Ethel Merman “Now what kind of an attitude is that, ‘These things happen?’ They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, ‘These things happen,’ and that’s why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.” ~ Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel…
TNG 114 — 236
It’s been a few weeks since playing Judy’s The Number Game. Did you miss me? If you want to give it a try, follow these instructions: Today’s number is 236. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type the number 236 into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find…
WMM 2026 Day 2 — Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf Édith Giovanna Gassion (b.12/29/15 – d. 10/10/63) known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France’s greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century. Early LifeThe name “Édith” was inspired by British nurse Edith Cavell,…
WMM 2026 Day 1 — Katrina Leskanich (from Katrina and the Waves)
Welcome, Music Lovers! Here we are, in the SEVENTH Women Music March! I hope you are looking forward to the next 31 days of music by creative female singers, songwriters, instrumentalists, and band leaders. Thanks to a question by Jim Adams, I was reminded not everyone is familiar with Women Music March. As I responded…
#SLS March Birthdays (was Women Music March 2023 – Day 14 – Patty Griffin)
I started googling for March Musician Birthdays and then wondered if I had already written up someone who had a March birthday. Voila! Patty Griffin. As you will see in the title, this was first posted in March 2023. I went to wikipedia to see if there were updates on her discography, etc. and edited…
FFF 69 — Muskegon Museum of Art visit 022626
“Twister Again” by Alice Aycock I’m late with my post because yesterday was a busy day out in the community. First was book club, where we discussed Chapter 2 of Women Who Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola-Estes. Chapter 2 is deconstructing the Bluebeard Myth and how it applies to women being exploited…
dVerse Tuesday Poetics — Northern Winter Drama
Northern Winter Drama We are gauze wrapped,warped scratchy cocoons,suffered abrading wounds,suspended trapped torsos. We twist, resigned captives,winter’s frostbitten hairshirts, prey of waking hibernation,doomed chattels until melt. In full swing of Spring:All this happened, more or less. Punam is today’s host of dVerse’ Poetics Tuesday. Punam says:The following are some opening lines. Please choose…
Tao Talk 