Merry Catmas

Merry Catmas to you all. All the best for 2023. Friends of mine have found a new home and have now sold their old home. I wonder how their planning is going for their move? The twelve weeks of moving(Maybe sing your own version everyday until you move?) On the first week of moving my…

Jenny’s Swan Song # Transition

It’s Jenny’s last day at SIKA today! Don’t cry Jenny! Jenny’s swan song Say goodbye, all SIKA workers As we sing Jenny’s swan song How it breaks my heart to leave you Now my SIKA job is gone High above the dawn is waiting And my tears are falling rain For my SIKA job is…

COVID Odyssey: Winter Warning Omicron second wave~ Auckland cases in June 4.4x in one day~ NZ cases over 10,000 yesterday #PLAY

NZ new community cases topped 10,000 (10,290) yesterday (6 July) for the first time in months (since circa 21 April). See: https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/10290-community-cases-522-hospitalisations-10-icu-12-deaths https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/10294-community-cases-524-hospitalisations-14-icu-18-deaths https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/13511-community-cases-30-deaths-past-two-days-500-hospitalisations-15-icu-today Update: on 8 July, instead of 13,334 new cases, there were actually 9,318 (over 4,200 less). See: https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/public/auckland/titirangi/message/68319118 https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/nz-covid-19-case-numbers-corrected-9318 https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/13344-community-cases-587-hospitalisations-9-icu-23-deaths On 27 June Auckland new community cases went up to 1,796…

Post #1,000. Farewell. No Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 1 May 2022: GREEN & SCARS

Green, green grass or battlefield? Peaceful sight or blind mind feel? Standing still or running away? Time for your dreams or no time left today? . . . Real love or real fake? Real life or living hate? Do we see each other or do we dance in the rain? Do we see the scars…

Black is the new Easter Green; 16 Green Bottles #Green#Bottle

New Easter Green Dark blacks are the new Easter Green New Pingbacks are no longer seen On the daily prompt site They don’t appear alright Bring back prompt pingbacks to the screen Alan Grace 13 April 2022 Green paua shell cross I’m a mere mathematician Not even a statistician Embossed paua shell Silvered cross well…

COVID Odyssey: Summer Surprise 3 ~ Post #926: Willis & Rawnsley Court Decision ~ A lump of coal for the Wanakers for Xmas

Covid-19 Delta outbreak: Judge’s son William Willis, lawyer Hannah Rawnsley sentenced for flouting Auckland lockdown to holiday in Wānaka. The couple who garnered widespread attention in the first weeks of the Delta outbreak after they left Auckland’s strict Covid-19 lockdown for a holiday home in Wānaka pleaded guilty today and were sentenced. Equestrian William Willis…

COVID Odyssey ~ Post #925: Merry Christmas ~ OMICRON is coming to town

Merry Christmas: Wishing you a COVID free Christmas and an OMICRON free new year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiagLn56hek So get vaxed for goodness sake! Alan Grace’s latest version: OMICRON is coming to town You better watch out You better comply You better not doubt I’m telling you why OMICRON is coming to town It’s making a list It’s…

COVID-19: NZ has moved down to Level 2. Happy L2 4U!

At 11.59 last night, New Zealand moved down to Lockdown Level 2. Below is what I wrote in the first few days of level 4 Lockdown: My other COVID-19 posts can be found here: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/tag/coronavirus/ Data for my posts can be found at: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_New_Zealand https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/download-todays-data-geographic-distribution-covid-19-cases-worldwide https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-source-data https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200507/100-days-into-covid10-where-do-we-stand https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/covid-forecasts/? I share my posts at: https://guestdailyposts.wordpress.com/guest-pingbacks/

COVID-19: USA now has more cases than China. The first 10 days of Lockdown. Happy virus-free day to us.

The first ten days of Lockdown At the start of Day One Lockdown bubble begun Around hour of midnight Now no virus in sight When will the fight be won? Chorus Healthy virus-free day for us Healthy virus-free day for us Healthy virus-free day dear bubble Healthy virus-free day for us It’s halfway through Day…

They’ve brought back my Pingbacks to me! My Pingbacks are working now!

Originally posted on Share Your Best Posts:
The WordPress Happiness Engineers have now got my pingbacks working again! Thank you. You can now change the last line of the song below to: “They’ve brought back my Pingbacks to me” You can all now share your posts again on my site by including this line anywhere…

Lovely Melody

Lovely Melody Love lyrics should deliver S[c]end penned orgasmic shiver Real feeling divine Up and down my spine Friend rend my heart aquiver Alan Grace 3 September 2018 Shivers, enjoy this great melody 🙂 Sep 1 Shiver Shiver Shiver Poetry Sep 2 Melody Melody Melody Poetry https://guestdailyposts.wordpress.com/guest-pingbacks/ I share my posts on the new Thumbnailed…

A glorious song: Amazing Grace

Originally posted on Green Bottles, Alan's Ark & COVID Odyssey: Alan Grace's vir[tu]al journey:
My name is Alan Grace. Our family has always liked Amazing Grace not only because of our family name. This song is part of the reason for the name of this blog. We think this song is…

Under the influence?

Under the influence? Are these issues authentic Could they be schizophrenic Maybe we will see Drugs like LSD Be hallucinogenic Alan Grace 21 April 2018 daily prompt: Authentic

Warning- No April fool (except maybe Trump): Is this the charade of the decade

Warning: No April fool (except maybe Trump) Is this the charade of the decade Is this charade of decade For Facebook no accolade Access not a good look To data on Facebook Users dismayed feel betrayed Chorus: Are they charades of decade The greatest made here displayed Which one may come first The best or…

Silent Night- Peace to you all

Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright. Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child. Holy infant so tender and mild,

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Puns good and bad at times will be witty Fun-filled films (and dad jokes more’s the pity): “A happy time we’ll spend Our fine four fendered friend” Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; pretty ditty! Alan Grace 30 September 2017

Another Glorious song: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (The Battle Hymn of the Republic)

Piano | Organ | Bells See: http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh717.sht Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (The Battle Hymn of the Republic) The United Methodist Hymnal Number 717 Text: Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Music: USA campmeeting tune Tune: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC, Meter: 15 15 15.6 with Refrain 1. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the…

A glorious song: Amazing Grace

My name is Alan Grace. Our family has always liked Amazing Grace not only because of our family name. This song is part of the reason for the name of this blog. We think this song is glorious.

My Way

My Way There’s no way I would say Love, honour Or obey I’ll do it My way It’s my way Or the highway I’ll do it My way Alan Grace 13 September 2017

Where have all the good posts gone?

Remember the song: ‘Where have all the Flowers gone?’ Like my new version? Perhaps make your own? The original version is below. Enjoy 🙂

Thought for Today: No time to try my puzzles?

Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. See: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/detail/44212 Try to solve the puzzles … see my competition (previous post).