On my way to Geelong Hospital yesterday, to have my MRI scan, which wasn’t a good result for me, I took these curious and interesting street art photos in the CBD of Geelong. I’m posting this as part of CalmKate’s , Friday Foto Fun. Curiosity <<Click
Ivor Steven (c) 2019
I’m laying here in my hospital bed, waiting for my next scan/test, I’ve been fasting for a while now. So I’m playing a YouTube collection here on my phone, through my headphones, and I thought I might as well share these personal selections with you, I hope you enjoy “My Collection” this morning, or whatever time it maybe wherever you are ❤️😆
Ivor Steven (c) 2018
Dear readers, if you so desire, please read this article below by BottomLessCoffee, it’s an interesting idea, and one I’m already participating in by sending off this post. Help Me, Help You.
Q. What is the one thing all of us Bloggers want?
A. Circulation!
We all have a skill and that is writing and expression. We all have different styles and genres. I’ve been giving shout outs to a few of you on every podcast in the hopes of helping others to find you.
I want to propose a sharing promotion. If you want me to give your blog or business or social media a shout out on my next podcast, please use the comment section to notify me of whatever it is. Be sure to provide the links, so I can put them in the description of the podcast.
Whenever I publish a podcast, I also promote it on my blog. This way, both listeners and readers have access to the exact same information.
With all of this being said, I want more circulation as well. So, please give me a shout-out on your blog and other social media as well. Please include my links also.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bc007
https://bottomlesscoffee007.com
We all want circulation, real circulation. Help me help you. Who knows maybe someone will become $uccessful. It’s worth a shot and it doesn’t cost anything!
If you want me to promote your business, then the flip side of this is you must have the links to my blog and my podcast on your companies website (easy to find and somewhere where it will stand out).
My last caveat is this, there is no such thing as bad publicity. With that being said, it is on each individual to decide what they will say about the other’s. I will not read from a script and I would not expect you to either.
Let me know!!!
Old wooden steps
Going down, worn and steep
Revealing a cellar, candle-lit
Walls of blue-stone blocks
With a stained cedar ceiling
Creating a friendly aura of closeness
Intimate and cosy
A perfect place for Mr Cohen’s spirit to be
Sweet Amie Brulee
Sings and plays his songs
And in between, graciously reads his poetry
Jovially chats to the audience
Relaxed and carefree
Her demure smile is spontaneous
Divulging stories about his works
With enthusiasm and passion
Infusing her own subtle wit and humour
A show of genuine warmth and charm
From his tower of song, Leonard would be pleased
The two video’s below, are with my Phone, a Samsung Galaxy S 5. Hopefully the cyberspace mail-man delivers them intact. The first video below, is of Amie recited Leonard Cohen’s poem, “Ballard of the Absent Mare”
The second video below, is of Amie, singing, “Leaving The Table”, sorry but you may have to turn the volume up.
Ivor Steven (c) 2018
Featured Image: Above: Martin, father of Finn, Niamh and Tia.
Yesterday !! was a PJ’s day, today was another day. Sunday has been an Aussie barbecue, get together day, that I happily, was fortunate to be a part of. Please enjoy the photos, and soak up some of the afternoon’s atmosphere in the video links, oh gee, I hope they work. My friend Terry on the guitar, and Tom on the fiddle(the father of the gorgeous 6 month old baby girl, Eva, who is being fed during the video) and we are celebrating the occasion of Martin’s daughter, Tia, visiting from England, with her son Charlie and partner Jamie. A wonderful gathering of family and friends. I’m so hoping the videos work. ……….. Please let me know, they’re just videos off my phone that I transferred here via Google media, and I had no idea how to transpose them here………
Above & Below: Terry and Tom player a couple of traditional Irish songs.
Below: Terry singing a great Redgum classic song, Diamantina Drover
Photos Below: Top Left, Tom and his daughter Eva, Top Right, Terry and Martin’s daughter Niamh , Bottom, Martin, baby Eva, and that dog Monty licking Ava’s fingers
Ivor Steven (c) 2018
Lazy Saturday
Do you have these days too
Lethargic and you’re looking askew
I’ve not got out of my PJ’s today
Lazed around all Saturday
Ate more than I should’ve
Morning exercises went on my list of could of’s
My daily walk flew away
Through the unopened front doorway
The courtyard beckoned, empty it would stay
I couldn’t tell you about the weather
You could’ve knocked me over with a feather
The wind stopped me from seeing my weed till
And when rolling stones covered my window-sill
I primed my room with sounds of rock’s
In my bachelors haven full of silk socks
I didn’t feel sad, nor guilty
I’m calm and cosy, within my commonality
Ivor Steven (c) 2018
It’s eleven seventeen
I’m not nineteen
Anymore
Old warriors are bold
I’ll not be told
Anymore
Enjoyed an evening out
I’m not losing face
Anymore
Tired eyes are closing
I’m not going fishing
Anymore
Hands of time have been
I’ll not be unseen
Anymore
My feet are willing to travel
I’m not covered in gravel
There’s more
Ivor Steven (c) 2018
A dreamy love poem I wrote in May 2018, which was published by Prolific Pulse Press, in their Anthology Heart Beats, edited by Lisa Tomey.
https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Beats-Anthology-Lisa-Tomey/dp/1736562002
Downhill Run
I was dreaming
Plotting and scheming
Following you skiing
Running the slope, gliding
Twists and twirls
Loops and hoops
Our hearts were racing
Downhill and dancing
Spirals and swirls
Joyous smiles
Swishing faster and faster
Swooping last to first
Silver and gold
Winners and grinners
Your curls unfurl
Ruby hair unfolds
Beauty I behold
Frozen bliss
We kiss
Soul to soul
Ivor Steven (c) 2018
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