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Stop in the Name

Stop in the nameName of the lawWhat are you doing?Stop in the name Scroll down… DM

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Shrewd

Write something incorporating the word ‘shrewd’ Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO SHREWD My odes they are astuteOftentimes (yep) shrewdBut one thing they are never areThey’re never ever lewd DM

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (America’s thinnest house)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things Built by John Hollensbury 7ft wide. Reportedly he was fed-up withhorse-drawn carriages banging into walls of his house next door

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (octa bass)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things Largest stringed instrument in existence

FCS Daily Music Video ‘Escaping’ Margaret Urlich

Margaret Mary Urlich (24 January 1965 – 22 August 2022) was a New Zealand singer who lived in Australia for most of her career. She died of cancer. Lyrics below Kid at heart playing gamesIn the shadowsFall asleep make a wishAnd the bad goesI can dream can’t I? When I close my eyesKiss the world goodbyeYou’llContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video ‘Escaping’ Margaret Urlich”

Tornado

Full of destructionThe child looks in aweNot understandingWhat she just saw Scroll down… DM

Dorothy

Little to the right thereHold it DorothyHold it while I snap the shutterBackground as the sea Scroll down… DM

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Struggle

Write something incorporating the word ‘struggle’ Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO STRUGGLE This one is a struggleCos it is SundayAnd it is my day of restDoh-si-doh-si-day DM

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (drained Venice canal)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Niagara Falls)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things Draining Niagara Falls to remove boulders. 1969