"A YEAR OF SUNDAYS" June 2023 Has Published!

Michael Pendragon

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Jun 30, 2023, 8:11:17 AM6/30/23

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One day early because our editor will be busy driving down to Shadowville tomorrow.

https://mpsilvertone.wixsite.com/website

Thanks again to all who participated.

NancyGene

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Jun 30, 2023, 8:43:01 AM6/30/23

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Very good! We had a poem still to post for June, but it can wait for July.

We see that the painting that accompanies AYoS for June is Helen Allingham's "The Proposal" (1880). It is being auctioned at Bonhams in the UK in July. The bid estimate is £2,000 - £3,000 (~ $2175 - $3263). It would look great hanging on the wall in Pendragon's picture gallery.

Edward Rochester Esq.

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Jun 30, 2023, 8:55:27 AM6/30/23

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When you hold your breath long enough, you must eventually breathe in to save yourself.

Your monthly posting of poetry saves me from giving up entirely.

Thanks Michael, that was refreshing.

ME

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Jul 1, 2023, 7:47:09 PM7/1/23

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Fantastic!!!!

Ash Wurthing

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Jul 1, 2023, 9:16:09 PM7/1/23

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I'm just content that I can still produce something I consider worthwhile
but I've been provoking others to rhyme!

ME

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Jul 3, 2023, 5:03:16 PM7/3/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 6, 2023, 8:04:12 PM7/6/23

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Michael Pendragon paid £6,400 ($8,154.98) for the painting. Michael has fallen in love with a series of red-haired girls, and they with him.
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28544/lot/5/helen-allingham-rws-british-1848-1926-the-proposal/

Ash Wurthing

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Jul 6, 2023, 8:46:21 PM7/6/23

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If I remember correctly, he mentioned his love in some of his poems.

Ash Wurthing

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Jul 7, 2023, 9:34:18 PM7/7/23

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This is why I fight, for if the blind haters had their way, such brightness would be snuffed out because this non-binary individual wasn't what the haters wanted him to be:

I'm told the visuals are stunning...
Jonathan Hultén - Roadburn Versions (The Call to Adventure & A Dance In the Road)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdn4FDSYIBg

another case of a Black Metal performer surprising everyone

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 23, 2023, 1:14:59 AM7/23/23

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On Friday, June 30, 2023 at 8:11:17 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 23, 2023, 1:22:49 AM7/23/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 23, 2023, 6:19:03 AM7/23/23

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It looks like we will have some new poets in the July edition.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 23, 2023, 3:12:32 PM7/23/23

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Yes.

Mr. Danoski is a Penny Dreadful alumnus.

NancyGene

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Jul 23, 2023, 4:19:07 PM7/23/23

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Excellent! We welcome Mr. Danoski.

Ash Wurthing

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Jul 23, 2023, 8:00:18 PM7/23/23

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Oh? A Penny Dreadful poet?
I brought Last Dance. The pen name is due to them being with radio. No guarantees on how regular they may be, we often write as the mood and moment strikes...

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 23, 2023, 10:13:56 PM7/23/23

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On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 8:00:18 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 3:12:32 PM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 6:19:03 AM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
> > > On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 5:22:49 AM UTC, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 1:14:59 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > > On Friday, June 30, 2023 at 8:11:17 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > > > One day early because our editor will be busy driving down to Shadowville tomorrow.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://mpsilvertone.wixsite.com/website
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks again to all who participated.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > It looks like we will have some new poets in the July edition.
> > Yes.
> >
> > Mr. Danoski is a Penny Dreadful alumnus.
> Oh? A Penny Dreadful poet?

Yes, along with Louise and I, that makes three of us.

> I brought Last Dance. The pen name is due to them being with radio. No guarantees on how regular they may be, we often write as the mood and moment strikes...

Cool.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 24, 2023, 9:10:31 AM7/24/23

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Michael Pendragon

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Jul 24, 2023, 11:43:11 AM7/24/23

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Coco DeSockmonkey

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Jul 24, 2023, 12:23:30 PM7/24/23

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Michael Pendragon

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Jul 24, 2023, 1:45:50 PM7/24/23

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Michael Pendragon

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Jul 24, 2023, 2:59:07 PM7/24/23

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ME

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Jul 24, 2023, 3:18:48 PM7/24/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 24, 2023, 4:18:48 PM7/24/23

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We welcome new poets.

Ash Wurthing

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Jul 24, 2023, 5:43:51 PM7/24/23

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My crew are weekend poets, I doubt their dedication to Prosaic Motion* (not speakin' ill of 'em they already know my feelings), so no guarantees when they'll write something.
One the several reasons I came here, to spare them from my rebellion with just case to recite my prose in public--
Yes, as Heinlein said, I haz all the bad habits-- and I do believe I have become quite rabid...

"doubt your dedication to Sparkle Motion" --'Donnie Darko'

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 24, 2023, 7:11:20 PM7/24/23

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ME

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Jul 24, 2023, 10:17:36 PM7/24/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 25, 2023, 6:44:38 AM7/25/23

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“In vain have I struggled? It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you [A Year of Sundays, June 2023].”

