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Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
Would you lend a hand
To help those hands
Hanging out of the pits
reaching for someone
anyone to help and give a tug.
*****
Would you lend an ear
to help listen to that sad soul
who needs a simple shoulder
just to lean for a bit.
narrow or broad, any shoulder would do.
*****
Would you lend a voice
to say no to violence
to help push a cause
that fosters human well-being
a common need for us all
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Would you lend a dime or two
to help a brother break some bread
for not everyone that you see that begs
is really a lazy never-do-well.
Some fell on real hard times
*****
Would you help to whisper a prayer
in the silent abode of your heart
for an ailing stranger
whom you know not
hoping that things will be for the best
*****
What would you do to help
those painful eyes
those limp, bruised arms
those hungry souls
those voiceless ones
*****
Would you silently help
or would you shift your eyes
pressing the phone aimlessly
in an attempt to appear busy.
and simply walk on by?
*******
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Help. The Daily Post
Image: Pixabay.com
Angela looks out of the window in delight at the fair weather, the Sun’s rays wink from beneath the clouds.
Ah! Finally, a beautiful day to frolic, riding bicycles and having a picnic in the park.
It’s a good day today, she hums to herself, rousing the boys from their computer games to assemble the items for an outdoor foray.
The rumble of Thunder, gives pause to her delight and true to type, the fickle weather has changed it’s mind.
We shall just have to have this picnic in the living room she mutters in deflation.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Image credit: Pixabay.com
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Basket ideas A refreshing blog filled with tidbits and inspiring stuff. The things that I like.
Blindly seeking Melinda weaves a basket of intricate suspense that sets your imagination on a wander.
Write intent Bits about incredible India from Pearl. Do look in and learn a thing or two.
Pranabaxom Delicate and sense stimulating lines that will definitely rouse feelings within you.
Ways to get out of debt A sure-fire and quick way to get out of it and get rid of that debt for good.
POETRY CHALLENGE This looks interesting and also another way of linking to more people. Don’t be shy. Give it a try. You just might discover the hidden poet in you 😉
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‘Do you want more eyes on your words?’
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‘We create a cohesive community when we come together.’
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
On Thursday’s, I share pictures about ‘Echos of my Neighbourhood.
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple.
Every Thursday, share a photo of bits and pieces of wherever you are at any point in time. It could be houses, backgrounds of your neighbourhood, activities and so forth and you can tag it Echos of my Neighbourhood, add my link to your post so that I will get the ping from your post.
Every other Thursday, I will publish a post with the links of all those who participated the previous week.
This is just a fun way of getting to see more of the World around us through your eyes, since we cannot all be at those places, we can at least see them through you.
My Echoes came out a bit late today. I am bleary eyed and tired, maybe even jet-lagged from sitting at the airport till 3 am this morning, waiting to pick up family.
This week found me going out a bit more due to photo 101 course and I have shared a lot of those ones. These one’s were taken in the last 3 days and last night, or should I say wee hours of this morning.
The art exhibits are beautiful, but a bit pocket denting.
I attended a literature expo and my goodness, it was well put together and very well attended program.
I honestly don’t have the energy to tag all the photos and still do photo 101, so I just shared these bits.
Thank you for tolerating my yawning 😉
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Last Week Echoes gave us some peeks of different neighbourhoods, hop on let’s go see and do show some of yours 🙂
Sampan Ride Hong Kong is calling me like a siren. Beautiful pictures 😉
A bit of Ikotun market Nostalgia. I used to go buying some raw food items once in a while in this place back in Lagos.
So peaceful around the neighbourhood No matter how much you scurry about, nothing takes you off the sidewalk and brings down your stress from 100 to zero notch in seconds, like home.
Some real echoing sounds Kat took echoes to another dimension with her recorded sounds of her environment. I enjoyed the zen over and over, so beautiful and calming to listen to. Now she has sown some seeds in my head.
Nature’s beauty Sweet pictures from Thoughts and Entanglements. Nothing beats nature.
The Norfolk Giants Kim brings whimsical thoughts and paints stories in my mind with these photos of the dying giants. Let’s go meandering.
Funking for Jamaica Let’s go to Jamaica. Well, online at least 🙂
All Nigerian Foods My dear sis Flo who is joining echoes, is a big Nigerian food blogger *with over 35 million page views* She brings the tastes of home to you, wherever you may be on the globe 🙂
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Come right in. You are welcome. We’ve been waiting for you.
