Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting.
Why don’t you tell us some attractions or towns close to your home, Blahganuary? Hmm? Where would you like to visit? What do you like to do for fun? What is your mother’s maiden name? Post your password and I’ll tell you if it’s strong enough or not. What’s your date of birth? In which city were you born? What are your distinguishing features? Touch the screen so I can read your fingerprints. What’s unusual about your middle name? Do you live near the beach? Do you have a car? What’s your phone number? What’s the name of your favorite bank? What is your routing number? What about your signature makes it unique? Show us.
Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc.
Wow. Easy prompt. OK, bye. See you guys later.
Just kidding.
(“Amie) What you want to do?”
It’s the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about this prompt. Often, I sing my thoughts. I also randomly sing lyrics all day long, and wonder why I can remember obscure things such as song lyrics from 40 years ago, but not where I put a paperclip five minutes prior. But I digress.
The name Amy means “beloved” in Latin. It’s an old name. It also has French origins. The spelling differs greatly, the meaning remains quite the same. The spelling of my name was given to me for a specific purpose: ease of learning how to spell my first name. And it worked. As I’ve gotten older, my handwriting has gotten sloppier, and now I can sign my signature in .3 seconds. It looks like I’ve gone to the school where doctors learn how to sign their signatures.
Researching this topic, I found what are apparently the top 20 songs with the name Amy in them. I find this claim a bit dubious. I only know two of these songs, and the song that I know quite well doesn’t appear on the list.
Maybe some of you have heard of the song by Pure Prairie League called “Amie.” It’s not heard on the radio very often, but sometimes it airs in the grocery store, and I start dancing and singing and proclaiming, “This is my jam!” in the middle of aisle six.
Amie
I can see why you think you belong to me I never tried to make you think, or let you see one thing for yourself But now you’re off with someone else and I’m alone You see I thought that I might keep you for my own
Amie what you want to do? I think I could stay with you For a while, maybe longer if I do
Don’t you think the time is right for us to find All the things we thought weren’t proper could be right in time And can you see Which way we should turn together or alone I can never see what’s right or what is wrong (will it take to long to see)
Amie what you want to do? I think I could stay with you For a while, maybe longer if I do
Well now Amie what you want to do? I think I could stay with you For a while, maybe longer if I do
Now it’s come to what you want you’ve had your way And all the things you thought before just faded into gray And can you see That I don’t know if it’s you or if it’s me If it’s one of us I’m sure we’ll both will see Won’t you look at me and tell me
Amie what you want to do? I think I could stay with you For a while, maybe longer Longer if I do
Yeah now Amie what you want to do? I think I could stay with you For a while, maybe longer if I do
Fallin’ in and out of love with you Fallin’ in and out of love with you Don’t know what I’m gonna do, I’d keep Fallin’ in and out of love With you
And here is the list of the top 20 songs with the name Amy in them. Admittedly, “Amy, Amy, Amy,” by Amy Winehouse is also my jam, but this song is never heard on the radio, so my interpretive dance, and quality* singing are relegated to the confines of my home. Which is a good thing for society.
(*quality is in the eye of the off–key beholder)
Singersroom.com
I have not listened to all of these songs. Anyone who listens to them, please leave in the comments your favorite. Or if you’ve even heard of any of these songs, please let me know. If you know the song by Pure Prairie League, let me know if you like it or not.
I’ve made hundreds of collages. It’s a fun hobby. I would recommend it to everyone. And you should do it the old-school way: posterboard, cut-outs from magazines, glue…
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?
This prompt question has recently been asked, and you can read my piece on that here.
There was a similar prompt question, which asked how you remain a kid at heart. Read my piece on that here.
I guess it’s pretty obvious from the previous prompts I’ve answered, the fact that Hello Kitty is found throughout my house, and that there was a red nose on my car for Rudolph season, that I am thoroughly invested in play every day.
The key to staying young in mind and heart (and hopefully somewhat in body), is to find the moments of play. And if you can’t find them, create them. Opportunities are all around if you just look.
Below you’ll see photographic evidence of play in every day situations.
What does play look like in your life? Do you make time to play? Do you make the effort to look around you and see the opportunities? Let me know in the comments. Thanks for stopping by!
If you have a white coated tongue, you may have just eaten an Oreo cookieWatering cans threatening to douseRhinosicorn enjoying lazy winter dayCandle with googly eyes, sweater and capGeorge is ready for summer It’s hers
Politics being one of the three things we should never discuss, I am abstaining from today’s daily prompt. I have a pumpkin pie to bake. Oh no! I shouldn’t have mentioned the pumpkin. Forget I said anything.
VW Cabriolet, circa 1989. Silver. Second favorite color: dark blue.
VW Cabriolet
VW did shortened the name and introduced the VW Cabrio in the 1990s, but as I’m researching this, I’m finding they didn’t introduce the Cabrio until the late 1990s. This doesn’t make sense, because the cutest boy at school, Mark R., was driving around his girlfriend in a VW Cabrio in a light shade of purple/gray with a dark purple/gray top earlier than the late 1990s. I loved this car. About 75% of Mark’s allure was his car. Anyone know what shade I’m talking about here? I cannot find the shade online. (Ha. Unintentional pun: “I cannot find the shade online.” If you can’t find the “shade” online, you haven’t gone online…)
I’m still trying to find one of these cars at a price point I can afford. So far, I can afford one without wheels or an engine. As these cars are now considered classic, they are outrageously priced, and since I want one that actually drives, that’s going to be a tough find.
Sometimes the daily prompt is too personal, and this is one of those days. I submit to you this meme in hopes that you have a wonderful Day Before Christmas Eve.
“It's Amy,” I said. 