Ecrits Blogophilia Week 34.17 – WRITER’S CHOICE: Celebrations

Marvin Martian says: W00t W00t!!! This week is Writer’s Choice Week, and that means the power is entirely in your hands—YOU choose the topic, YOU decide the hard and easy bonuses, and YOU can use the featured photo or one of your own.  That’s right – we are handing over the creative controls of the spaceship and eagerly awaiting the brilliance you’ll bring to our page. Whether you’re feeling poetic, reflective, whimsical, or bold, this is your chance to let your imagination lead the way. All writers are invited to jump in, take the spaceship reins, and make this challenge uniquely yours! Join us at Blogophilia, the place for blogging, fun, and friendship for over 17 years – and where creativity knows no bounds! 

We want to thank you for joining in our weekly challenges! We greatly appreciate your participation, as we do want to continue – as long as we have enough writers contributing each week. So feel free to jump back in whenever you wish – don’t be shy. And keep up the wonderful writing, all!!! As always, we at Marvin house look forward to reading your amazing writes this week.

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Hard Bonus: WRITER’S CHOICE – going out

Easy Bonus: WRITER’S CHOICE – staying in

Choices, choices!

Celebrations are good. Whether we love going out on the town, a secluded romantic area out on the lake, or staying in with a family-style gathering… Life is precious.

I used to be one to be on the go, exploring everything. I can’t do much these days but try to do what I can, and nothing gets done without help. For the moment, Just Don’t Stop Me Now. Come as you are, and if you don’t like it, just Go Away. When you’re here, you’re family, so Raise Your Glass! It’s a feast, so Eat It!

Blogophilia 33.17 – Intentions of the Heart

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Hard Bonus: Incorporate a lyric by The Eagles

Easy Bonus: Mention a heart

warehoused love

In Wisconsin, there are 2 religions. Whatever you practice (or not), and the Green Bay Packers. For whatever reason, Super Bowl Sunday is included with Packer season, whether or not the Pack is playing or not. For those who aren’t much into pro football, there’s always college football, because cheeseheads love Bucky Badger. Win or lose, it’s always a good game with 5th quarter. No, it’s not overtime.. The Badger marching band takes the field after the game, and it’s almost 25 minutes worth of music, antics, etc. The Rose Bowl is also part of the season, regardless. Around here, this is definitely the Intentions of the Heart.

Heart understood how deep it goes when people have stuff to hide… I follow mine when it comes to knowing when people lie… There’s always something, whether it’s the line-up of excuses, backpedaling, changing the subject, or saying something so nonsensical that most people will blank out & forget the conversation at hand… Yes, I pick that up. In the words of The Eagles, You can’t hide your lyin’ eyes –
And your smile is a thin disguise – I thought by now you’d realize – There ain’t no way to hide your lying eyes – One Of These Nights album, Lying Eyes

Just being simple for our Super Bowl dinner tonight, our version of pub dogs & baked beans.

For your Valentine dates, especially for those of us who don’t want to deal with people… there are pizzerias offering heart shaped treats, and Woodman’s has sushi trays that are heart shaped.

Blogophilia Week 32.17: Grocery List

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Hard Bonus: Mention a song title that has to do with food

Easy Bonus: Include 3 things from your pantry

Summer Picnic!

Valentine’s Day is coming up. Maybe rather than taking your date to an overpriced chain restaurant, it’s time to write up a Grocery List and cook your favorite person’s favorite meal! Make it a smorgasbord with Food, Glorious Food! Don’t forget a Red Red Wine to go with the meal, like a Carménère to go with dinner. Some things to buy: bone-in/skin-on chicken thighs, tomato paste, Italian spices, and polenta to make chicken cacciatore. Enjoy!

Blogophilia 31.17: The Doctor Told Me

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Hard Bonus: Incorporate a lyric or song title by The Fifth Dimension

Easy Bonus: Include a diagnosis

Table Surfing

I can’t remember everything The Doctor Told Me! A kitten stepped on the keys and sent a message on the interwebs. (The 5th Dimension Dreams/Pax/Nepenth The Magic Garden album) I think my little cat was mentioning trimethylaminuria, a condition that the body can’t process a certain chemical and you emit a fishy odor, but I had opened a can of tuna and didn’t share it fast enough for her…

Blogophilia Week 30.17 – A Higher Calling

From Marvin Martian & Commander K: This week we observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a time that calls us to reflect on something greater than ourselves…. Thus, our topic “A Higher Calling.” Imagine a postmarked letter as a catalyst: open it, read between its lines, and allow your thoughts to wander freely. Come join us at Blogophilia, the place for blogging, fun and friendship for 17 years!

Blogophilia on Facebook HERE. Blog topic parameters & how it works on WordPress HERE.

Prayer for Serenity

In times going downhill, we need A Higher Calling but it seems people are going in different directions on this. I’d like a postmarked letter detailing how everything will be fine, but, it’ not that easy. One who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as one who helps to perpetrate it. One who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Blogophilia 29.17 – Mr. Sandman

Marvin Martian asks: Do you find yourself wanting to nap or sleep more in the wintertime? Do you have colorful dreams or chilling nightmares? This week, let’s explore your experiences when “Mr. Sandman” pays you a visit. Join us at Blogophilia, for blogging, fun and friendship for 17 years! 

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Hard Bonus: Use each of these words: peak, peek & pique

Easy Bonus: Include yarn or something made with yarn

Sleeping Wisely

Waking hours of the morning always come too early, especially when Mr. Sandman skips your house regularly… At the peak of exhaustion, ready to say eidelweiss but no, my mind piques and every neuron fires… Who let the dogs out, anyway? La La Land is more like Alice in Wonderland peeking from my dreams than the other way around. Crocheted hats & scarves are the best.

Ecrits Blogophilia Week 28.17 – White Abundance

Facebook blogophilia group HERE. WordPress blog topic parameters & how it works HERE.

Hard Bonus: Incorporate a song title by Yanni

Easy Bonus: Include crystals

Winter of 78/79

Winter in Wisconsin usually has a White Abundance of snow. We’ve had warmer winters, but this one is particularly abnormal, with things melting. Snow crystals can be quite beautiful as they fall, adding an extra layer of quiet. Before the Night Ends, remembering the good times… (DVD by Yanni)