American Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk Before his Time’s man of his own hour tick…tock ticks his jazz notes deep down cool fly by unsquare beats in arrhythmic meditative notes. Nirvana floats. from youtube comment: Just to put it all together: Thelonious Monk – piano Charlie Rouse – tenor Ben Riley – drums Larry…
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.
whitney form — winter garden
Last week I went to the Monet Garden in town. I had heard that they put bubblers in the pond to keep the fish alive and I wanted to see it for myself. Not true. No evidence of life in the pond. I did, however use the opportunity to snap a few pictures. I saw…
#FF — Shelter
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Shelter I remember my siblings and I chasing each other down wet alleys and hiding behind trash bins. We ate gritty mice and scraps of garbage – until the day we smelled something delicious in a box. We hunted it like lions. I, being boldest, pounced first. With the first…
The Second British Invasion Music Series — The Brit Box, Disc 2, Track 1, “Vapour Trail,” by Ride
Ride Tidbits: Ride are an English band formed in Oxford in 1988. The band consists of Andy Bell (vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica,) Mark Gardener (vocals, guitar,) Laurence “Loz” Colbert (drums,) and Steve Queralt (bass.) The band were initially part of the “shoegazing*” scene that emerged in England during the early 1990s. Nowhere is Ride’s debut…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #118 – February 15, 2022
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! The first four offerings are available on netflix, so if you have netflix, get to watching! Also, four of them are from 2021, which is pretty current. Don’t Look Up (2021) netflix Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan Director: Adam McKay Genres:…
dVerse — Prosery — Visitor
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper from, “Valentine,” by Carol Ann Duffy The small, square window’s bars are iron grey. Much of the time I’m a thin lump hunkered on a concrete slab, sandwiched between straw mattress and cotton feather tick. Only my capped head, bright eyes, and red nose are visible. Even…
Jumping Feed Issue and Jumping away from comment boxes — is this happening to you?
image link For a few days now if I’m reading comments in the notification column I can see the feed jumping. When I’m reading posts I clicked on from the feed and try to comment on it, the post keeps jumping away and/or to another post’s comment box. I remember before it happened an “allow…
Tao-Talk 