This afternoon I finally did something I’ve been meaning to do for months: I mopped our family room/kitchen/dining room floor. I put on Led Zeppelin–loud–and got to work. The music energized me and I kinda, sorta had fun, which made me think of former neighbors (mother and teen daughter) who used to put on Neil Diamond to get pumped up for cleaning. I always thought that was so funny. I mean, “I Am . . . I Said”?! “Song Sung Blue”?! I’ll take “When the Levee Breaks” any cleaning day. Or non-cleaning day, for that matter.

Image by Eszter Hornyai from Pixabay
So, what’s the deal with this dog? Well, I went to Pixabay in search of a “mop” image and this popped up. Not sure how this adorable face is related to mopping, but I couldn’t resist. Maybe this pug knew I was about to make unkind remarks about Neil Diamond and my neighbors’ musical tastes, something that should be off-limits. After all, I’m a writer hoping to get my fiction published and I know all too well that taste is subjective.
I only hope Mops the Pug can forgive me.
Music works for cleaning and exercise. Actually, music works for writing!
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Music works for everything! 🙂
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It helps!
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A Neil Diamond bit of trivia for you. He was in the same high school choir as Barbra Streisand. Neither of them were asked to sing the solo part, which their teacher gave to her favourite student. That other kid never became a professional singer.
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Wow, what must it be like to be that student? Wonder if they wanted to be professional singer or ….
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Cool 😎 The ‘Grateful Dead’ is my best mopping tunes 😉
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That choice makes sense to me. 🙂
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