Category: counter culture

Music Monday ~ Here Comes that Girl / Boy

.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Super Stars Who’s that Girl is my favorite video by the Eurythmics. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart are legendary. And how much fun they are having in Would I lie to You. Sweet Dreams mesmerized me. Here Comes the Rain is just lovely. Reminds of Wuthering Heights.   And, man – wow! So many legends […]

Read More

Wednesday Writing Prompt 20 – in your bones

.Reading time 1 minute.

Prompt “Freedom is no fear.” – Nina Simone video of Nina Simone from GirlTrek On Writing Breathe the sentence in. Exhale the sentence. Inhale and exhale each word. Now inhale and exhale the sentence. Then, go! There is only one rule, keep your hand moving. Don’t worry about grammar, spelling, or punctuation. If you feel […]

Read More

Stand Back and Breathe

.Reading time 11 minutes.

I have lately been so heartbroken and angry about all that has happened in the last week (last months, last years). When I see George Floyd’s face it is all I can do to not cry. And today one of my friends told me she hasn’t touched, let along hugged, another person since March 11 […]

Read More

Broken Arrow – Broken Heart

.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Keep doing what you love, everybody. Please! I know what you do ripples out into the world and makes it a better place. 

Read More

What have you got?

.Reading time 8 minutes.

I keep reminding myself to ask – what’s the gift? There is definitely the gift of going deep (no choice?), getting real, and looking fear and anger directly in the eye and allowing it’s expression by asking – what have you got?

Read More

Music Monday ~ Back when it was easy

.Reading time 2 minutes.

Romeo Void If time itself was his demeanor There’d be no sunlight or a glimmer Of sunlight landin’ on the street Some say girls must be discreet Some say girls must be discreet Nursing their fathers locked inside They masqueraded as his bride I might like you better If we slept together I might like […]

Read More