N is for Nursery Rhyme

         Welcome to the April A to Z Blog Challenge!  Are you looking for the officially scheduled letter of the day?  

You can find my Post for L here.

        (My A to Z Blog Challenge theme this year is Beyond Pomegranate & Thorns, my immanent collection of short stories, poems, and art inspired by fairy tales, myths, and folklore.  All through the month I’m sharing excerpts of art, stories, and poetry, as well as some reflections on the power of the traditional stories that inspired me.)

        Anyone who joined me for my A to Z theme back in 2020 knows that I like nursery rhymes.  (There are two nursery rhymes featured in Beyond Pomegranate & Thorns.)  In fact, way back in 2005 I published a book of nursery rhymes illustrated with my relief block prints, in which each little rhyme is accompanied by a parenthetical comment.  It was the parenthetical comment for “Hey, Diddle Diddle” that inspired this story, which is told in the form of a series of post cards (with a couple of newspaper clippings and such stuff thrown in, as well).  Refresh your memory of the nursery rhyme back at my 2020 post here.  And then find out where the Dish and the Spoon went on their honeymoon…

        The moral of Hey Diddle Diddle is, no doubt, carpe diem.

        Also, never underestimate the power of music and the arts as a force of inspiration!

        I know it’s always tough to pick a single favorite, but what’s one of your favorite songs or pieces of music?

        (If you’re reading this, you’re probably participating in the A to Z Blog Challenge yourself, but if you haven’t already checked out the other participating blogs, be sure to have a look at the Master List and choose a few to visit!)

[Pictures: words and illustrations by AEGNydam from The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (Images from Beyond Pomegranate & Thorns).]