Tuesday’s A to Z challenge: “D”
Event Type: General Blogging
Start Date: Tuesdays, recurring weekly
Description: Every Tuesday I offer the “A to Z challenge”, walking step by step through the alphabet.
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Last week we had the “tagged C”-challenge, so this week we’ll create a new turn with “D” – I’m sure you’ll also find a photo, a story or a music title tagged with “D”! Feel free to add in the comments below the link to your personal interpretation of the letter “D”!!! Myself I’ll focus on the protest song “Donna, Donna, Donna”:
DONNA DONNA
Donna Donna, once introduced by Joan Baez: the song was a political statement in Israel during WWII to encourage resistance vs. Nazi racism … read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Donna.
background music: me, singing (multitrack recording with bass and guitar)
related:
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/donna-donna-meaning-of-a-song/
Flickr Comments 
What a nice rendition of the song, Fritz. It’s interesting to know that it’s a song about a calf being led to slaughter. Thanks for pointing out that it was a politcal statement during WWII. It’s always nice to learn new things everyday. My Photo Story involves Dinosaurs with an artsy music video. Have a great week ahead! =)
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Dogs day http://scrapydodog.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/tuesdays-a-to-z-challenge-d-dogs-day/
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and here some restaurant rules for dogs:
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/restaurant-rules/
greetings by my cat, she is always participating ON our table, when we gathered for a meal …
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Thank you for sharing and greetings 🙂 🙂
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You definitely are a fan of Joan Baez now 😉
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you made a great portrait!
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You’re really in your stride now!
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What a blast from the past, Frizz. As teenager with a £4 guitar I used to sing this song, and sing it and sing it (poor parents). I love your version. Here’s my D – Double bass, double take and all that jazz down at the Eagle Tavern: http://wp.me/pKVAM-wE – photos raided from Team Leader’s B & W jazz phase.
Also with 2 Gilad Azmon tracks on the end. Don’t know if you know this jazz man – a man of very left-wing views, but funny too. And a fantastic musician.
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thank you, Tish, for describing this UK jazz scene – and a good music link (with interesting surreal illustrations!)
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Very interesting, Frizz. Mine is brief this week: http://travelwithintent.com/2014/01/28/d-is-for-damaged/
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hi Debbie,
I like Bruxelles very much, we have some friends there, sometimes we had a jam session in an Irish music pub; it is a very interesting city with many laid back people and great museums!
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Nice rendition Frizz, I don’t remember this song at all! My D is decorative this week: http://wp.me/pL5Ms-ZR
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Hey Jude,
“In line with the Islamic prohibition
against the use of anthropomorphic forms…”
– as a photographer I’m always sad about such restrictions!
But you are right, this was a chance for a certain architecture
and the world of ornaments …
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I missed ” C” as I was traveling and I can playfully mix “C” and” D” with the giant coat that I call my Bear Coat. I only break it out when it’s really freezing. I took a nice walk during a late night snow in my COAT in the DARK : ) http://wp.me/a2dwKf-1gd
Your dogs are just so well mannered!
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we won’t never ever see you wearing such a coat in Morocco or at the pyramids of Egypt …
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NO! But if I got the chance I would wear it if needed to see the pyramids in my lifetime: )))
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VIP’s are walking there wearing very heavy coats against bullets and bombs…
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Yes sadly I know . That was a play on words. I doubt I will ever see them. The world in which we live is full of angst and for reasons that do not matter in the end.
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Here is mine. Who let the dogs out? http://wp.me/p23TG1-3ng
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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you made me smile with your Christmas Bull Dog 🙂
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i liked your music before, but now with you singing, well, just a little added extra pleasure. Fabulous, frizz.
Here’s my “D” http://firstandfabulous.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/tuesdays-a-z-challenge-d/
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on your icy deck:
like Kathryn said: “Let’s sit there
and have a nice hot chocolate
with our boots (and bear coats) on…”
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Agree… fabulous music and singing! Thank you for sharing! Here is my entry for D: http://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/tagged-d-dolomites/
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Dolomites, interesting: “During WWI, many paths were cut into the range for military use. One of the famous wartime trails is the “Road of Tunnels”, which passes through 52 tunnels…”
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More from my travels , this time we are on the Danube at Dürnstein: http://suejudd.com/2014/01/28/frizztexts-a-to-z-challenge-d-is-for-durnstein/
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hi Susan Judd,
“shall it be Dorset? Devon? Durham? Dresden?” Thanks for Dürnstein! It could have been Dünkirchen – a flashback to not amusing memories…
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Hmmm…..
