IF: grounded
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “grounded”. Benjamin Franklin’s experiments with electricity were all failures until he got the kite properly grounded.
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IF: highlight
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “highlight”. When I was a kid in the early 1960s, a trip to the family doctor was a dreaded thing. I did my best to hide every sniffle or stomachache, lest I be subjected to some poking and prodding from that creepy, bespectacled guy with the stethoscope around …
IF: messenger
This week’s Illustration Friday word is “messenger”. In rare instances, it is appropriate to shoot the messenger.
IF: sink
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “sink”. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Frank Silvera immigrated to the United States with his family as a youngster. Determined to follow his dream of acting, he appeared briefly on Broadway before joining the US Naval Reserves during World War II. After the war, he returned to acting. He …
IF: separated
My mother’s parents ran an antique store not far from their home at Fourth and Spruce Streets in Philadelphia. In the summer months, they operated a bath house on the boardwalk in the seaside resort of Wildwood, New Jersey. In addition, eighteen years separated my mother from her oldest sibling. Needless to say, “family time” was a rare …
IF: brigade
This week’s Illustration Friday suggested word is “brigade”. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. – – – – – My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. 26 unusual songs and a custom full-color …
IF: round
This week’s Illustration Friday word is “round”. Michael Larson was flat broke, unemployed and had few possessions. He did, however, have a lot of time. And he used his time wisely. With no job, he began watching game shows to combat his boredom. One show, Press Your Luck, piqued his interest. Famous for its simple …
IF: vanity
This week’s Illustration Friday word is “vanity”. “You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht Your hat strategically dipped below one eye Your scarf it was apricot You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte” — “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon Carly Simon’s 1972 hit …
IF: silent
This week’s Illustration Friday inspirational word is “silent”. “Now hurry down, baby she’s the hippest street in town!” – South Street by The Orlons (1963) The Orlons sure knew what they were talking about in their 1963 hit “South Street”. By the time I started hanging out on Philadelphia’s South Street in the 70s, it was …
IF: stripes
This week’s Ilustration Friday‘s challenge word is “stripes”. John Philip Sousa composed 136 marches in his lifetime. Sousa, the leader of the United States Marine Band, composed one of his most famous on Christmas Day 1896, as a tribute to his friend David Blakely, the manager of the Sousa Band, who had recently passed away. The …