Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow by Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull (2003) The Jethro Tull Christmas Album is the 21st studio album released by Jethro Tull, on September 30, 2003. As of 2019, it is the band’s most recently released studio album. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow is the song I chose from this album. Through long December nights we talk in words…

New Poetry Anthology out in 2023: Hidden in Childhood

A new poetry anthology is on the horizon.  My poetry has been accepted to be part of this anthology.  Gabriela Marie Milton is the editor for the offering from new publishing house, Literary Revelations.  I’m honored to be a part of an important anthology that will be sharing childhood memories of all kinds.  Please be…

The Pretenders — 2000 Miles

This is an edited repost from 2019 Per wikipedia: “2000 Miles” is a song by The Pretenders that was released in 1983 as the preceding single to their 1984 album Learning to Crawl. It was most popular in the UK, where it peaked at No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1983. In…

dVerse — MTB — Without You

Dusk tiptoes in with its shadow feetColors slip away, leaving silhouettesBirds huddle in pine; bare trees stand,Silent witnesses to nighttime rituals —All reminders of my cold, empty bed.   Grace is today’s host for dVerse’ Meet the Bar, for our final prompt of 2022.  Grace says:Write a Zen poem.  See you all in 2023!

Dave’s Christmas Questionnaire

Happy Holidays Collage Dave got it from Keith, and I’m answering here and linking up to them.  Please feel free to join in in answering in any fashion you wish.  The more the merrier! 1.24th or 25th? The 24th was always when we’d go to maternal grandparents’ house when kids, with the potluck and opening…

Book Review — Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders

“His mind was freshly inclined toward sorrow; toward the fact that the world was full of sorrow; that everyone labored under some burden of sorrow; that all were suffering; that whatever way one took in this world, one must try to remember that all were suffering (none content; all wronged, neglected, overlooked, misunderstood), and therefore…