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"The tension is between the story I want, no, need, to tell, and the story I think they want to hear."
"I can see how that could pose a problem."
"It does. There's a story needs to be told, and I'm not sure they want this news."
"Are you afraid of no longer being accepted by them?"
"Some people do choose to shoot the messenger, but when I can find the right words to say it, it's a risk I'm probably going to have to take."
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Tension.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
Driving out in a rural area with Ms. G, i got some rather awful pictures of the long country fences i like to see.
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
I exercise each day
it helps the muscles stay
so I can continue to
do the stuff I like to do!
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No, ladies, weights will not
make you look like a guy.
It keeps you young and strong,
and when your older, spry!
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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful we saved up enough to try the food at a new local restaurant. It's Thai and Lao street food, they can make everything in a vegan version, and it's so good!
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Today is:
Ancient Roman Calendar Celebrations on this date
Day of Mouring -- leading up to the festival for Hilaria
Invocation Day of Mars and Saturn
Tubilustrium -- Ancient Roman Calendar (ceremony to purify the trumpets used in sacred ceremonies)
Cuddly Kitten Day -- because the cats can't let the dogs get all the attention
Dandelion Dance -- Fairy Calendar
Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship -- Hungary and Poland
Day of the Sea -- Bolivia (Dia del Mar)
Liberty Day -- today in 1775, Patrick Henry said, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”
Lieldienas -- Ancient Latvian Calendar ("Big Days" or "Long Days", four day celebration of spring, each day devoted to a different deity)
National Chip and Dip Day
National Letting Go of Stuff Day -- see lettinggocafe.com for details
National Melba Toast Day
National Puppy Day -- encouraging you to adopt a shelter pup today
Near Miss Day -- commemorates the mountain sized asteroid that was a near miss on this day in 1989
Rally for Decency Day -- Commemorates the first Rally for Decency, prompted on this day in 1969 by Jim Morrison
Ramadan -- Islam (began sunset yesterday, through April 21)
Republic Day -- Pakistan
St. Turibius de Mongrovejo's Day (Patron of Latin American bishops, native rights; Peru)
Toast Day -- supposedly for the invention of Melba toast; a recent article says it takes 6 steps to toast bread "right"; i say if you can't put bread in the toaster and butter it when it comes out and need long sets of instructions, you shouldn't be let loose in society!
World Meteorological Day -- UN
Anniversaries Today:
The University of California is founded in Oakland, California, 1868
Birthdays Today:
Michelle Monaghan, 1976
Keri Russell, 1976
Richard Grieco, 1965
Amanda Plummer, 1957
Chaka Khan, 1953
Louie Anderson, 1953
Roger Bannister, 1929
Wernher Von Braun, 1912
Akira Kurosawa, 1910
Joan Crawford, 1905
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Bold and the Beautiful"(TV), 1987
"Detective Story"(Play), 1950
"Truth or Consequences"(Radio), 1940
Today in History:
Eighteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 1066
The first dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published, 1490
George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London, 1743
Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech – "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" – at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, 1775
After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home, 1806
Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City, 1857
The Boers and Britain sign a peace accord that ends the First Boer War, 1881
President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22, starting a Land Run, 1889
The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes, 1903
Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world, 1956
NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young), 1965
Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans, 1980
Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President, 1996
The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji, 2001
In Tokyo, the Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks reports that radioactive iodine in city tap water is two times the recommended level for infants, 2011
GPR investigation of Shakespeare's tomb at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford concludes the Bard's skull probably has been stolen, 2016
A Sahara sandstorm turns snow in Sochi, Russia, orange in one of the largest-ever transfers of desert sand, 2018
Hundreds of thousands of people march on London to demand a new EU referendum, 2019
Syrian Democratic Forces announce the end of the five-year Islamic State "caliphate" with their retaking of the last IS territory, 2019
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls for an immediate global ceasefire to battle Covid-19, 2020
Excellent six sentences. I should exercise more, my upper arms are getting flabby now.
ReplyDeleteLove your poem - and hope the messenger is heard.
ReplyDeleteLoved your 6 sentences, and the list of anniversaries, very extensive!
ReplyDeleteMom doesn't lift weights because she has us. People often ask her if she lifts weights because of her arm muscles from hanging onto dogs.
ReplyDeleteWeight bearing exercises are a great idea. I really need to get back into my routine but just haven't and there are days I really feel it, too. You do such a good job with the writing prompts - love the little story and poem!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck telling the story, whatever it is!
ReplyDeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeletemetaphorical (or is than an analogy... can never keep them straight) or not, this is surely a challenge those of us who would write stories must face.
ReplyDeleteIf we're lucky, we face it multiple times as our craft grows.
Fun fences and poems! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteWe love to read about the holidays you post. The Human was excited to see the Latvian holiday as she fondly remembers her trip to Riga, Latvia. We hope Cuddly Kitten Day applies to older felines as well!
ReplyDeletePurrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto, Oliver & Lily
That was a good tentative story and a good poem too. Your thankful sounds like a nice yummy one. Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteNice poem and story. Beautiful long fence. XO
ReplyDeleteCan be an intimidating task made way more difficult if you can't find the right words. That's definitely when the messenger gets "shot", lol
ReplyDeleteYes! Exercise every day!
I say take the risk...if that means you are breathing your ink to paper.
ReplyDeleteThere is always something here to love, to smile at, to ponder. You cover all the bases. I love reading all the birthdays and different info. It is chip n dip day here everyday for my sweetheart. It is his favorite snack. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure I could exercise in heels. It cracks me up, even on Wheel of Fortune. Vanna is moving up in age and she seems to have slowed down. I think she needs sensible shoes and they certainly make them cute enough today! But the most fake girl in heels with a jackhammer is on one of the DIY shows. C'mon I can not believe anyone in their right mind would wear heels and jackhammer flooring! The last time I wore heels was at our son's wedding in 2016. In 2017 when our second daughter married I went with a classic low heel but super cute silver shoes to match my navy dress. hahaha I am sure I had flats at some point when our oldest married in 2000 as the reception was held in a two story hall and there was no way to get up and down those stairs quickly and I was much younger than. I like comfort over glamour. hahahaha
ReplyDeleteA heavy-weight in such few words. Loved the poem & SSS.
ReplyDeleteGreat writings and so glad you got out and enjoyed the food ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Mimi I keep finding you in my SPAM file !! What's with that? I always "retrieve" you of course but I'm sure I miss some of your wonderful poems - THIS one for the lady with the weights is PERFECTION as always!!
ReplyDeleteLove, Pam (and Teddy too)
I've always loved 'working out'! Exactly to I can stay 'spry'!
ReplyDeleteDon't think I've ever done it in that outfit, though.
Rats. I want a do-over!