( got blues? )

A grandfather told a story today -- not my own, but someone else's. It must be part of grandparental training, to be able to compose silly stories on the fly. This is what he told ( Read more... )

something cropped up in last night's blog-feed that begged to be shared.

“life will break you ( Read more... )

dear universe,
( i've been busy watching the day )

this week's 'a softer world' strip struck a little close to home....


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unbearable heat. a night spent on the couch, in front of the air conditioner.
this too shall pass.

a cool breeze nicked from greatpoets:

Now comes the long blue cold ( Read more... )

cover songs are possibly more interesting than remixes. with the latter, it's a creative manipulation of the source material itself....but i love what people manage to do when they offer their own perspective on someone else's work. they'll place different emphasis on certain lines or verses, mess with timing, alter some of the notation, omit an ( Read more... )

there's one problem with wearing one's heart on one's sleeve.
sometimes sleeves get all muddy and torn at the elbows.

listing the attributes of charming, eligible young bachelors did nothing to help.
neither did this.

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head up, eyes open, keep moving forward ( Read more... )

my favourite current artist has covered
my favourite childhood singer's theme song
for the best film of an awkward adolescence:
made. of. awesome.

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conversations have been cropping up all week on the the nature of religion as stumbling block for action (ie. the pervasive attitude that all will be made better if one sits back and prays about it), ( Read more... )

Wind - Shinkichi Takahashi

Give it words,
Stick limbs on it,
You won't alter essence.
Whereas the wind-

I'll live gently
As the wind, flying
Over the town,
My chest full of sparrows.

words pass for so many stumbling blocks, some days i'm ashamed to call this my mother tongue.
( in which we wander for a while )