“Life isn’t a fairytale.If you lose a shoe at midnight you’re drunk” Darynda JonesUS author
Monthly Archives: March 2022
From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs
If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘They Call Me the Breeze’ Eric Clapton and JJ Cale
John Weldon “J. J.” Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and sound engineer. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been widely acknowledged by figures such as Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, Waylon Jennings, and Eric Clapton, who described him as “one of the most important artists in the history of rock”. HeContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘They Call Me the Breeze’ Eric Clapton and JJ Cale”
Americanisms are Creeping into my Language and I don’t Like It
They’re biscuits not cookies Icing not frosting They’re rolls, they’re not buns It’s a boot not a trunk We say finished not done It’s a toilet not bathroom They’re bush fires not wild fires We spend dollars not bucks DM
Bathing in the Waters
Bathing in the watersWashing sins awayQuiet and secludedNice protected bay…. The annual Bathing in the Waters Festival was unexpectedly interrupted todayA sign from God? Don MatthewsMarch 2022
Waterfront Development Site
I put down depositOn our dream blockJust taken my dearestTo have a quick look…. I love it dear. We can watch the ducks go by…… Don MatthewsMarch 2022
Stan Solves a Gate Problem
I specialize installing gatesKeeping people outThe owner wanted one for thatKeeping people out…. Problem boss?…… Don MatthewsMarch 2022
My Son Wants to be an Artist
He wants to be an artistCopies all the greatsLearning from the masters(Here’s his one of late)…. He shows promise does my Billy…… Don MatthewsMarch 2022
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – (atlas moth)
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Get Together’ Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills Nash (1969)
Roberta Joan “Joni” MitchellCC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and painter. Drawing from folk, pop, rock, classical, and jazz, Mitchell’s songs often reflect on social and philosophical ideals as well as her feelings about romance, womanhood, disillusionment and joy Don MatthewsJanuary 2022
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 