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 25, 2023, 11:36:43 AM7/25/23

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Michael Pendragon

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Jul 25, 2023, 2:18:52 PM7/25/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 25, 2023, 5:55:14 PM7/25/23

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"A Year of Sundays: A Bridgerton Story."

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 25, 2023, 9:26:43 PM7/25/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 26, 2023, 8:09:39 AM7/26/23

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“It's such a happiness when good [poets] get together.”

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 26, 2023, 1:23:30 PM7/26/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 26, 2023, 2:25:42 PM7/26/23

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“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”

Coco DeSockmonkey

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Jul 26, 2023, 3:41:27 PM7/26/23

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Michael Pendragon

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Jul 26, 2023, 8:33:01 PM7/26/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 27, 2023, 6:32:19 AM7/27/23

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"We sell dreams, imagination, and sparkle."

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 27, 2023, 9:06:30 AM7/27/23

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I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as Barbie.

NancyGene

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Jul 27, 2023, 12:08:07 PM7/27/23

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"Create the future. Inspire wonder."

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 27, 2023, 1:24:32 PM7/27/23

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I often wonder where I'd have ended up today, if I hadn't played with Hot Wheels as a tyke.

Coco DeSockmonkey

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Jul 27, 2023, 2:49:27 PM7/27/23

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Johnny Lightning.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 27, 2023, 9:44:01 PM7/27/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 28, 2023, 10:36:21 AM7/28/23

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We wouldn't have thought you were a car fan. "Unleash the power of play."

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 28, 2023, 11:21:01 AM7/28/23

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LOL. I'm a BIG car fan.

I had a large collection of Hot Wheels, Johnny Lightnings and Matchbox cars.

I love cars. That is I love antique cars: early 1960s all the way back to the first horseless carriages.

When I see an antique car in a parking lot, I head straight to it to check it out.

If I were wealthy, I'd own a fleet of them like Jay Leno.

I had a '57 Silverhawk when I was in my teens/early 20s, along with a 1976 Midget Special. My father's car (for the first 14 years of my life was a '61 Impala, and he and a co-worker restored a Model T. I currently own two Cruisers -- and have even written a poem about one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmHBmuYOPk

And, yes, that's my actual car, Jezebel, in the opening shot.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 28, 2023, 11:23:58 AM7/28/23

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My first car, a Thunderbird, ca. 1965:

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=328234780557495&set=a.328222810558692

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 28, 2023, 1:21:05 PM7/28/23

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Ash Wurthing

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Jul 28, 2023, 4:53:08 PM7/28/23

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A Nova Custom fully tricked out to be a street sleeper, barely street legal. Just known as "She" to those that drove it, for her name was known only to her creator, but they attested that she seemed to have a will of her own, wanting to accelerate faster than they wanted her to.

NancyGene

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Jul 28, 2023, 6:49:53 PM7/28/23

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That makes sense--you love old cars, as in the classic movies.

> >
> > I had a '57 Silverhawk when I was in my teens/early 20s, along with a 1976 Midget Special. My father's car (for the first 14 years of my life was a '61 Impala, and he and a co-worker restored a Model T. I currently own two Cruisers -- and have even written a poem about one:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmHBmuYOPk

Very good!

> >
> > And, yes, that's my actual car, Jezebel, in the opening shot.

Immortalized in poem and picture! We have heard that the PT Cruisers were not mechanically reliable, but they did look gangsta.

> A Nova Custom fully tricked out to be a street sleeper, barely street legal. Just known as "She" to those that drove it, for her name was known only to her creator, but they attested that she seemed to have a will of her own, wanting to accelerate faster than they wanted her to.

The Haunted Nova (no va--the old joke). We are SUV ladies.

Ash Wurthing

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Jul 28, 2023, 10:07:05 PM7/28/23

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They did, along with several other models that Chrysler/Dodge and Ford did retro makeovers to.

> > A Nova Custom fully tricked out to be a street sleeper, barely street legal. Just known as "She" to those that drove it, for her name was known only to her creator, but they attested that she seemed to have a will of her own, wanting to accelerate faster than they wanted her to.
> The Haunted Nova (no va--the old joke). We are SUV ladies.

I know the joke :) I was lucky, mine did several cross country runs. Finally, lost it in a tropical storm, and why I ended up sticking with SUVs*-- the low rider Camaro was just tempting the same fate... Ash had to work in tropical storms and hurricanes.
*Ash also had run 'em over trucks-- full size 4WD pick 'em up trucks

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 29, 2023, 1:00:28 AM7/29/23

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Yes!

I want to live in a classic film noir... or an Elvis movie.

> > >
> > > I had a '57 Silverhawk when I was in my teens/early 20s, along with a 1976 Midget Special. My father's car (for the first 14 years of my life was a '61 Impala, and he and a co-worker restored a Model T. I currently own two Cruisers -- and have even written a poem about one:
> > >
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmHBmuYOPk
> Very good!
> > >
> > > And, yes, that's my actual car, Jezebel, in the opening shot.
> Immortalized in poem and picture! We have heard that the PT Cruisers were not mechanically reliable, but they did look gangsta.

