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A BBC meme asks how many of the 100 books of a list they published have you read.  Library Thing comments that "the BBC apparently believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books."  It's probably true to me. While I read two Harry Potter books and Da Vinci Code twice, I managed only parts of numbers 7-13 on my list: (Library Thing link has the complete list; see how many have you read) 1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 3. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 4. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 5. Bleak House - Charles Dickens 6. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 7. Adventures of Sherlocke Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 8. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott 9. Anne Shirley of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery 10.  The Bible 11.  The Complete Works of Shakespeare 12.  Moby Dick - Herman Melville 13. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens Megan and Janet host Thursday Thi...

Over here in the tropics there are only two seasons: rainy and dry, so that keeps me appreciating autumn. Who would not like distinct colors! Many beautiful stories, poetry, visual arts, lovely lyrics are inspired by this very charming season.  I grew up listening to Matt Monro (parents are fans), and I remember quite well the horrified look on my mother's face when she found out I listened to heavy metal (in my early youth). "Where has your taste for class and beauty gone, Hazel!" Well, now Ma, stop shaking your head because it's back, and it's your top-quality sweetheart Matt Monro! The lovely images featured on this clip also remind me of that Sweden autumn picture on our living room wall. If I am forever bewitched then so be it. This post is linked with: XmasDolly of XmasDolly , Lori of Shewbridges of Central Florida , Larry of Cakeblast , and Callie of JAmerican Spice Denise @ Run DMT hosts Music Monday Blog Hop

What is your connotation of these words? I wrote mine under each definition. 1. ictus - stress in poetry and verse My college English professor 2. iamb - poetic foot consisting of short then a long syllable A scene from Dead Poets Society 3. i conomatic - using pictures to represent sounds of words My great aunt's flash cards 4. iconophilism - a taste for pictures and symbols Robert Langdon of Da Vinci Code fame 5. idyll - short verse or prose describing a picturesque scene or incident  Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd 6. ideoglossia - private language developed between children My kiddo with his playmates 7. ideolect - distinctive individual form of speech Lady Jane Fellowes giving a short reading during Diana's funeral at Westminster Abbey   8. immortelle - everlasting dried flower Those itchy-on-the-neck garland given to graduates; trend in the Philippines way way back   9. imperscriptible - not recorded; unwritten A s...

Music Monday: Song from your birth year Monday Mayhem follows As to what songs came out when I came out - I do not have any idea. It was fun recognizing titles as soon as I skimmed a hundred of them on Music Outfitters.  Images resonate with femmes fatales. Or it's just me. Here's She's a Lady by Tom Jones . And one that flashes Helen of Troy and awakens nostalgia, a fave - If by David Gates   This post is linked with: XmasDolly of XmasDolly , Lori of Shewbridges of Central Florida , Larry of Cakeblast , and Callie of JAmerican Spice Denise @ Run DMT hosts Music Monday Blog Hop ****** Monday Mayhem What's the best way to get rich? Write wacky blogs like why you were dumb to major in Literature or some obscure discipline in the Humanities. Market your creative juices. Have you ever eaten anything that you once saw alive? My plan was to make that brown hen a pet. She ended up on our dining table two days later. What creeps you out the most about clowns? ...

I watch, I listen it comes naturally I get into the water I kick and flip over Dog paddle and breast stroke I gasp for air and choke When flutters the Butterfly I might as well Crawl and forget Freestyle It sounds quite easy But a stone sinks very easily. Easy on Sunday Scribblings Poetry Pantry on Poets United

Today we ripped off a blogger and blog called Highway Girl. We will do the forty question in two parts. She states that she shamelessly stolen from Rappy. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Take the time to comment on other player's posts. It's a great way to make new friends! Link back to us at Sunday Stealing !  Cheers to all us thieves!                    The Lower 40 Meme 1) W ho is the last person you high-fived? Lorel 2) If you were drafted into a war, would you survive . I survived my ex and divorce. A war would be like eating shelled peanuts. 3) Do you sleep with the TV on? Sometimes 4) Have you ever drunk milk straight out of the carton? There was a straw 5) Have you ever won a spelling bee . Used to perfect spelling quizzes. Nowadays when I go blank, I go blank...

Do your dreams and realities interlap? 1. Herbs . I vaguely recall being hazy on the indication that I "need to take a new approach toward some situation or relationship."  Dream Moods Dictionary , which is my reference for today's T13 offers an alternative: "herbs are symbolic of healing and magic." I say AMEN. 2. Hero . Nope, didn't dream I was a hero but its significance on "innner strength and weaknesses; ability, determination and level of confidence" seems to be in the works for me. The power to "bravely face the secrets of my unconscious mind and confront life's challenges..." well, I need that power. 3. Hieroglyphics. I tend to drift with it whenever I visit art museums. 3. High Heels "represent femininity and glamour, you feel confident and self-assured." I am wearing Vivienne Westwood to a church concert, the Marinsky Ballet and a kick-ass meeting with university bigwigs tonight. 4. Hijack  is "anal...

H for Hazel I went out to the hazelwood because a fire was in my head. The Song of Wandering Aengus - W.B. Yeats Well I went out to Kuala Lumpur because I was such a crackling dormouse for two days a nibbling nut I so forgot to take a shot of the tower. The hazel might be said to be the quintessential Celtic tree because of its legendary position at the heart of the Otherworld -  Hazel - Coll - Expansive during the Mesolithic effects of its brew are said to be psychotropic It endows Druids with powers prophetic,  and now before I wax poetic what I really mean is it is as a tree that I love my namesake best. Trees for Life   This post is linked with ABC Wednesday .

Things on my mind that begin with letter F: 1. fairs : country, book 2. fairies : flower and forest 3. faith : I have yet to witness the one that can move a mountain 4. flowers: arrangements of lilies, orchids and roses in weddings 5 . forests: the ones in Sintra, Portugal. I read they are magical 6. friends : I appreciate those I heard from in Facebook on August 30th 7. forty : crap! how did I get to be that? 8. food : I went restaurant-hopping during my birthday - hors d' oeuvre at Vie Ha Lung, main course at It's Happened to be a Coffee Shop (if there is a next time I will analyze that "Satanic Majesty" on their menu before ordering their mediocre lamb steak in red wine sauce), dessert at Sweet Secret, and cocktails at The Landmark 9.  farms : upon my word, farms! the charming places that they are. 10. fairy tales: I have never stopped believing in them. At least not yet. Or maybe I never will. 11. fig: there is a sacred fig near the spirit house at wo...