Marvin Martian gives or bygone military personnel a Happy Memorial Day – this weekend we honor the dedicated individuals who served the USA and paid the ultimate sacrifice with their lives. Thank you is never enough!
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Hard Bonus: Integrate a song lyric by Linkin Park Easy Bonus: Mention a famous road or street
ROAD TRIP! Enjoy the ride, and Take the Long Way HomeFrom the top to the bottom (bottom to top I stop) – 1987 Xero album “Rhinestone“. No time to be stuck, even in this time of uncertainty, keep the roads clear from Sesame Street to State Street, and 34th Street won’t show you any miracles, and don’t be on the wrong side of 21 Jump Street.
Dedicated to the military personnel who have served & are on the other side, and for ALL of them, including the doctors, nurses, mess hall staff, etc.
Marvin Martian says: 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: Include a Pablo Neruda poetry line or quote Easy Bonus: Incorporate something psychedelic or use the word “psychedelic”
Captivating the Cosmos
Music, like peyote, is a psychedelic except without any negative side effects, so release those natural endorphins in your own body system and be a Dream Weaver! I remember the one time I was at a sweat lodge with an Elder and a pipe carrier. On one hand, it would have been nice if it were all women, because it has a special strength, but was also glad the Elder was with us. I was hoping to find my totems, but, a couple of the ladies got lightheaded…
I thought a jackalope came to me, but, because we didn’t go far enough, the Elder explained that because things come in 4s, usually it’s the 4th animal or the 4th time the same animal comes to you is your Animal Spirit Totem… Maybe I should be glad mine might not be a fictitious critter, tho a dragon or Kirin would have been cool. Though deer is a messenger of God in Japan, there are also fox, snake & monkey, although maybe because I was born in the year of the rooster, maybe that’s one. Eagles/hawks, bison, bears, wolves, etc., are revered here in the USA. But being from Wisconsin, maybe I’m a rabid badger, idk… lol, the main purpose of these is to sweat out the toxins, and usually happens in the evening/nighttime. “As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin.” ― Pablo Neruda sums it up.
There was a story the Spiritual Leader told me about being adopted into the tribe and how to get sponsored. But there’s a character called Echo. Echo mimics everything you do, and if you dream about him, he’ll find you. When he finds you in person, you have to go with him, and then you’re adopted into his tribe. To try to Run, Run Away, like resistance is futile.
Marvin Martian says 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: Incorporate a funny saying from your mother, or a famous mother’s quote Easy Bonus: Include a favorite photograph in your blog
Geometric
Why is it that mothers only say, “I hope when you have kids, you have one just like you,” when they’re mad? I don’t get that… I remember telling her with even more vehemence & conviction that “I hope I do”! And guess what, here we are! He’s the boy version of ME! I wouldn’t have him any other way. I call this day Happy Chad y Mama day.
My miracle baby
Happy Mother’s Day to you all! This includes pet moms, the moms with angel babies, dads who have to do both jobs, and those who step up when mom can’t… When it comes to loving our children, nothing fits into a box, not even a Heart Shaped Box. Life would not be the same without him.
Venus may have been the solar system’s 1st habitable planet before a planet-wide volcanic event destroyed everything. Science suggests that Mars was habitable billions of years ago, with discoveries of organic molecules & geological features found in the rocks & craters.
Star Trek might not be so far-fetched, since if we have had 2 of our own planets that might have had intelligent life before Earth, then there just might be intelligent life out there in other galaxies! I’d like to climb aboard USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) 10 Forward and have some plomeek soup, a Vulcan staple made with alien root vegetables & cream. Pair it up with Romulan ale as the perfect appetizer before digging into Rokeg Blood Pie (savory meat pie with red jelly) brought by the Klingons, Hasperat (spicy flat bread) from the Bajorens, and finishing off with Cellular Peptide Cake – a chocolate based cake with creamy mint frosting! Sounds like a great feast to me!
Marvin Martian says “Greetings, Earthlings! Your mission this week is to craft a tale of impending doom, unexpected survival, or curious cosmic mishaps. Inquiring minds want to know – will your worlds end with a bang, a whisper, or something far more peculiar? Come join us at Blogophilia, where blogging, fun, and friendship endure… even unto forevermore!”
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A lot of us feel like we’re a square peg in a round hole. What we’ve been through already, is the same as perpetually going up the stairs forevermore. Yet changing directions just means perpetually going downstairs in the exact same place… Maybe if the Apocalypse Tomorrow actually happens, The Awakening of the masses will actually arise. (Kate Chopin 04/22/1899).
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Hard Bonus: Incorporate a lyric or song by Alice Merton Easy Bonus: Include a storm cloud
Morning Dew
Spiderwebs, large or small, it depends how big the spiders are… At the treetops or over the river, the winds & rains can batter the web, yet it still stands strong On a Cobweb Afternoon. The cumulonimbus clouds bring the torrential rains: (Mirage Vision album 2026)
Years of fears and fantasies started sinking But the thoughts in the night never clouded the vision What will happen to me? What will happen to them? As I come to the edge of hope and despair Screaming, “Start the engine”
The spider still spins & fixes, resting as needed to trap its food. A spider’s web is uncannily strong and sometimes catches things much bigger than itself. I’m fascinated with the spider web… Eventually, these are abandoned, and they turn into cobwebs.
From the House of Marvin Martian & his space pooch Commander K: We just want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our Blogophilian friends for joining in the challenges each week! WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH!
