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Folk music is music that people play
I had not seen Midyne in lo these many years - maybe since before I went off to college even. Not sure. A long time. So when she had a gig yesterday that was closer to (my) home than Santa Cruz, I went. It was somewhat round-robin style with her and a handful of other singer-songwriters, in a tiny coffeeshop crammed with friendly people. Towards ( Read more... ) -
NaPoWriMo
Apparently National Poetry Writing Month happens in April... 2/3 of the way through isn't too late to give it a try, right? ;) I wouldn't have thought of participating, except I ran into a community of prompts and it looked like fun. No idea if I'll follow through with this at all. In the meantime, I shall emerge from non-postingness to fling ( Read more... ) -
Dialect meme!
I've been having fun reading these, so I figured I'd introduce it to the rest of you and see if I get some more back ( Read more... ) -
TREASURES!!!
I am having this overwhelming urge to sit on my hoard and tinker with stuff, instead of doing useful things like going back to work or eating lunch ( Read more... ) -
Would you like some neurotoxins with your high fructose corn syrup?
"Product labels listing HFCS as a first or second ingredient may contain detectable levels of mercury if the HFCS was manufactured with mercury grade chlor-alkali chemicals ( Read more... ) -
Fshfshfshfshfshh!!!!!
I got a fishy! He's a blue-and-white (and pinkish and a bit silvery) delta-tail betta. Now there will be something alive in the house besides me and plants while I'm working! This is a happy thing ( Read more... ) -
Someone...
...knows me entirely too well ;p ( Read more... ) -
Not all change comes easy
In at least four cities in Georgia, tomorrow, people will be protesting CA Prop 8. Five cities in New York. Three in Iowa. Another 6 in Oregon, 4 in Kansas, 2 each in Hawaii and Alaska. And in the four states that jumped on the one-man-one-woman bandwagon this year - Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, and California - another 14, 4, 4, and 58 cities, ( Read more... ) -
Happy things from today
-peach&rose Italian soda from the Bistro. yummmmm. And wandering through the botanical garden afterward and finding a rose that smelled like my drink tasted!
-harp doodles, and playing with Jess
-Angles/IV/CS lunch with awesome people