FRIDAY’S FANTASTIC FINDS – POETRY – BOOK REVIEWS – GIVEAWAYS – MUSIC AND MORE
BY PATTY L. FLETCHER – PATTY’S WORLDS
FRIDAY AUGUST 23, 2024
Good evening, everyone.
It’s time once again for Friday’s Fantastic Finds.
I’m kicking this week’s episode off with a post which belongs to Thursdays but deserves to be reblogged here.
Check it out below.
Thanks, Robbie, for such a lovely piece including wonderfully described photos.
Roberta Writes – d’Verse, Triversen and Thursday Doors, van Gogh Museum #d’Verse #poetrycommunity #vanGogh
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Merril’s prompt is to write a Triversen poem, following the rules provided. The poem should comprise of unrhymed tercets with each stanza making a sentence. Merril suggested the use of a prompt picture for the poem.
You can read Merril’s delightful contribution here: https://merrildsmith.org/2024/08/22/triversen-radiating-light/
You can join in here: https://dversepoets.com/2024/08/22/meeting-the-bar-triversen/
You can continue reading Robbie’s beautiful poetry here: https://roberta-writes.com/2024/08/23/roberta-writes-dverse-triversen-and-thursday-doors-van-gogh-museum-dverse-poetrycommunity-vangogh/
Next up, we’ve author and poet Abbie Johnson Taylor with a book review sure to have you laughing, crying, and everything in between.
A Heartwarming Big Family Story: My Review of No Biking in the House Without a Helmet by Melissa Fay Greene #FantasticFridayReads #Memoir #Inspiration
What Audible Says
When the two-time National Book Award finalist Melissa Fay Greene confided to friends that she and her husband planned to adopt a four-year-old boy from Bulgaria to add to their four children at home, the news threatened to place her, she writes, “among the greats: the Kennedys, the McCaughey septuplets, the von Trapp family singers, and perhaps even Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev, who, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, gave birth to 69 children in eighteenth-century Russia.” Greene is best known for her books on the civil rights movement and the African HIV/AIDS pandemic. But Melissa and her husband have also pursued a more private vocation: parenthood.
,When the number of children hit nine, Greene took a break from reporting. She trained her journalist’s eye upon events at home. Fisseha was riding a bike down the basement stairs; out on the porch, a squirrel was sitting on Jesse’s head; vulgar posters had erupted on bedroom walls; the insult niftam (the Amharic word for “snot”) had led to fistfights; and four non-native-English-speaking teenage boys were researching, on Mom’s computer, the subject of “saxing.” “At first I thought one of our trombone players was considering a change of instrument,” writes Greene. “Then I remembered: they can’t spell.” Using the tools of her trade, she uncovered the true subject of the “saxing” investigation, inspiring the chapter “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, but Couldn’t Spell.” A celebration of parenthood; an ingathering of children, through birth and out of loss and bereavement; a relishing of moments hilarious and enlightening—No Biking in the House Without a Helmet is a loving portrait of a unique twenty first-century family as it wobbles between disaster and joy.
Read Abbie’s 5 Star Review at the URL Below.
What’s on the Calendar for Today?
*** Aug. 23: Roman Festival of Vulcanalia
When:
Friday, August 23, 2024
Description:
Aug. 23: Roman Festival of Vulcanalia. Vulcanalia: A Festival for Fire (Fyre Festival)
Appeasing the God of Fire
This is the traditional date, but it is strongly believed today that it is incorrect.
30th October, 1st November, and 23rd November are more likely due to
archaeological finds indicating autumnal harvests. This confusion is due to
Roman dating conventions and fragmented texts.
*** GrannyMoon Says Today Is: Freya’s Day
Energy: Female Ruler: Venus – Rules lovers and pleasure, affairs of the
heart – Use for magick involving love, peace, beauty, gentleness, women’s
problems, healing, protection, lovers, ease, pleasure, affairs. Resolve
quarrels today!
Friday – Cast love spells on Fridays. Wear blue robes and use turquoise and ruby. Wear emerald or cat’s eye.
Today’s Magickal Influences: All Love Matters, Friendships, Affection,
Partnerships, Money, Sex
Today’s Goddesses: Astarte, Aphrodite, Erzulie, Aida Wedo, Eve, Venus,
Freya, Frigg, Diana, Aset [Isis], The Witch Of Gaeta, Chalchiuhtlique
Incense: Saffron, Verbena
Perfumes: Stephanotis, Apple Blossom, Musk, Ambergris
Color of The Day: Light Blue, Pale Green
Colors for Tomorrow: Black
Lucky Sign: Friday Is The Lucky Day For Taurus And Libra
Candle: Green
Saint Jegudiel represents Friday
Thanks to Granny Moon who can be found at: http://goddessschool.com/
*Note*
She’s an amazingly smart lady.
If you’ve similar things going on in your belief system. Send some brief offering and you may find it in Friday’s Fantastic Finds. For we all learn and grow from one another. We all look at the same moon.
