I don’t remember the first time I heard, “Spill the Wine,” but I do remember being mesmerized by it. Flutist Charles Miller feels like the Pied Piper* as the protagonist is led to an altered reality as he decides to lay down in the grass on that hot summer day. I love how sounds and…
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Music that strikes a chord — “John Brown” Bob Dylan song cover by State Radio
State Radio, performing live at Terminal 5 in NYC on 11/23/07 I’m in the process right now of listening to a 4-cd set of Bob Dylan covers by other musicians, called, “Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan.” I am very much enjoying this set and must thank the library system for having…
#FFFC 76 — War Wounds
After the war left, memories of those now gone remained. Not only the dozens she knew and loved who were killed or died, but the dismembered and maggot-chewed corpses lining ditches wherever she walked. In the light of day they receded into the mists under the shadows of trees. But as the sun followed its…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #128
War is hell. You can’t photograph a flying bullet, but you can capture genuine fear. When I read this, an image of a cat toying with a mouse comes to mind. Especially when there is a power imbalance, it is easy to instill genuine fear between the parties. Who is it who said that it…
dVerse — quadrille — Forever Young
Plaster casts taken from soldiers’ mutilated faces (top row), new sculpted faces (bottom row), and final masks (on the table) sit in the studio of Anna Coleman Ladd in 1918. American Red Cross/Anna Coleman Ladd papers/Archives of American Art/Smithsonian Institution Boys of sixteen , knuckles cracking to join Horse clippered skinheads Excited clumps, dazed…
Coloring Club Plus — 5/26/19
The “P” coloring today is for Poppies. I colored it for poppies. The Dream of the Blue Turtles is the first solo album by English musician Sting, released in the United States on 1 June 1985. The album reached number three on the UK Albums Chart. It reached number two on the Billboard 200. In…
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