"And that's the way it is"

All Aboard the Meme Express – Saturday, July 18, 2009

American newscaster Walter Cronkite died yesterday, July 17, 2009, at age 92. Honoring this broadcasting legend, today’s Meme Express offers Walter Cronkite’s famous sign-off statement:

“And that’s the way it is.”

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Friday Freedom #37

All Aboard the Meme Express – Friday, July 17, 2009

At last! It’s Friday – time for Friday Freedom at the Meme Express.

What is Friday Freedom? It’s a Writer’s Choice prompt. Post what you like (on your own blog), and return here to leave a comment with your link.

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Barefoot

All Aboard the Meme Express – Thursday, July 16, 2009

Joseph (Shoeless Joe) Jackson, American baseball player and the subject of the Chicago Black Sox scandal of the 1919 World Series, was born on July 16, 1889.

Actor Ray Liotta played Shoeless Joe Jackson in the 1989 baseball movie Field of Dreams, starring opposite Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones and Amy Madigan. The movie Field of Dreams was based on W. P. Kinsella’s novel Shoeless Joe.

Press photo from Field of Dreams

(Universal Studios)

Today’s Meme Express is simple:

barefoot

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Pirate

All Aboard the Meme Express – Wednesday, July 15, 2009

American singer Linda Ronstadt was born on July 15, 1946. Linda Ronstadt’s most popular songs have included ("Blue Bayou," "Different Drum," "Don't Know Much," "It's So Easy," "Poor Poor Pitiful Me," "Tumblin' Dice," "When Will I Be Loved" and "You're No Good."

On July 15, 1980, her 34^th birthday, Linda Ronstadt first appeared on the stage in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance at New York’s Delacorte Theater (with Kevin Kline and Rex Smith). Here’s a clip from The Pirates of Penzance:

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Today’s Meme Express offers a swashbuckling surprise:

pirate

(or pirates)

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Pick-a-Prompt #37

Pick-a-Prompt #37

All Aboard the Meme Express – Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Today, the Meme Express offers you a choice: Pick-a-Prompt:

Scroll down the right-hand sidebar, and select any previous Meme Express writing prompt from the blog archives. Or look through the Pick-a-Prompt labels list for a topic that interests you. Publish your blog post, and return here with a comment and link, so other Meme Express participants can find and read your post.

Post your poem, story, song, photo or other entry on your blog. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

Then come back here, and post a comment with a link to your own entry.

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Cubed Clues

All Aboard the Meme Express – Monday, July 13, 2009

Hungarian inventor Erno Rubik was born on July 13, 1944. Erno Rubik may be best remembered for inventing the Rubik’s cube, a three-dimensional, multi-colored, brain-teasing mechanical puzzle.

To mark this occasion, today’s Meme Express offers several choices. Pick one, or use as many as you can:

create

colors

cube

perplex

play

puzzle

smart

solve

stymie

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Sunday Invitation – for July 12th

Sunday Invitation – for July 12th

The Gardener - Old Peasant with Cabbage

By Camille Pissarro

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It's Sunday again, and the MEME EXPRESS invites you to join us at SIMPLY SNICKERS for today's prompt:

line

look

lush

You will find a bit of background and some lovely fine art for the occasion. Use the art and prompting questions, or not. It's your choice! Just click the SIMPLY SNICKERS icon to visit and view today's poetry prompt (or the archives):
Don't forget to c'mon back and leave a link to your post!

Be sure to bookmark the MEME EXPRESS . . . so you can come back tomorrow for a new blogging prompt!

Et Cetera

All Aboard the Meme Express – Saturday, July 11, 2009

Russian-American actor Yul Brynner was born on July 11, 1915. Yul Brynner may be best remembered as the King of Siam in the 1956 motion picture The King and I. Yul Brynner starred opposite actress Deborah Kerr. Yul Brynner also starred in the Broadway musical in 1951, as well as the 1985 revival.

To mark this occasion, today’s Meme Express is twofold:

et cetera

getting to know you

Here’s the movie trailer, as it may prompt an assortment of creative ideas:

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Friday Freedom #36

All Aboard the Meme Express – Friday, July 10, 2009

At last! It’s Friday – time for Friday Freedom at the Meme Express.

What is Friday Freedom? It’s a Writer’s Choice prompt. Post what you like (on your own blog), and return here to leave a comment with your link.

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Actor

All Aboard the Meme Express –Thursday, July 9, 2009

American actor and multi-Academy Award winner Tom Hanks was born on July 9, 1956. To mark this occasion, today’s Meme Express offers several choices. Pick one word prompt, or use as many as you can:

actor

angels

Apollo

award

big

bonfire

castaway

code

cowboy

DaVinci

demons

dragnet

express

hanks

league

movie

Oscar

perdition

polar

private

punch line

sleepless

splash

vanities

woody

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Throughout 2009, please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer, a Bible reading and devotional blog, as we read through the entire Bible in chronological order.