Peter at Peter’s Pondering helped me to decide to highlight Kate Bush today. Thanks Peter! I wasn’t aware she had done several collaborations with Peter Gabriel. Today was the first time hearing this song. I’m quite taken with it and the music video. Catherine “Kate” Bush CBE [Most Excellent Order of the British Empire] (born…
WPP #1 — Said Mrs. Thomas McDonagh
Said Mrs. Thomas McDonagh Ears awake or drowned with sleep hear wailing Realize the voice I hear’s my own grevious flame Bound with a rough rope of sorrow in the dark Round the clock dying, anchored in the dark You’re beneath soil so far away, silently wailing Lost to smiles and hugs and home hearth’s…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #127
“There’s an opposite to déjà vu. They call it jamais vu. It’s when you meet the same people or visit places, again and again, but each time is the first. Everybody is always a stranger. Nothing is ever familiar.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke When love has ended Each night’s dreamed beginning is blessed deja…
Novelty Song Friday #2 — Bugs by Pearl Jam
I remember the first time I heard “Bugs” I thought what the HECK is this?? With the COVID-19 pandemic occurring as I type, this song fits right in. Vitalogy is the third studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released November 22, 1994, through Epic Records. Pearl Jam wrote and recorded Vitalogy while touring…
#MM Music Challenge — Leaving it to others
Jim Adams is the astral projection admiring host of Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Music Challenge. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [“I’d Love to Change the World,” by Ten Years After, written by Alvin Lee] and use it for a short story, a piece of flash fiction, or a poem that you can share…
Women Music March #13 — Judee Sill
I just learned about the existence of Judee Sill. The songs I listened to remind me of Joni Mitchell. She also spent time in Laurel Canyon. After the lyrics to the song I have included a short documentary the BBC did on Judee. Judith Lynne Sill (October 7, 1944 – November 23, 1979) was an…
Make your own hand sanitizer
For those getting frantic for hand sanitizer to ease your mind but can’t find any at the store, I’ve come across a recipe to make your own. This is from Lisa Taormino RN, BSN, ASN, BS, which came to me from Penn Herbs email newsletter: If you’re running into empty shelves when you go shopping…
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