News Nuggets: The Blended Lives Chronicles Sides of the Order Book I Free Until Sept 5!
About the Book
Lady Laya MoonWalker is a well respected author and magazine owner and a high priestess in the magickal community. After a drawn-out battle with the forces of dark magik, she has come into her own. She lives and works on Planet Korponious, where she is the owner and creator of an Interplanetary Magazine called “Blended Lives Chronicles.” Her mission is to blend the lines of race, creed, and disability that separate so many and to elevate the recognition of the training and ability of Service Animals of all kinds to a new level. She has just been accepted into the Blended Lives Federation and now hopes to continue her work in a way like nothing known to her before.
Laya has created allot of wreckage along the way through her dark journey into the light, and now she wishes to set this to right. She has just received her best break ever. Frank Prince, the CEO of The Blended Lives Learning Center, has invited her to the Celtic New Year Convention and Witches Ball as a reporter to write a story on the progress of The Blended Lives Planetary Federation. She will be their guest speaker at the opening ceremonies.
When Laya arrives at the Celtic Convention, she finds herself face to face with an old and dear friend, Blended Lives Learning Center Instructor and member of the Order of the Night, Derrick Gibbous. As they begin to connect, causing old sparks to reignite, they are tossed into a nasty battle from which not everyone will escape. People are not as they seem, and not everyone supports the side for which they appear to work.
As their love for one another grows, so does the battle. Despite everything, Laya and Derrick are determined to see their work to unite beings of all kinds succeed.
This book is currently free on Smashwords. I understand it’s quite compatible with the voice dream reader, and Braille as well.
The code is: HK79U
The code expires on: 2024-9-5
Here’s the direct hyperlink to use: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1511875
Songs from The Blended Lives Chronicles Play List….
Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/rYEDA3JcQqw?si=HKL2FtwhqOR5eKND
3 Doors Down – Here Without You (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPBzTxZQG5Q
She Keeps Me Up
UC1T4LYUer48KhKlrru13kUg
Nickelback
Official Artist Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgmM3m3MHUc
That’s a wrap!
Thanks for dropping by today and do come back soon.
About Patty L. Fletcher
Updated April 2024.
Patty Fletcher is a single mother with a beautiful daughter, of whom she is enormously proud. She has a great son-in-law and six beautiful grandchildren. From April 2011 through September 2020, she owned and handled a black Labrador from The Seeing Eye® named King Campbell Lee Fletcher A.K.A. Bubba. Sadly, after a long battle with illness on September 24, 2020, King Campbell went to the Rainbow Bridge where all is peace and love. In July 2021, she returned to The Seeing Eye® and was paired with a Black Labrador Golden Retriever cross named Blue.
PATTY’S BLINDNESS…
Patty was born one and a half months premature. Her blindness was caused by her being given too much oxygen in the incubator. She was partially sighted until 1991, at which time she lost her sight due to an infection after cataract surgery and high eye pressure. She used a cane for 31 years before making the change to a guide dog.
WHERE SHE LIVES AND WORKS…
Currently, Patty lives and works in Kingsport, Tenn.
Patty is quite involved with The American Council of the Blind – ACB and its community.
She’s a member of Guide Dog Users Incorporated where she serves on the GDUI Election Candidacy Task Force, and the membership Committee.
She works with the Audio Description Project by serving on the ADP Performing Arts Committee.
She has also recently joined Blind Information Technology Specialists (BITS). Another special affiliate of ACB.
Though she’s not yet found her place there, she is learning things from their informational content.
She’s the creator and owner of Tell-It-To-The-World Marketing (Author, Blogger, Business Assist), The Writer’s Grapevine Online Magazine and the creator and host of the Talk to Tell-It-To-The-World Marketing Podcast, which have recently been reconstructed and can all be found in Patty’s Worlds.
WRITING GOAL…
Patty writes with the goal of bridging the great chasm which separates the disabled from the non-disabled.
Patty is also a published author.
Learn more at the links below.
All full length published works…
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patty-L.-Fletcher/author/B00Q9I7RWG?
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/PattyFletcher
Anthologies…
Midnight Roost: https://books2read.com/MidnightRoost
Visions: https://books2read.com/VisionsAnthology
Poetry Treasures 3: Passions: https://books2read.com/VisionsAnthology
Strange Weather Anthology
https://www.marlsmenagerie.com/
Blog…
Facebook…
Instagram…
LinkedIn…
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/
Goodreads…
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8431191.Patricia_L_Fletcher
Robbie Cheadle
August 24, 2024Hi Patty, a lovely post. Thank you for including my piece here.
Abbie Johnson Taylor
August 24, 2024Thank you, Patty, for sharing yesterday’s book review. I hope everyone enjoyed it and will read the book.
Patty Fletcher
August 25, 2024Hi, Robbie. Thanks very much. I had a good time putting that together.
I took some time off yesterday afternoon and this morning and am back at it now.
Patty Fletcher
August 25, 2024Hi, Abbie. You’re welcome. a wonderfully entertaining review nd I cannot wait to read the book.