You've heard right.

I've paid far more in repair bills than I paid for either of the cars (I bought them used). However... for 20+ year-old cars, they've been running pretty well now that they've had a ton of repairs.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 29, 2023, 1:03:28 AM7/29/23

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Unfortunately, I've got a thing against Novas. One of them nearly killed me back in '86.

NancyGene

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Jul 29, 2023, 7:58:43 AM7/29/23

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Ash + tropics = The Blue Lagoon!

> *Ash also had run 'em over trucks-- full size 4WD pick 'em up trucks

Ash the Demolition Derby King.

NancyGene

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Jul 29, 2023, 8:03:26 AM7/29/23

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Living in an Elvis movie would be fun! You could do the Jail House Rock dance.

> > > >
> > > > I had a '57 Silverhawk when I was in my teens/early 20s, along with a 1976 Midget Special. My father's car (for the first 14 years of my life was a '61 Impala, and he and a co-worker restored a Model T. I currently own two Cruisers -- and have even written a poem about one:
> > > >
> > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmHBmuYOPk
> > Very good!
> > > >
> > > > And, yes, that's my actual car, Jezebel, in the opening shot.
> > Immortalized in poem and picture! We have heard that the PT Cruisers were not mechanically reliable, but they did look gangsta.
> You've heard right.
>
> I've paid far more in repair bills than I paid for either of the cars (I bought them used). However... for 20+ year-old cars, they've been running pretty well now that they've had a ton of repairs.

One minor flaw: "There are reports of the car shutting off while driving high-speeds down the highway."

> > > A Nova Custom fully tricked out to be a street sleeper, barely street legal. Just known as "She" to those that drove it, for her name was known only to her creator, but they attested that she seemed to have a will of her own, wanting to accelerate faster than they wanted her to.
> > The Haunted Nova (no va--the old joke). We are SUV ladies.

Dodge is also discontinuing the Charger and the Challenger, so no more muscle cars.

NancyGene

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Jul 29, 2023, 8:04:53 AM7/29/23

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Maybe they were singing to you "Please Don't Go."

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 30, 2023, 12:21:11 AM7/30/23

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Fortunately, I haven't experienced that. I also haven't experienced them getting to "high speeds" with their 4-cylinder engines.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 30, 2023, 10:02:50 AM7/30/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 30, 2023, 11:53:26 AM7/30/23

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Did/do your turn signals work? Has the chrome peeled off the wheels? Mysterious noises?

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 30, 2023, 12:10:46 PM7/30/23

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The turn signals have never given me a problem. The chrome is peeling on Jezebel's wheels. Petey has hubcaps. Jezzy sounds fine but Petey makes some mysterious groaning noises -- usually only until he has warmed up.

NancyGene

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Jul 30, 2023, 3:13:34 PM7/30/23

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Has Petey been exorcised? PT Cruisers may have been portals to evil lands.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 30, 2023, 9:18:06 PM7/30/23

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Oh, no... I wouldn't think of owning a car that didn't have a demon residing in it.

Coco DeSockmonkey

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Jul 30, 2023, 10:19:56 PM7/30/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 31, 2023, 6:36:10 AM7/31/23

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The Devil in the gas tank might be a problem, leading to road rage.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 31, 2023, 8:54:55 AM7/31/23

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I do tend to lose my temper with a**h***s who tailgate me.

NancyGene

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Jul 31, 2023, 11:49:49 AM7/31/23

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If the PT Cruiser had hellfire in the tank, you would be going fast enough that no one could tailgate you.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 31, 2023, 9:02:39 PM7/31/23

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NancyGene

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Aug 1, 2023, 6:58:57 AM8/1/23

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You could also mistake the PT Cruiser's misfires for gunfire.

Michael Pendragon

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Aug 1, 2023, 8:46:23 AM8/1/23

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That would be a cool feature, but I haven't heard either of them misfire.

NancyGene

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Aug 1, 2023, 10:21:42 AM8/1/23

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(Mis)fires would certainly convince tailgaters to back off.

Michael Pendragon

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Aug 1, 2023, 10:47:24 AM8/1/23

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Hmm... that's an idea.

I was thinking of installing a bazooka in the back hatch compartment, but the rear window doesn't roll down. :(

Ash Wurthing

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Aug 1, 2023, 10:11:35 PM8/1/23

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I'm your man-- I'm familiar with the mounting of machine guns and rocket launchers on vehicles...
how 'bout a smoke screen generator or faux blown engine seal oil slick projector?

NancyGene

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Aug 2, 2023, 6:13:07 AM8/2/23

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Those sound good for AAPC too! Could you armor it and install machine guns?

Michael Pendragon

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Aug 2, 2023, 8:57:46 AM8/2/23

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Put me down for the rocket launcher!

Coco DeSockmonkey

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Aug 2, 2023, 10:44:33 AM8/2/23

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NancyGene

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Aug 3, 2023, 7:27:27 AM8/3/23

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And now July has been published! Rockets red glare!