I wasn’t famous.I wasn’t even almost famous.But I was there . . .— Chris O’Dell I first learned about this book from Max from Powerpop… An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture Blog when he wrote a review of it and was immediately intrigued and interested in learning tasty tidbits about all of the people named…
Author: Lisa or Li
mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.
Friday Favorite Feature 22 — “Pete’s Dad,” by Porno for Pyros
l. – r. Perkins, Stefano, LeNoble, Farrell When I heard Porno for Pyros’ song, “Pete’s Dad,” it hit me that I know so many band names while simultaneously not knowing much of anything about the band itself. Too much music, too little time! “Pete’s Dad,” is on my Spotify favorites list of songs I’ve gleaned…
#FF — Bring a Suit!
PHOTO PROMPT © Jennifer Pendergast After city dwelling for sixty years I moved into a northern berg. A week after moving into the bungalow on Main Street, I found Roslyn’s Cafe. I walk the block each morning for a cuppajoe, the senior breakfast special, and the hum of human conversation. Over time, I even began…
24 SSPC 17 Early Cold (3rd week) (Jan 5- 20) Shokan and dVerse OLN 354 — cold magic
cold magic winter’sheavy blue gloombreeds ill under dark cloudsuntil startling white blankets fallwith cheer short days,where life craves light,season’s noc comes too soon;orange embers, imagined sun,brings warmth I walkto the mail boxin swirling wind-flowers;dainty dancing crystals grace eyelashes tunnelsarch across road,a winter wonderland!where moisture weaves its cold magicsnow globe pine boughsdroop dreadfullyin clinging heavy snowwith…
dVerse — Prosery — train wreck
But that smile was the last smile To come upon her face. — Dudley Randall, Ballad of Birmingham Lolita had been trained that being white and pretty gave her advantage — and that she was never to tell what she and daddy did in secret. She’d been raised from infancy by Ruth, who’d come to…
Hey You (free verse)
image link Hey You Not going to name any name(s)but there’s a sneaking suspicionthat one of my commentors hasbegun using AI commenting, atleast some of the time. When Ihave fully focused on reading hundreds of your comments overthe years and suddenly I read whatsounds like a stranger, a pall iscast over you. Like losing an…
#SLS — “Vänner och Fränder” (translated to Friends and Relatives) by Garmarna
Garmarna I went out to Spotify and found a playlist someone made of 100 of the best Scandinavian songs, but after sampling many of them I wasn’t too keen on the musical tastes of the person who put the list together. Then I put a search on Scandinavian musical artists and started scrolling until I…
Tao Talk 