image link I have to thank Jim and Ange for this week’s wide open prompt. “Grace” was an easy one to choose for several reasons. First for me is the concept of grace, as it can lift heavy burdens as if they were feathers. Secondly, the lyrics personify grace into “the name for a girl.” …
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dVerse Q231 – One Voice
One Voice Mentation works overmuchto grasp how foul memeticsdaft chiseler has strewnto infect our bloodshot world.How, with rancid spell unleashed,may we now contain it, to castwhere deep, iron-encased,unspeakable things dwell?Let us raise our voice,one song, in light. De, aka whimsygizmo, is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De would like us to write a 44-word…
dVerse — Prosery — Morning Coffee Reflections
To hurt is to steal — Bono and U2, from “Mysterious Ways” on Achtung Baby Morning Coffee Reflections She drinks her morning coffee with them. He, an introverted creeper who preyed on babysitters and kept Polaroids of children in his sock drawer; who wigged out when one of his OCD rules were violated. She, who…
FFF 63 on a Wednesday. “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” by U2 from Zooropa
Sleeve designed by Works Associates of Dublin under the direction of Steve Averill Out of the immeasurable discography of U2, Zooropa tends to get overlooked. Not casting judgment for those who are unfamiliar with the album, as it is understandable. With The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, and All that You Can’t Leave Behind – among…
Book Review — Surrender: 40 songs, one story, by Bono
image link All music comes from the water… — Bono I notice that I started the book almost a year ago. Surrendering myself to it and savoring it in small tastes was the right choice. Bono covers a lot of turf in this 500+ page autobiography. The title gives you the skeleton Bono uses to…
Acrobat by U2, Live in Berlin
image is a cutout from their album, “No Line on the Horizon”* I’ve been reading Bono’s book, “Surrender: 40 songs, one story” as a daily devotional for the past couple of weeks. Have been reading the book in bits for months now, as it is a bible, to be savored slowly. But I want to…
Holiday Season Playlist 2024
I’ve taken some songs off and added a few more to the holiday spotify playlist. Have been listening to it on repeat to try and conjure some season’s spirit.
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