Oh what do you say? I can’t hear you, the music is really good you say?
Oh yeah! That’s right. Very cool vibes and awesome crowd too.
Is there food, you ask? Yes, of course. Lot’s of delicious bites. JUST FOLLOW ME TO THE COOL SPOT ⇒⇒⇒ BRUNCH PARTY LIVE LINK.
Hop in let’s get this party started. You are most welcome.
Just make yourself comfortable.
Refreshments are nicely arranged down the page: Drinks, Chocolates, Cakes, Donuts, freshly squeezed juice, Coffee, Tea and so much more. 🙂
We even have an Intercontinental Chef in the house. LOOK UP and place your orders 😉
Just a little rules of play:
There we have it. Since all the rules have been clearly explained, have fun and make the most of it 🙂
Thank you for coming to my party and supporting my blog. You rock.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha.
CAN YOU SPOT THE DIFFERENCE?
Let’s add some SPRING to the tale 🙂 You can crack your Story telling imagination by contributing to this tag along Spring fiction below. The full story will be published on my Tuesday’s Trivia with every part attributed to the contributor. So here goes…
Buds of Spring
Georgette looks out of the window
The cold is fast thawing out and little fresh sprigs are sprouting.
It should be warm soon
Yet the coldness in her heart did not match the liveliness of the budding Spring
Her heart feels like a ghost town.
Where is he?
He promised her everything and she believed in him…
Counting the days and hoping that it’s just a dream.
‘Back in my home country, when we call for a party, we call for a party. We don’t skimp. Our hospitality is legendary. We even give out party tokens, so help yourself to an Easter Party Pack. You are welcome :-)’
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I smile in amusement as I write this little post. If not that Easter eggs are popping up every where, my thought would have been that Linda has bionic powers to see into my kitchen.
I just finished breakfast of partially burnt scrambled eggs
offered by my daughter. We are learning to cook and I guess burning is part of the practice 🙂
I humbly ate the eggs with a thankful heart. Soon enough she will get the hang of it with practice.
I think fleetingly back to my growing up years and learning how to cook in my mother’s kitchen. Only God knows how many burnt pots of rice, yam, beans, soup, I had to go through before getting into it.
Eggs were treats back then, eaten mostly on Saturday and Sundays because we had to wait for our local, home bred chickens to lay enough of them and on some days during the week, they were stingy or lazy with the laying of the eggs.
It’s not like now, where trays and trays of different types of eggs are on display for customers to choose as many crates as they wish.
Back then, it used to be a delight to go to the chicken coop at the back and find a warm, just laid egg.
Occasionally we were blessed with seeing a little chick hatch from eggs that my grandma set aside.
How she knew the ones that would hatch is something that I never understood.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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It’s been cold
And musty too
A little tiresome
But Spring’s about here
There’s a Deejay in the house
Lot’s of food to feed the crowd
Intelligent folks all around
Let’s stomp a bit of the ground
Happening live Tomorrow Saturday to Sunday
A Brunch hop to Spring
Please do come around
You are free to laugh loud
And crack silly jokes
You can bring someone with you
The more the merrier.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Are you new in the town of Blogosphere?
Are you relatively young in Blog-Land?
I know what it feels like to be a new kid on the block, wondering how I can find my footing and makes some friends.
Sometimes, it seems like a drag and takes ages, but we are here to support each other.
This is one place you can hop in and meet some awesome, lovely, friendly blogger friends of mine.
You get an opportunity to showcase yourself, interact and gain some confidence.
It shouldn’t be a worry that you don’t have so much going on in your blog at the moment.
Remember that ‘iron sharpens iron’ and you can get inspired from seeing what others are doing by mingling with them.
We are quite a supportive bunch to hang out with even if we do get to paint the town red a couple of times, it’s just in good faith 😉
Now don’t be shy, come let’s get to know you. ‘We all started from somewhere and together we grow.’
Looking forward to seeing you at brunch. The BRUNCH PARTY LINK WILL GO LIVE Tomorrow Saturday 19th – Sunday 20th March
Just bring some cookies, cakes or any bite that you would like us to taste and a sackful of love. It will be lot’s of fun 🙂
Enjoy a good day.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
P.S. To my older friends. You can help by sharing this to reach other younger one’s in the zone. If you get my drift. Thank you 🙂
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