In addition to One-Liner Wednesday, I am participating in Just Jot it January. It’s a daily challenge in January by Linda G. Hill. I’ve been trying to post every day, but I’m not good at every day. So, I am including yesterday’s JusJoJan prompt in today’s post.

Yesterday’s JusJoJan prompt:

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 24th 2023, is “ideal.” Use the word “ideal” any way you’d like. Have fun!

That prompt was provided by Astrid. Please check out Astrid’s blog.

Now, onto the prompts.

The three books I’ve published are part of The Dreamer’s Alliance Series. If this series had a soundtrack, it would lean heavily on songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Although it’s not mentioned in the books, I thing the ideal Creedence song for today can also serve as my one-liner:

“Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”

I think it’s ideal because on Tuesday afternoon, I was working in my garage. It was raining. I made a few trips between the garage and the house. Each time, I got a little wet. The last time I came in, I could see the rain. The rain was changing to snow. It never quite made it. We got about an inch of crusty frozen slush.

This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner, or if you would like to join in on the fun, you can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.

And, if you’re interested in the books in that series:

All five of my current books are now available in audio book form thanks to Amazon KDP’s Virtual Voice process. The voice is AI generated, but I can honestly say, it’s pretty darn good. The audio books are reasonably priced (all below $7 US) and, if you already own the Kindle version and want to add an audio version, you can do that for $1.99. There is a five-minute sample on the book page for each book. If you’re interested, click on any of the Dreamer’s Alliance book links below the image or on the link below for my latest book.

Bridge to Nowhere

60 responses to “Sound Track – 1LinerWeds, JusJoJan”

  1. The trestle for all seasons! It never takes a bad picture. As for crusty snow over ice, all I can say is ICK. You need a chisel. Here it seems to be a layer of slush that fell overnight, but we’re just getting started. I have chisels and chocolate at the ready!

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    1. Oooh, chocolate!

      I needed to get this frozen gunk up, because we’re supposed to get more today and tonight. I don’t mind snow, and I don’t mind rain, but I don’t like them together.

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      1. We’ve been at near white-out now, and it’s looking very wet. More on the way here too. Frozen gunk is the worst!

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  2. You can never go wrong with CCR and I love all the critters in the photos. We are scheduled for snow/rain mix today so waiting to see how yucky it gets!

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    1. CCR has been a favorite of mine forever. We are supposed to get “snow, changing to rain.” The worst weather to clean up after. I hope yours is low on the yuck scale.

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  3. Blurry bunnies are better than no bunnies , I’ll take it.
    I’m glad we got snow from the last storm, but tonight we’re supposed to get another 6 inches before it turns to ice and rain tomorrow morning. That will be a nightmare.

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    1. That’s our forecast, but the change to rain will be during the night, so I won’t be able to get out and clear the snow before it turns to rain. It was too dark to get a good bunny shot, but I wanted to let you know that he’s still here.

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      1. Ours is due to change to rain at 4:00am so yeah, an utter mess to wake up to.

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  4. Crusty frozen slush is a good description. I used the roof rake yesterday on a door over hang, and when I had the snow off and thought I was in good shape, I realized I still had a good 2″ of solid ice. This morning I need to find a creative way to get some snow melt up there. Hope your project is going well.

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    1. Between scrapping, shoveling and squeegeeing, I got everything clear. Now to see what we get today/tonight. I wish we could just get snow OR rain.

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  5. I love your choice of music for your series. The pictures are adorable. What can I say, you always do a fine job, Dan!

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    1. Thanks GP. You can’t go wrong with Creedence.

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  6. Creedence Clearwater–perfect! And I love your photos, Dan, as always. We’ve another cold day ahead of us, possibly snow, but I wish it were rain. 😊

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    1. Thanks Gwen. I hope yo get the rain. It’s cold now, but it’s going to get warmer as the snow falls. That’s going to be a mess. I’m glad you like CCR.

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  7. Thanks for CCR: One of my favourite songs!!

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  8. So far we’re dry, but that apparently will soon be changing. Ugh!

    I see you never did evict the squirrel from the stacked woodpile! You’re such a softie. 🤗 I hope those lilac buds know enough not to venture out any further. Your neighbors pup is adorable. I think he wants to play in your yard for awhile!

    Old Glory never fails to please.

    Hope today doesn’t bring your area more crusty slush. That stuff is really the pits, especially after the snowplow shoots it back up your driveway and sidewalk! 😡
    Ginger

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    1. That squirrel comes back now, every winter. We opened the cover, and she has quite a nest in there. After our neighbor cut his trees, and a lot of these guys lost their homes, we couldn’t evict her.

      The neighbor’s pup (Hank) loves to play at the fence. The neighbors behind us also lost a dog the week Maddie died. They got a new pup, too. She comes up to the fence and barks at us until we go pet her. At least we get some dog kisses.

      Our forecast is for “snow, changing to rain overnight.” Sigh.

      I hope you have a good day, Ginger and wake up to stuff that’s easy to clear.

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  9. It is pouring here this morning. If this was snow we would be in trouble.

    CCR helped define an era with their music. Your song today would be a good fit for our weather.

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    1. I think you’re right about CCR, and it’s a great song for a rainy day. We’re supposed to get snow first, then rain overnight. That will be a mess to wake up to.

