scanned copy of the drawing but the platen wasn’t big enough to capture the whole thing, so… cell phone photo of the drawing I first heard about Draw a Bird Day when I saw Kerfe Roig’s post with one. Since then I learned there is a Draw a Bird website with a gallery full of…
Month: March 2021
The Sunday Muse 150 — Forgotten Melody
Photography by Romain Thiery abandoned song in forgotten keysvacated premises, melodiesnow dust, residue from golden days when love tuned each corner with music;when the muse brought life to clay; now anabandoned song in forgotten keys windows wide we welcomed night, dancingrustles, whirling heat; now cold with still,vacated premises; melodies half-recalled, they play in the…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 7 – Fran
Maria Jacobson from Fran Fran is an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Frontwoman Maria Jacobson grew up interested in musical theater, however, became “fed up” with it while attending college. While in college, Jacobson purchased a guitar for herself to learn how to play while working at a repertory theater. After graduating from…
#Haikai Challenge #181: waters warming (mizu nurumu)
A beige skirt with white fringe.Blue fabric flutters in warmth’s light. Crystals flee in spring’s breeze;open wave promises ofplaid blankets and plover races. top photo taken in February 2020. video taken March 5, 2021. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says:Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu,…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 6 – Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox Ann Lennox OBE (born December 25, 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. Appearing in the 1983…
Book Review — “The Devil You Know: a Black Power Manifesto,” by Charles M. Blow
Progress is the wall behind which white America hides. (Even many Black leaders have absorbed and regurgitate the progress narrative.) White liberals expect Black people to applaud their efforts. But how is that a fair and legitimate expectation? Slavery, white supremacy, and racism are horrid, man-made constructs that should never have existed in the…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 5 – Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick, née Warrick, (born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, television host, and former Goodwill Ambassador for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on Billboard’s Hot 100 pop singles chart. She is one…
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