Top Ten Radio Taglines, Fiction

Fictitious radio stations.

WZRD – Infusing your radio dial with magic.

WOOL/WOLF – Dual station partnership. Office during the day. Party all night long.

WOKE – Surfing the blue wave.

KRAB – Talk radio. If it bothers you, it bothers us.

KOOK – Working to keep your radio weird.

KLEE – All art, all the time.

KERN – They said it couldn’t be done. Bringing typography to the airwaves.

Not Mine:

WHAT – We tell you WHAT is going on. Courtesy of Felix.

KOAN – Confusingly good radio. Courtesy of Lewis P.

Afterword

Inspired by an online discussion.

FYI. KXAN: What’s the origin behind the ‘Keep Austin Weird’ slogan? Thompson, May 2023.

Free Free Fiction 4U. Liminal Stories: IF IT WERE TRUE OWLS DREAM by Jan Priddy. From blog, Imperfect Patience: IF IT WERE TRUE… I asked for an outside consult from a regular reader. Jane’s verdict: Well done. Good read if into fantasy. Caveat, eating habits of owls are graphic.

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As before, today’s post was planned to be holiday-themed fiction. As before, it wasn’t happening. [Kennings Contest by Artifact Puzzles]

In addition, I became suspicious. The format was to be a story told in New Year’s resolutions. Does this sound like “Resolutions for the New Year.” from A Very Scalzi Christmas (Subterranean 2019)? Why, yes it does, now that you mention it. AVSC is one of the books I reread during the holiday season. When I came across this story, again, I realized a) this is probably where I got the idea and b) now that the original was fresh in my brain, I was unlikely to be able to see past it.

So I ditched this idea along with last Saturday’s idea. Bring on January! I shall commit fiction!

Onwards!
Katherine

Time Is A River, Photography

Awareness of the outside world. Future Crunch: 66 Good News Stories You Didn’t Hear About in 2023, Hervey, Dec 20, 2023. Hat tip to A.

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Glover’s Point
Coosa River
Vincent AL US
December 2023

Although it appears on the map as Glover’s Point Park, it appears IRL as a boat launch & parking lot.

Enjoy pondering the river of time on this New Year’s Eve weekend. Wishing you a great weekend and a lovely 2024.

Technical Details

Boat launch, f/13.0, 1/100 sec., 24.0 mm, ISO 100. Manual mode & auto-focus.

Post production. Resized, border, & watermark.

Note to self. This is the second week in a row that the shot of choice was the casually-taken establishing shot rather than one of the many subsequent photos of the intended subject. [Homewood Star]

Onwards!
Katherine

Encountering The Shadow Self, Thoughts

Awareness of the outside world. “Unlike other mammals, reindeer can see light in the ultraviolet spectrum.” AP News: Reindeer are famous for pulling Santa’s sleigh, but there’s a characteristic that sets them apart, Ramer, December 22, 2023

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The liminal season is coming.

The light is coming.

The cold is coming.

(If your light is decreasing and your heat increasing, come back in six months.)

A time to lie fallow.

A time to retreat.

A time to peer into the corners and see what peers back.

Look as the reindeer look. It is hidden or do we simply not see?

Look to the others who share the dark.

Look into the shadows.

Onwards!
Katherine

The Season For Celebrations Of Connection, Thoughts

Awareness of the outside world. “Romjul is the period in the Norwegian calendar that starts on the third day of Christmas, Dec. 27, and ends on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31 … In Norway, romjul is a tranquil time of the year when families get together, undisturbed by the outside world.” The Norwegian American: Rumjul, Brady 2020.

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Celebrations of Connection
Festivals of Faith and Light During the Winter Season

UAB Hospital North Pavilion
Birmingham AL, USA
December 2023
Photos by G

Column one: Bodhi Day, Diwali, La Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Kwanzaa, Parkash Utsav Dasveh Patshah, Shogatsu

Column Two: Christmas, Dongzhi, Hanukkah, Midwinter and New Year Celebrations, Ramadan, Yule

Source of poster info, “Honoring Celebrations of Light and Connection”, a 26-page PDF from UCSF Spiritual Care Services: Winter Holy Day Resources.

Onwards!
Katherine

A Christkindlmarkt in Alabama, Vicarious Travel

Awareness of the outside world. BBC: Why is it called Boxing Day? 2022. Boxing Day was one of the initial four bank holidays in the UK “In his honour, these new holidays were sometimes referred to as ‘Saint Lubbock’s Days’.” The History Of Parliament: Thanks for our bank holidays, “Saint” John… KR 2013. More on Lubbock in “Strange Customs”, Chapter 2 of The Secret History of Christmas, written and read by Bill Bryson (Audible 2022).

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Cullman Christkindlmarkt
Cullman Alabama USA
December 2023

Horse Shoe Art
Outside of Harrison Hemp

Carousel
Presented by Traditions Bank

“North America’s tallest Christmas Pyramid has ascended to new heights, proudly standing 40 feet tall!” Cullman Christkindlmarkt: Weihnachtspyramide.

Frohe Weihnachten! (Merry Christmas!)

Onwards!
Katherine