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Interesting to know where this song originated, Frizz. Love your version. 🙂
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A bit late in the day. But better late than never;-)
http://cocoaupnorth.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/tuesdays-a-z-challenge-d/
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better than “D”-Day
(Normandie, WWII)
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I don’t recall this song but I liked it and the information, Frizz.
I do recall a song with the name Donna but it’s quite different
and a lot more romantic.
Ritchie Valens-Donna
Thanks for hosting the alphabet challenge.
Isadora
http://isadoraartandphotography.com2014/01/28/dreaming-of-you/
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I remember this Donna version too: we danced to the music in our first dancing lessons in the sixties. Petting time …
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You get better all the time, Frizz. I would guess my “D” is for “damn good” music. Bravo! 🙂
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D is for Dedes 🙂
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That too! 🙂
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http://shyraven23.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/a-z-challenge-d/
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we had fine days in Konstanz – and Venice too!
(but did not explore any deserts…)
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I love this challenge Frizz, the music is a real bonus. I have added dance as my D and of course it involves music. http://pommepal.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/a-to-z-challenge-d-for-dance
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you’ve written a great tribute to DANCE! And yes, me too: ” was a teenager in the 1950′s a great era for music and rock n roll, when Elvis was King and Bill Haley “Rocked around the clock”. Thanks for the YouTube link!
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I enjoyed putting this post together Frizz. Now E…. ummmm, not so easy to link with music. I go to sleep thinking about it…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Here’s Do Re Mi by Woody Guthrie, a post from a year ago.
http://bumbastories.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/more-woody-guthrie/
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“…Woody provides some sardonic advice to would-be immigrants…”
whole Europe is sardonic to immigrants actually – and Israel too …
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Good morning..
Here is my entry Frizz….
http://ilargia64.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/different-point-of-view-for-a-landscape/
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grass growing through the shoe 🙂 possible fate for my shoes too, because I do not walk much …
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🙂 🙂 A good walk everyday is good for health!!! This is what doctors say!!!
Have a good day Frizz! 🙂
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I love your guitar rendition of Donna Donna, Frizz, and thanks for the history.
Here is my entry for D: http://angelinem.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/d-is-for-drought/
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Dry days
led to a drought.
So drought was declared
by the governor.
(like a poem by
William Carlos Williams)
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demurely defending
the breakfast fish
http://imissmetoo.me/2014/01/29/d-is-for-demurely-defending/
oh no, I would not
like fish for breakfast
I would not fight for this
(but for scrambled eggs!)
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I learned to play this song 45 years ago from a Public Television show. Will have to see if I can find it on the internet. Thanks for the meaningful information about what it meant. I did not know.
Always enjoy your music.
Ruth in Pittsburgh
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Her name was Laura Weber and I found the music of Dona Dona (their spelling) on Spotify.
I learned it in the 60s. She was on Public Televsion and taught guitar. That is how I learned to play.https://www.facebook.com/FolkGuitarWithLauraWeber
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it made me smile, that my little blog post succeeded in opening your treasure box of memories …
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http://nagpanaoan.com/2014/02/01/d-is-for-diamond/
she made me smile with “I had in mind D for donuts as in Dunkin but am not really too crazy about it because of my diabetes…” [I have diabetes too]
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http://smswsf.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/a-z-challenge-d/
I like her comment: “daring deer
steps out from among the trees,
quite close to where I was standing,
to see what was going on.
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Even though we are cat people, sometimes a dog can steal your heart – please have a look at
http://acrossthebored.com/2014/02/03/tagged-d/
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wonderful intro:
“D is for Dog
the Devilish kind
Digging up Dirt
out of sight
out of mind…”
P.S.:
I’ll never forget our dog
SARAH R.I.P.
a bobtail, English sheep dog –
thank you for giving a bridge
to our dog memories;
had fine days swimming with the dog in the ocean,
having our daily breakfast with the dog,
the evenings, the walks in the forest,
playing with our children,
he was an important part of the family:
It seemed he had a kind of humor:
stealing the ball during a soccer match –
was the star for the audience –
or when he ran into a church
disturbing consequently a wedding ceremony…
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Thank you – I am so glad I could bring back some happy memories for you: Sarah is gorgeous! I once knew a sheepdog that thought he was a lapdog, you can just imagine…
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Here’s my entry:
http://adriftinafterthoughts.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/tagged-d-flickr-comments-dragon-dirgeworth/
Have a great day, week!
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thanks for your multiple D’s!
“Dirgeworth was definitely less droll,
distinguished, delightful dragon—
more Delirious, dowdy dormouse…”
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