Happy Valentine’s Day All I’ve been trying to decide what angle to approach Valentines Day in my writing today. Valentines Day is a iconic celebration of love between two people. Not everyone has the blessings of being in reciprocal love with another person. It’s difficult not to feel like you’re missing out on this day…
Category: Pearl Jam
Coloring Club Plus — 12/8/19
This is not a straightforward holiday song, but it does contain a Christmas tree and a wish list. Reading about the album I was surprised to see it outsold No Code, as I’ve about worn No Code out but have seldom listened to Yield. Maybe I need to give it more time. Also, about the…
#SLS — Down by Pearl Jam
Jim Adams is the faithful host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week the prompt is Around/Down/Sideways/Up. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it does not fit, then please explain why you chose this song. • Please try…
dVerse — The Question as Poetry — Where can a blind man live who is pursued by bees?
Sprung squalling from red gore Starved of mother’s milk Tilted with shadow Clawing for life Unaccompanied * No echoes nor music Sliced by briars Tattered trek Storm-colored glasses Lightning blasted * Tap-tap-tap Fertility flailed Sterility prevailed Eden plowed Soft white hands * Wilderness of bees Callous calculations Stumbled careless Lulling hum – imprinted…
Coloring Club Plus — 10/18/19
Today’s Celtic letter, “E” is dedicated to Eddie Vedder, who is at the top of my music pyramid. Today’s song is one of my favorite Pearl Jam tunes of all times and that’s saying a lot. Riot Act is the seventh studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 12, 2002 through…
Coloring Club Plus — 8/4/19
The coloring has nothing to do with the post, except that it is a place I would like to take my mind to right now; a peace-inducing lily-covered pond. I was going to pick a song randomly, as usual. Then I heard about the maniac in El Paso who fired into a busy store and…
Coloring Club Plus — 8/1/19
Yes, the scribbled blue along the edges is intentional. I was experimenting with trying to give it a look like it was vibrating. Apologies are in order for another late posting. Too much life and not enough time. I stayed up late last night watching Denzel Washington in, “The Equalizer.” It’s the second time seeing…
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