Clanking and clinking, she paced back and forth across the cold cement floor, feet slapping, waiting for the cheap tin plate of stale bread crusts and rotten fruit breakfast to scrape under the door. The last time she tried to jump on his back when he entered the room meant now she was affixed to…
Month: May 2019
Coloring Club Plus — 5/11/19
Tunnel of Love is one of my most listened-to Bruce Springsteen albums. Most, if not all, of the songs are winners in my book. “Tougher than the Rest” reminds me a lot of “Thunder Road” in that he is urging a woman who may have given up on love to give it another chance –…
The Story of The House of Haggis
Image by Michael Gaida from Pixabay Rita was driving from Minneapolis to Wisconsin for the Annual Storytellers Festival that was held every year in Madison. Caught in the crosshairs of interest and talent, the organizers heard Rita telling a story in the hotel lounge last year and were impressed, as Rita was an accomplished storyteller….
Friday Dance Cha Cha Cha — Morris Day & The Time — Release It
The Time, also known as Morris Day and the Time and The Original 7ven, is an American musical group that was formed in Minneapolis in 1981. Their work has been a part of the formation of the Minneapolis sound, featuring a mix of soul music and dance music with funk, rock n roll, and more….
Coloring Club Plus — 5/10/19
The album Zooropa came out when I was buying every new U2 that came out. Zooropa is the eighth studio album by Irish rock band U2. Produced by Flood, Brian Eno, and The Edge, it was released on 5 July 1993. Zooropa remains in a class by itself as far as its sound and its…
Zigzag (Wo)man
image link My name is Baron, yes, Baron, and I’ve been robbing banks all of my life. Bank robbing and prison go together like tea and honey, like frogs and ponds; you’ll seldom find one without the other. There’s always going to be somebody saying, “Put the money in the bag.” There’s always going to…
dVerse — Lai Nouveau — JUNE
Portrait of Félicité-Louise-Julie-Constance de Durfort, Maréchale de Beurnonville (1782-1808) by by French painter Merry-Joseph Blondel Frank is the host of dVerse today. Frank has given us some more pointers on the lai nouveau form. Here is my first lai nouveau. Challenging may be an understatement on what it was like to write it! JUNE June,…
Tao Talk 