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      1. I hope it was not too bad, Dan. We have sunshine today.

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        1. We ended up with almost all rain. Some street flooding, but nothing to shovel.

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  10. Awww, you’ve got some cute faces in this post including the bunny print faces.

    I’m going to have this song in my head for awhile. 😀

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    1. Sorry to get that song stuck, but it’s a good one. The critters seem to have a better instinct about what weather is coming than the forecasters.

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  11. I think Have you ever seen the rain is a great soundtrack for your books ….ably backed up by

    Great photos as ever 💜

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    1. Thanks Willow. Bad Moon Rising is actually mentioned. CCR is Billy’s favorite band :) I’ll be listening to these guys off and on all day.

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  12. CCR–YES!!!
    All day yesterday we kept getting weather alerts of the bad wind/rain we were to get last night. We got some rain and some wind. No idea what happened to all that bad weather that never came to pass.
    The dog is adorable! My next-door neighbors have a new dog after their 13-year-old dog passed last year. Hazel is a beagle and every night she goes out in their backyard to howl at the moon. We lower the TV and just sit there smiling. She is so darn cute!

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    1. Always good to find a CCR fan, Lois. That’s Hank. He loves to howl and he loves to run. But when he hears or sees us at the fence, he runs over. He is so cute. Our forecast has changed – “Rain, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 10pm. The rain and snow could be heavy at times.” I’m not sure they know. I think I’ll pay attention to the squirrels and the birds.

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  13. Billy has great taste 😃

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  14. Definitely faces… expressing the horror bunny feels tromping through the snow. 😂 I love CCR. And your book series. 😉

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    1. Thanks Cheryl! Haha – “ooh, my feet are cold.” We find bunny tracks and bunny poop all over the yard in the snow. When we get enough snow to justify using the machine, I still make paths around the perimeter and the firewood racks. The bunnies and the squirrels use those until the snow becomes solid enough to walk across.

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      1. You’re. Good friend to Mature, Dan.

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        1. Oh dear. A good friend to Nature. 🤦‍♀️

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          1. I figured that’s what you meant. I’m guessing auto-correct helped with that one.

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  15. Great soundtrack, Dan
    I’m hoping to be back online this weekend.
    Hugs

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    1. Thanks Teagan. I hope you get things sorted.

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  16. Loved the photos, but like you, I never warmed up to snow, ice, and rain. Fun post, Dan

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    1. Thanks John. I’d rather have a foot of soft fluffy snow that I can blow away from behind a machine than this crap. An ice and snow mix is never good.

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      1. We used to have ice choppers when I lived up North. Like a hoe only straight. Used mostly to cut holes in the ice for fishing.

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        1. I have a regular one and a heavy-duty one. This stuff wasn’t thick, so I was able to get most of it up with a small square shovel. It takes a long time to cover the driveway.

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  17. I love CCR! And I remember that song well. It fits perfectly in with those books. Dan, I loved each and everyone of them. And in time I think I will go back and read them again, they’re that good.

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    1. Oh my goodness, Pam. You just made my day/week/month! Thank you so much. I researched CCR songs so many times for the last book. Each time, I wasted an hour or so just listening to their music.

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  18. I love CCR. It’s raining here too. All I want to do is curl up with one of the cats and sleep all day, but I can’t.

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    1. Sometimes I wish I could trade places with our cat. I guess that would require someone to take care of everything for me ;-)

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  19. Dan, those lilac buds look like they’re getting ideas. Down here, I’m having daily conversations with the lilac bush it just isn’t time yet. That goes for the azaleas as well….not to mention the grass in the yard. Not yet! Nice to hear some CCR here today…and yes, it’s raining.

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    1. I had that conversation with them, Bruce. I hope they listen. We’ve had a couple cold days. Maybe that will help convince them. I’m glad you enjoyed the CCR.

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  20. I love the inquisitive look on the neighbor dog’s face. :) And the bluejay is stunning!

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    1. Thanks Jan. Hank (the dog) inspects everything in their yard and runs to the fence when he hears a noise. The bluejays are very handsome, but it’s hard to get them to stay still long enough to get a good photo.

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  21. Ear worm alert!! :-) I love the shot of the neighbor’s dog.

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    1. Haha! I am sorry about getting that song stuck. It’s been raining off and on all day here, so it was a good song.

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  22. Crusty snow is definitely not my favorite! Looks like it’s not the bunny’s either!

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    1. No, the bunny prefers fluffy snow so he can get to the grass below.

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  23. When I see the word “ideal” I think of Ideal Toy Company that gave us the Betsy Wetsy doll and the Rubik’s cube. Didn’t have either but I remember the ads.

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  24. Hi Dan, we haven’t had any rain for about 4 weeks again. It is very hot and dry here.

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  25. Well done, Dan. We had very wet snow, which was impossible to remove with the snowblower. It clogged after three feet. Another snow (not much) was welcome, so the children at school could finally go sledding. Love CCR!

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    1. CCR seems to be a crowd favorite. It’s Billy’s favorite band. This last time, we got a little bit of snow, but over an inch of rain. I’m glad the kids had a chance to go sledding.

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      1. Boy, do they love sledding and need that outdoor play. It lasted for the week, too.

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