Joan Jett with Laurie McAllister wiki: Joan Marie Larkin, aka Joan Jett (b. 9/22/58) was born at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, to James and Dorothy Larkin. She is the oldest of three children. Her father was an insurance salesman and her mother was a secretary. In 1967, Jett’s family moved to Rockville, MD, where she attended…
Month: March 2025
dVerse OLN 381 and 3/18 Poetics Tuesday: Ode to My Granddaughter
Ode To My Granddaughter(fashioned upon Keat’s, “Ode to a Nightingale”)My bones ache and weariness pervades;My qi wanes as it disperses to four winds,Sucked away, gone into vastness of space.It’s time for time’s reckoning; its vortex spins.But you, Dear Granddaughter, dancingThere, singing melodious beats among trees.You, fresh sprung youth, no concept of worry,We watch you, so…
Women Music March 2025 – Day 27 Laurie McAllister (The Runaways, The Orchids, Baby Roulette and The Rave Ons)
Laurie McAllister(the site this came from has some excellent photos of The Runaways) Best job ever. Laurie Hoyt, stage name Laurie McAllister, was born in Eugene, OR. (b. 6/26/57 – d. 8/25/11.) She was a bassist who is perhaps best remembered for being the last one to play in the influential 1970s all-girl rock band, the…
MMB 2025 March — Tax Free, from “Dog Eat Dog” by Joni Mitchell
This time I looked for a Joni Mitchell song that included march in the title or lyrics and found Tax Free. Tax Free is on Joni’s 1985 album, “Dog Eat Dog,” her 12th studio album and her 2nd album under Geffen. The album was co-written by Joni and Larry Klein, where the wiki “liner note”…
dVerse Q220 Seed (with update)
SeedKindly gardener frees asfreeze subsides. Warm,unfurled, gives thanks.Once shallow engraved,its green now etches topsoil, a sign life continues after fall. Dry, miniscule,forgotten in an icy sleep,its purpose suspended,put in a packet, shelved,until sold as commodity. 032425: snow still left at 4:22pm The photo is of a stevia seed that sprouted overnight. Last year we walked…
Johnny Cash at San Quentin
I bought this album (CD) awhile back, used, through discogs and have listened to it a few times when I got it. Looking for something to listen to while cooking dinner on Monday not on the computer or spotify, I picked it from the rack. Maybe it’s because of the times we are living in…
#FF — Melatonin Cushion, or Rude Awakening
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Melatonin Cushion The melatonin worked. Nothing interrupted my floating sleep last night. Absent was the recurring nightmare of headlights, fire, a blanketing black umbrella-like claw descending upon Fremont, the smell of smoke, and the cacophony of sirens and screams. Refreshed after sleeping soundly for the first time in months, I…
Tao Talk 