Looking through the music folder, Steely Dan jumped up and volunteered. Anyone who knows The Dan knows that choosing a song from a long list of great ones isn’t easy. Scrolling through the first disc of Citizen Steely Dan’s box set, I found, “My Old School.” Never really knew much more about the song than…
Month: December 2023
#SLS — Top 40 Charter — “Would I Lie to You,” by Eurythmics
Eurythmics 1985 When we started putting it down the song had a lot of energy and inspired Annie to come up with the great lyric, ‘Would I Lie To You” and a melody with very odd answering harmonies, ‘Now, would I say something that wasn’t true.’ These harmonies are very unusual and Annie is a…
The Oracle Speaks — Dirty
soft belly marble colors me champagne broken baby working to heal in caramel corduroy of melt embrace poetry fly a naked fool for need never haunts air fire flower fever cake blushy red with joy growl hot moist magic make dirt of this time only doing is sacred top image link Magnetic poetry using the…
24SSPC 12 Heavy Snow (2nd Week, Dec 7-20) Taisetsu
Why does winter choose unvarnished midnight to gift clarity of truth? Cold capriciousness may mercifully be veiled — white breath’s forgetting. Late to the party but finally here. I chose to write using the 12th of the 24 forms, mondo, where it can be written with 2 people or one person writing both parts. I…
Friday Favorite Feature 17 — pics from this week
I met up with family at Meijer Gardens again on Tuesday (they are open late on Tuesdays.) While there I snapped a shot of the Diwali sand art. Today was my 2nd visit back to the beauty spa for a massage. SO happy I decided to go back. The setting is so much better looking,…
#FF — Just One Volunteer
PHOTO PROMPT © Susan Rouchard I am surprised by the small pink envelope in my mailbox. Martha’s invitation reads: Please celebrate with me. Date: December 31 Time: 11pm Place: Organza’s Opera House My friends and I have no idea what it is about, but we are intrigued because Organza’s has been closed for twenty years….
Doodads — yard this weekend
This had to be one of the most uneventful weekends of all time, which isn’t a bad thing. Low-key in a global realm of increasing chaos is respite. My only complaint is relentless grey cloud cover. Looking out today, there were a few cloud partings with brief headlights of sun. I see a bright cloud…
Tao Talk 