Happy New Year!

May your New Year be safe, and sparkle with the light of a million moons!

~Serena

Friday Retro...

A sexy, vintage New Year greeting.  I don't know about you, but there is something about old photo's that just draw me in.  :)

Wednesday Word of the Day

 
calvous \KAL-vuhs\, adjective:

Lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.

~Mmm, a big, brawny, sensitive yet strong, calvous hero.  So delish!~

Calvous is derived from the Latin word calvus which meant simply “bald.”

Merry Christmas

 

Have a safe and lovely day.

Friday Retro...

LOL...Pop in a glass bottle, that is retro!

Wednesday's Words...

"I'm beautiful in my way
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
Don't hide yourself in regret
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way"    
                                 ....Born This Way by Lady Gaga

Kudos to Lady Gaga for her wonderful words of acceptance.

And to my Darling Diva...You were right, I love the song, thanks for asking me to listen!

Tuesday Tease

A word I know,
six letters it contains
subtract just one,
and twelve is what remains.

Answer

Dozens

Feeling Naughty?

If so, swing on over to the Naughty Nights blog at Passionate Ink.  Enjoy a saucy story and comment for a chance to win books, given away by several of our authors. 

Friday Retro...

Hohoho...This little Santa reminds me of the jolly guy I'd see on all of the Christmas decoration boxes at my grandparents house.  Tree decoration time, cookie making, warm house, huge piles of snow outside and me inside happily waiting for Santa to come.

Wanna know a secret...all these years later and I still wait for Santa!  :D

Wednesday Word of the Day

boscage \BOS-kij\, noun:

A mass of trees or shrubs.

~She lured the snarly wolf into the boscage with her scent, but kept him there with her soft skin and the look in her eye.~

Boscage comes from the Middle French word boscage, from the roots bosk meaning “a small wood or thicket” and -age, a suffix that denotes a general noun, like voyage and courage.

Tuesday Temptation

Lookee here at the new release from Savanna Kougar, just in time for the holidays.  Shifters, Christmas and erotic fun!  Quite a tingly temptation.

Get yours now from Amazon or Smashwords

Friday Retro...

Here, Here!  Muahahahah

Wednesday Word of the Day

Crepitate \KREP-i-teyt\, verb:

To make a crackling sound; crackle.

~I can see a grizzled old woman or a grouping of birds who crepitate.  Or, better yet, a group of dark birds who turn into grizzled old women who torment the "pure", but "pure" of what?  Hmmm~

Crepitate is from the Latin crepitare which meant “to rustle or chatter.”

Tuesday Temptation...

I'll be taking part in The Jingle Bell Hop over at Shapeshifter Seductions.  Drop on by and see what's happening this Christmas in Talbot's Peak!

Sunday Scribblings - Joy

Joy to the things
all shiny and new

Joy to the way
that I love you

Joy to the feelings
deep in my heart

Joy to the way
we leapt from the start

Joy to the love
we brought into the world

Joy to the wings
she finally unfurled

Joy to the time
we've been given together

Joy to the memories
I'll hold them forever

Joy to the moments
right up to the end

Joy to the whispers; the love
I'll continue to send...

Stop by Sunday Scribblings for more Joy...

Friday Retro...

LOL, so I generally try to refrain from posting questionable language on my blog, but this graphic is just perfect for my sense of humor.  Technically, I should be calling this a Friday Retro with a twist, since I know the words had to be added recently.  And since we are now in December (can you believe it) I could call this a Friday Retro Christmas with a twist...or I could call it this years Christmas card!

Oh man, I can see the looks on my relatives faces if that got this baby in the mail...muahahaha

Haven't we all had this kind of Christmas though?  It starts with frantic shopping, failed spritz cookies cause the dang press is a piece of junk, more frantic shopping which now includes a new spritzer so you can remake the cookies, indecision on what the menu should be for the Christmas Eve get together, more f-ing(that's frantic, wink wink) shopping, battles over whether that one year we made a truffle or a trifle, mf shopping (that's more), Christmas tunes and Christmas games, too much wine, not enough food... up late and early to rise, head pounding and toys under the tree that look as if a hopped up reindeer put them together...

So, yeah, Harold...where is that rum!!

Wednesday Word of the Day

poltroon \pol-TROON\, noun:

1. A wretched coward; craven.

adjective:
1. Marked by utter cowardice.

~Very cool word!  I love when I happen across words that I've never heard before.  Now, I feel compelled to write about a poltroon character.~

Poltroon originally came from the Latin pullus meaning “young animal.” It came to mean an idler or coward in Old French.

Tuesday Teaser

 

Can you complete this grid of letters? Each line is a valid 5 letter word with its first and last letters missing. The missing letters form a word when read downwards and the same word appears both at the start and at the end. What is the missing word?

_OMI_
_EVE_
_ROM_
_OAK_
_ATC_

See below for answers...

Answer

CLASH.

Friday Retro...

LOL...there's just something about Norman Rockwell's work that makes me smile.  I wonder what his sense of humor was like?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Safe travels and plenty of, er, flamingo one and all on this day of Thanksgiving...

Serena

Wednesday Word of the Day

kef \keyf\, noun:

1. A state of drowsy contentment
2. Also, keef. a substance, especially a smoking preparation of hemp leaves, used to produce this state.

~LOL, so tomorrow, after my yummy turkey dinner, I'll experience a kef!  I wonder if I can sneak this word into the conversation around the dinner table? ;)~

Kef comes from the Arabic word kaif meaning “well-being or pleasure.”
 

Tuesday Trivia - Thanksgiving Style

How about some Tuesday Trivia of the Thanksgiving sort in preparation for the upcoming holiday?*

1.  In what year did the first American Thanksgiving celebration take place?
A. 1900
B. 1492
C. 1621
D. 1776

2. Where was the first American Thanksgiving celebration held?
A. Plymouth, Massachusetts
B. New York, New York
C. Jamestown, Virginia
D. Boston, Massachusetts

3. How many Pilgrims were on board the Mayflower?
A. 89
B. 102
C. 185
D. 219

4. The Native Americans who were invited to the first Thanksgiving feast belonged to the Wampanoag tribe. Who was the chief of this tribe?
A Squanto
B Samoset
C Cheyenne
D Massasoit

5. How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last?
A. One day
B. One week
C. Three days
D. Four days

Answers:
1. C 1621
2. A Plymouth, Massachusetts
3. B (it is believed to be 102)
4. D Massasoit
5. C Three days (the celebration consisted of games as well as food)  

*Thanks to Catalogs.com for this great little trivia quiz.  Check out more info by Ryan Walters here...http://www.catalogs.com/info/party-planning/thanksgiving-trivia.html

 

Friday Retro...

Hmm...me thinks this was not meant to portray those special spanking that lead to hours of fun and morning after grins!  :D