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Hard Bonus: Incorporate a song title or lyric by Frankie Valli and/or The Four Seasons Easy Bonus: Include a C.S. Lewis character
These aren’t Babas
Baa Baa Black Sheep has coarser wool and cannot be dyed another color. Because they’re rare, I wouldn’t want to change the color. Even as a shepherd, I don’t think there’s such a thing as Too Many Babas unless you’re a grandma & getting too many baby bottles than what you need at home while the little peanuts come over to visit…
Crazy wild imaginations are signs of a very creative mind. Sometimes difficult to follow, but always interesting & has the best stories to tell or read. Reepicheep would be My Funny Valentine to go on adventures & more, since he’d understand being irascible & honorable.
Marvin Martian says: We just want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our Blogophilian friends for joining in the challenges each week! WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH!
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Hard Bonus: Mention something related to Easter Easy Bonus: Include a bird’s egg
The Sign of the Cross isn’t used in other religions, but has been used in various pre-Christian cultures where they used cross shapes, often representing the sun or life. Spring seems to be a celebration of nature’s awakening, marking the end of winter with themes of life, growth, and hope, focusing on fertility and the resurgence of life. The cycle of life honors the meaning of Easter, to me, and just as the Resurrection is the true meaning, I think we can always do the same within out lives to enhance ourselves. Somewhere in a Bird of Prey nest, lies an egg that will hatch into another one. In Wisconsin, we have a diverse array of birds of prey, including bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and various hawks like red-tailed & Cooper’s hawk.
Marvin Martian sincerely says: We just want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our Blogophilian friends for joining in the challenges each week! WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH! And to former Blogo writers, we sincerely invite ALL of you to return to Blogophilia and write with us again – we miss reading your amazing writes. Remember that it’s never too late to start writing again!!
Hard Bonus: Incorporate an April Fool’s prank Easy Bonus: Mention a yield sign or use the word “yield”
To kick off the April Rain, do something not-so-obvious, like short-sheeting someone else’s bed or using clear tape to hold down the spray hose in the kitchen so the next person gets sprayed… It’s just water, so it’s harmless. It seems odd how, depending on what you plant where, the yield of what grows varies every year. 2 tomato plants at the flat I used to live in grew many more tomato plants than the 5 or 6 I plant where I am now. I’m not growing anything except for raspberries this year…
Marvin Martian & Commander K says, We just want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our Blogophilian friends for joining in the challenges each week! WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH! And to former Blogo writers, we sincerely invite ALL of you to return to Blogophilia and write with us again – we miss reading your amazing writes. Remember that it’s never too late to start writing again!!
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Hard Bonus: Incorporate a bluebird Easy Bonus: Mention something pink
Tulips, the flower under your nose… Speak softly
Nothing reminds us better than Spring In Bloom that we need nature but nature doesn’t need us. The cycle of new growth popping from the ground, tree branches, shrubbery, the earth… A smell nothing can imitate, calling the partial migrating bluebirds to seek their territory…
I’d like to live in the Chilean area, where flamingos, rose-haired tarantulas, and pink fairy armadillos live amongst the bell flowers. The weather is warm, the food has flavor, and the styles have flair! If You Go To Chile, I’m coming with you, for real!
Marvin Martian says: This week’s theme is “The Ayes (Eyes) Have It,” so keep your eyes wide open for inspiration—preferably something green and something gold, as those colors do look rather splendid across the Martian landscape. Come make me proud and join us at Blogophilia, the place for blogging, fun, and friendship for 17 years and counting. Now then… shall we begin?
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Hard Bonus: Incorporate the phrase “make me proud”
Easy Bonus: Include something green and something gold
Miniscule America in Switzerland
When visiting other countries, I’ve never understood why anyone goes to their own cultural food… Unless, of course, you’re there long term, and maybe you’re feeling homesick. When my son & I visited Japan, we went to various eateries in Tokyo, and we ate at a different place each meal for breakfast & lunch. We went to my father’s apartment & my stepmother cooked dinner for us, and I’m perpetually grateful. Even when we went to my uncle & aunt in Tsu, Mie (just east of Kyoto), my uncle mostly cooked, and he’s the absolute best home cook for real. So, The Ayes Have It for having local & native food wherever we visit, and seriously, when it comes to authentic stuff, our eyes had it for that stuff, too! We had the opportunity to try the Japanese KFC or McDonald’s. I’m sure there was a BK and other ones there, too, but he’s one to always make me proud by being an explorer. Now, if he’d actually get interested in being the next generation of a Packer Fan, that would be great. Go, Pack, Go!
Martian Marvin says: Greetings, Dear Earthlings and Fellow Blogophilians!! Welcome to Week 37 of Year 17 in Blogophilia! Spring is happening next week! Oops did you remember to set spring forward and set your clocks ahead? This Earthling had a Martian Moment and forgot…. which explains my lateness in posting! ooooopssss
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Hard Bonus: Include a lyric from INXS Easy Bonus: Mention a city in Oregon
Cemented In Place
It seems as if life is full of fleeting moments… People we care about, health, memory, a career, etc… “All those years of learning, Just to learn again” INXS – Underneath the Colours album, Just to Learn Again… Maybe Milwaukie, OR (not to be confused with Milwaukee, WI, the city/county just north of me) is a place I could visit without losing direction because that river looks as dirty as Racine’s Root River… but that thought is Here Today, Gone Tomorrow because if I were to move out of the Midwest to a coastal state, it would be to The State of Massachusetts, probably in Plymouth…
