PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot Oops Why here? Isn’t her clemency enough? She steps from a gold-plated Hummer, garbed in royal blue Versace and Wang glitter pumps. Two escorts in Armani walk her over. She’s usually wearing a doll grin. Today she looks almost scared; her wrinkles are tight. We’re seated in the tent bistro,…
WMM 2026 Day 4 — Peggy Lee
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images link takes you to a huge amount of info on Peggy Lee and has other pictures there Norma Deloris Egstrom (b. 5/26/1920 – d. 1/21/2002) known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio…
dVerse Tuesday Poetics — Winter’s Leftovers
Winter’s Leftoverssnow bones are resting wet, flat straw fieldsa million empty sunflower shells for crowsto pick tidbits fromhungry blue jays swarm amidst toothpick skies to pokefrozen lake still still no wind to hold breath(e) outchainsaw in the distance hot rooibos warms, eases cold knucklesbook dust dusty poemsGeorge Saunders’ Vigil too shortgrey cotton muffles, occludesrainbow colors…
WMM 2026 Day 3 — Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman “Now what kind of an attitude is that, ‘These things happen?’ They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, ‘These things happen,’ and that’s why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.” ~ Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel…
TNG 114 — 236
It’s been a few weeks since playing Judy’s The Number Game. Did you miss me? If you want to give it a try, follow these instructions: Today’s number is 236. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type the number 236 into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find…
WMM 2026 Day 2 — Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf Édith Giovanna Gassion (b.12/29/15 – d. 10/10/63) known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France’s greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century. Early LifeThe name “Édith” was inspired by British nurse Edith Cavell,…
WMM 2026 Day 1 — Katrina Leskanich (from Katrina and the Waves)
Welcome, Music Lovers! Here we are, in the SEVENTH Women Music March! I hope you are looking forward to the next 31 days of music by creative female singers, songwriters, instrumentalists, and band leaders. Thanks to a question by Jim Adams, I was reminded not everyone is familiar with Women Music March. As I responded…
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