Women Music March #11 — Lucinda Williams

Today will be a two-fer.  Interestingly I just discovered that the first song is not written by Williams but sung by her; whereas the second song was written by her but the cover by Mary Chapin Carpenter is the one that hit the charts. Lucinda Gayle Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock,…

dVerse — Whispers from the beach

  A gentle sizzled whoosh of roaring speech That never takes a chance to stop and rest A voice that always whispers from the beach The sand, now zoo of footprints pressed upon From webbed and clawed escapees of the sea Do not forget when water sole was on ‘Twas muffled then in distant gurgled…

Women Music March #10 — Orla Fallon

Órlagh Mary Louise Fallon (born August 24, 1974), professionally known as Órla Fallon, is an Irish singer, songwriter and former member of the group Celtic Woman and the chamber choir Anúna. Fallon was born in Knockananna, Ireland. She plays the harp and sings traditional Irish music, most often in the Irish language. Fallon studied at…

Movies, Movies, Movies! #29 March 17, 2020

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Happy St. Patrick’s Day to All. No Irish-themed movies today, but if I may make a recommendation for one if you are in the mood to watch one? See “Ondine.” Mr. Right (2016) (netflix) Starring: Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Tim Roth, James Ransone, Anson Mount, Michael Eklund,…

Solar Sailor

Author and blogging friend, Cage Dunn, posted yesterday about a writing class that has been posted on youtube and included a link.  (Thank you, Cage!) I watched the lecture on writing a short story last night and today and followed along with the assignments.  What follows is a story I wrote from the assignments.  The…

What do you see? 21 — God’s Gift

He was a man some would call an airhead. His thoughts were either in the clouds or he was being distracted from what, or whomever, he was trying to focus on. He was frustrated by never seeing his stream of consciousness reach the delta to the ocean. He’d tried meditation, medication, and was now in…