Anvil in a Lace Bootie

Meanwhile, the sword began to wilt into gory icicles, to slather and thaw.

I hate it when my sword does that.

‘Hey, why not’ is the correct answer, as those were the exact words spoken by team leader Grady Bafflemint after a grueling 5 hour session with the publicity gang during which no consensus whatsoever could be reached on finding a catchy nickname for the foreign tunestress.

Jenny was called The Swedish Nightingale because:

a. she was both Swedish and a nightingale.

b. the only other suggestion was Bingles, the Opera Girl.

c. she once taught a nightingale to speak Swedish.

d. because people kept getting her mixed up with Florence Nightingale, and she grew tired of being asked to look at wounds.

e. hey, why not?

Today is the anniversary of L’s birth. Happy birthday, L. Not a lot of folks nowadays know that your mother-in-law, Matilda Gage, was one of the 3 pillars of the 19th century feminist movement along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. As you probably remember, your wife’s name was Maud. Maud and Matilda, M and M. Is that where you got Auntie Em? I was curious, knowing how you loved wordplay and puns and anagrams and such.

nervous, they wait

poised motionless

hearts thrumming

like windblown caterpillars

riding the dawn

soon

soon

but not yet

Tulips milled about outside the Hall waiting for the doors to open. They had long anticipated attending this particular concert. Featured on the same bill were Cactus Jack Frond, The Roots, and Daffy and the Dills. Scalpers were earning green lettuce leaf over stem. Dealers in illegal pollen had no dearth of clients. In short, the good times were about ready to roll.

Santa Barbara, 1946. The toddler loon’s mother helps him hold a kitten.

Come live & be merry and join with me,

To sing the sweet chorus of Ha, Ha, He.

He maintained a strict haggis diet for several years, including those during which he penned Peter Pan.

When writing Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie would often:

a. fly out the window.

b. shout ‘Zoot alors!’ in his sleep.

c. eat nothing at all save haggis.

d. hop about on one foot while tapping himself on the head with a spoon.

e. laugh maniacally.