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The ‘Ber Months Are Here

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RDP Tuesday: WHIM

 

I  jumped onto  the ” Ber ” month celebration train on a whim.

I didn’t even know that ” Ber ” months was a thing, but I liked the enthusiasm I saw for these months. There were FB groups dedicated to it, blogs, craft books, even music lists.

It’s like a party that goes on for four months.

Cool.

Now when September rolls into town, I pull out my Halloween, Christmas and New Years decorations. I get my supplies for my Día de los Muertos Ofrendas. I start writing about Halloween in particular and I start thinking about ghost stories for December.

Above all, I like the ” Ber ” months because I truly hate Summer and the ‘ber months ‘ give me time to the bad taste of Summer out of my mouth and wash it off of my skin.

Now.

I’m going to go happy dance and get back to writing about Halloween.

amm

 

Honk Honk Waddle Waddle Was A Real Song?

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For RDP Friday: WADDLE

If you are going to ask me for the first thing that pops into my head when you say the word ” waddle ” I’m going to flash on my then 3 year old ( he’s now pushing 40)  son singing

Honk, honk, waddle, waddle

duckies really stink

Honk honk waddle, waddle

skiddy  mahrinky dink

Honk honk waddle waddle

duckies really stink

Oh!

Honk, waddle waddle song says

duckies really

stink

Photographer Unknown

All I know is that this is that he had a tape called ” We Sing Silly Songs ” and that all he got right was “Honk, honk waddle waddle” and based on a youtube clip he got the melody right, but the lyrics were his own. In fact, I liked Julio’s version so much, I never did go out of my way to hear the ‘real’ version.

This is the way the song goes for real- complete with a kid to sing it for you:

The Dinner Guests

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I devour, I savour

foggy nights, shrimp scampi, Mcdonald’s french fries and good books.

I savour good jokes, the scent of freshly carved Halloween pumpkins and artwork that triggers something in my brain and I start to hear music.

I savour winter storms, lightening storms and the roar of the Ocean when the water begins to bubble and churn because something is happening out there or under there that we can’t see until it’s too late.

Above all I savour conversations that  wake my muses from their quiet and dreamless sleep and we dine together

by darkness.

John Singer Sargent
“A Dinner Table at Night”

RDP Wednesday: SAVOUR

Duncan and Macbeth 2.0

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RDP Monday: MAGNITUDE

In our little corner of the Universe, Jupiter is the King of Planets.

As far as planets go, it is impressive. Jupiter is not solid as we know-  so think of it as an ocean will killer waves- and I do mean killer.  Jupiter will crush you like a bug the further down you travel to it’s center. Plus the radiation it gives off would kill you dead and it’s not exactly easy on electronics either.

But it’s Jupiter’s size that  is mind boggling. Over 1,000 Earths could fit into it.

But there is another planet out there that is bigger then Jupiter, and probably deadlier then Jupiter and it’s just a baby, it’s still forming.

Meet AB Aurigae b

illustration of AB Aurigae b, a giant gas planet discovered with the help of the Subaru Telescope and Hubble Space TelescopeImage: NASA/ESA/Joseph Olmsted

AB Aurigae b is still only a baby as far as planets go. It’s a giant gas planet that scientists have discovered in the early stages of its formation. And it’s already breaking records in astronomy. Astronomers say the planet is nine times the mass of Jupiter — and that it is challenging our understanding of how planets form.

When I started to hear about these exoplanets and planets that were bigger then Jupiter, my thoughts jumped to Macbeth.

Kings as we know, don’t like to be challenged and some of those challengers are crazy.

Nightmare  crazy.