Rejoice! It’s the end of the week, and time for a celebratory photo challenge.
Psalm 96:12-13
New International Version (NIV)
12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy. 13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Philippians 4:4
King James Version (KJV)
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
With your answers, please remember we are in the SYW world and which may not always match our reality.
You win a pet monkey but this isn’t just any old monkey. It can do one trick for you whenever you want from getting a pop out of the fridge to washing your hair. What would be the trick?
Go find that dork Donald Trump or the Koch Brothers get their money and redistribute it to the poor, needy, disabled, homeless, Veterans and Oh Yes while we’re at it Give me the monetary equivalent of my 40 Acres and a Mule. Hmmm… maybe while they digging into The Donald’s bank account I would get the monkey to rip that sorry-ass dead animal weave off his noggin!! LOL!!
What caring thing are you going to do for yourself today?
Got my eyebrows and upper lip waxed. Love the magnificent artist Frida Kahlo but no need for a Unibrow. Took advantage of today’s good weather and did a Soulful Strut along Fulton Street in Brooklyn.
What color do you feel most comfortable wearing?
Purple. Red and Blue also.
Complete this sentence: When I travel I love to…. eat and take photos!!
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am grateful for my vacation even though it rained the entire time except for today which is the last day. However I’m also grateful I was at home as opposed to work because the museum gets extremely crowded during inclement weather. It’s like being invaded by locusts! Also grateful for the opportunity to celebrate my brother Stephen’s 55th Birthday!! Hooray!! Went to see the Special Dinosaur Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. We also made progress on the Sibling Art Collage that we are collaborating on.
Looking forward to getting together with a guy I met yesterday at my room-mate’s dinner party. Since I work for a New York museum I can get into all other NYC museums for Free. Since we both have an interest in art, photography, museums, Buddhism, etc… we made an immediate connection.
Also this African-American Scottish Brother is easy on the eyes with a great sense of humor. As you can see I’m getting slightly giddy as though I was 17 instead of 57 but I’m ready for some romance. But let’s not put the care ahead of the horse. Right now Mr. African Scotland Yard seems like a great hang-out partner. Hopefully the weather will be in the 70s and sunny with no rain like the past week. Fingers crossed!
With your answers, please remember we are in the SYW world and which may not always match our reality.
When writing by hand do you prefer to use a pencil or pen?
In my notebooks which are always with me I use a pen.
What’s your choice: jigsaw, word, maze or numeric puzzles?
I used to do many words puzzles like Find A Word. Don’t do it anymore because it is too difficult for me to see properly. As a child I Loved Jigsaw puzzles. I would do those again if I had time. No maze or numeric for me. Too much for my number challenged brain to figure out. Some of my co-workers are hooked on Sudoku.
Do you prefer long hair or short hair for yourself?
Right now I’m wearing a medium Afro. I prefer Long Hair but not the work entail in keeping it presentable. Here are some of my various hairstyles over my 57 years. From traditional plaits, the terror of the straightening comb (If you’re a Black Woman over 40 you know what I mean), 70s Afro, Jheri Curls, Dred Locs.
DeBorah Teen Angel
First Dance with My Father
DeBorah had a Little Lamb
Me and My brother Stephen December 1961
Defiant precocious DeBorah
1961- A Very Good Year
MMC 2002 Graduation
Deborah Ann Palmer U.S. Army 1977-1981
Our Florida vacation around 1986
List five some of your favorite blogs.
I know that this is more than five but I wanted to showcase at least eight of my favorites. I Love supporting and encouraging others!! ❤
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
The Right to Vote. Tuesday I Voted for Bernie Sanders in the New York primaries. He did not win but I’m glad I’m able to Vote and I exercise that right every chance I get. Looking forward to next week because I will be on Vacation and it will be my brother Stephen’s 55th Birthday Celebration!! Woohoo!! Cheers!! Hands Clapping!!
What sort of music was played in your house when you were growing up? What effect, (if any) did it have on your musical tastes?
Will There be Lindy Hopping in Heaven?
Silently. Quietly. Watching the records drop down, spin and play on the Victrola my mother Mable Palmer pondered many things. Things she kept close to her in a broken and torn heart. Blame. Hurt. Guilt.
Toni Braxton’s Lessons In Autism: “I Thought It Was Something I Had Done”
Big Bands blasting out hits from times gone by. Long past. Sometimes happy and carefree. Sometimes the reality of Jim Crow, lynchings, separate but equal……
Sam Cooke. The Temptations. The Four Tops.
Sam Cooke — Change Gon’ Come
Civil Rights Movement. Malcolm X. Dr. Martin Luther King. Two Kennedys shot down.
Suddenly a Savior. Tall lanky Black Man from New York. Husband material. First met. Wilberforce AFB. The Bells rang at Carillon Park. Dayton Woman. Harlem man. Suave. Sophisticate. New Life. Bright Lights. Big City. The Bronx. Baseball Yankees. Baby Girl. Two years pass. Baby boy joy. Need more space. Queens move. Something’s wrong. Something’s not right with our Prince. Two years old and still no voice. Doctors. No answers. Whispers. Not so secret. What did she do wrong? Was it the tea she drank during her pregnancy? What did she do to make him “that way.”
Untold suffering. Lord I Love my child. Why is he this way? Why does he scream nonstop? Why does everyone blame me? Sorrow. Pain. Agony. Doing my best.
Years pass. Mother ~~ A broken sparrow fallen to the ground. But my son. He shines. My daughter a Redeemer arisen. My children. My joy. Now go I to my eternal rest. My Angels shall live on after me. For now there is Lindy Hopping in Heaven.
Mable Elizabeth Palmer
May 2, 1930 to August 2, 1998
See you one day once again Mommy. We Love You!!
Sam Cooke & Soul Stirrers – The Last Mile Of The Way
Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit 