub

Dreaming, in Black and White for Seat Sunday

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Seat Sunday

“It’s a cute little studio apartment that has just what I need: a bed, a couch, a table, a chair, and a coffee-maker.” ― Shawn Lukas

Dreaming in Black and White

In technicolour dreaming
You sometimes wake up screaming
Do not struggle or fight
Turn off all colours
And soon, the soothing
Of Black and White
Will dim down the lights

Mr Diesel’s Adventures for Caturday, part 2

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Caturday

Caturday presents the honorary cat Mr Diesel and his adventures

Mr Diesel’s Adventures for Caturday

“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”
—Roger Caras

What?

What’s ya looking at?
Don’t ya believe I’m a cat?
Maybe I just ate a rat
And now, filled, laying flat

Sometimes, I wear a hat
To feel like an aristocrat
I only drink milk nonfat
In a tall glass, placed on a mat

Midsummer Finland Style

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Celebration

Midsummer may not be a religious holiday, but it surely is revered in similar fashion!

” When in Helsinki, do as the Finns do”

Sisu, Sauna and Koskenkorva

Finns, what a nationality
We have quite the ability
To enjoy ourselves
With life’s simple little things

Sauna, heated to at least eighty degrees
Surely hot enough to melt any cheese
Beating each other with branches of birch
Almost as purifying as absolution in a church

Sisu, the spunk, guts and percistence
We have plenty of through out our existance
Rally drivers, Nokia, Linux and the rest
We only deliver the best

Koskenkorva, pure spirit made out of barley
After drinking, don’t ride your Harley
The Swedes may prefer their Vodka
But for the Finns, it’s pure dogma

We have lakes and forrests in abundance
So please come and join us
For a visit in the green of nature
It won’t leave you denatured

Put Me in a Box, Why don’t You in TBT

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Throwback Thursday

“Life is not simple, and people can’t be boxed into being either heroes or villains” Jessica Hagedorn

Put Me in a Box, Why don’t You

I may no be the hero type
Or match your idea of a villain
You think I am a complete zero hype
Because I caused you a chilling
Just because in your grand plan
I did not win the grand slam
Stuff me in the smallest locker
It isn’t such a shocker

It’s not the obstacle, it’s a mild hindrance
I will seek and find the entrance

Just because

I can never be part of the conventional stock
Always and forever thinking outside the box

15 Thoughts Every Writer Has When They Aren’t Writing — A Writer’s Path

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Gun Roswell

by Michael Cristiano Not being able to write is a sad fact of life for a writer. There’s laundry to do, there’s food to cook, there’s sleep to be had. Worse, I have this pesky illness that eats up a lot of my time. I toil day in and day out to keep […]

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World Wide Wednesday in London

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in World Wide Wednesday

“There’s nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere” Vivienne Westwood

London

Over the rooftops
To the hustle and bustle
Of the streets of London
In just a few hops
A few old castles
And a famous dungeon
Hop on a bus
Without much fuss
Follow the lines
And you’ll be fine
Eyes wide open
Seeing more than hoping
In the evening
You are dreaming
Of how much more
The next day has in store