Looking for the water lily attribution, I came across this story. Totally forgotten, but it’s not bad. Gollum learned to train crows in the mountains as an act of desperation and hope. It was done in an effort to have minions who could scour the land in hopes of catching sight of his golden ring, …
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To Chris, One of the Angels (was#FFFC — Angels Unaware)
I’m reposting this in remembrance of the passing of Chris Cornell 7 years ago today. First posted 11/25/2019. I was forty-two years old when the bus hit me. I died instantly, suddenly finding myself floating upwardly to that place that you only know is real once you’re headed there. One of the first things I…
#MMB 2024 Week 7 (repost of Music That Strikes a Chord: Cat Stevens, “Longer Boats”)
(First posted 11/28/20) Surfing the electronic database at the library last week, Cat Stevens popped into my head. I used to have more than just his “Foreigner” album; I had “Matthew & Son” and “Tea for the Tillerman.” “Tea for…” was borrowed; on the way out to my mom’s this past week, I listened to…
dVerse — Poetics — Hara-tsuzumi (Belly Hand Drum) (was quadrille 106)
It had been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute. —Tom Robbins, Villa Incognito Shaded sepia Bipedal bandit Bushy chase Big bouncing balls Pendulous paunch Youkai icon Kin to kitsune Debaucherous ninja Shapeshifter Picaresque player For human games Saucy cane rapper Visiting trickster Deals the cards Laid back fun…
“Every Time it Snows,” Olivia Newton-John and Jon Secada (repost from 2020)
Jon Secada and Olivia Newton-John I originally posted this at Song Lyric Sunday. It is especially poignant for me because of Olivia’s passing in 2022. Wishing each person reading and listening a peaceful day near those you love. I first heard the song on the day I posted about it last month during…
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…
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…
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