Happy Anniversary!
Next Sunday, September 5 marks the second anniversary of the Sunday Haiku Milieu email. Two years!!
We will kick off the celebration in style over at the Sunday Haiku Milieu email. If you are not already a member…
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Kaitlin Wiza: Getting it Right
Know how you just know?
I know.
Yet, I don't know HOW I know, just THAT I know.
And as it turns out, the only time I am truly interested in knowing "how" I know is when I feel like…
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Andon Davis: Why I Do, What I do
Andon Davis. He is one of the most notorious guitar slingers on the planet, and among the least likely to call attention to himself.
Every studio album I’ve ever made has Andon on it. if I get offered a really…
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Sugar Candy
‘Sugar Candy’ is a song about grappling with aging parents. I wrote it, played it, and sang it, and Tom Ryan recorded it live at Fitzgerald’s in Berwyn, Illinois during my father's last summer.
The video is from July 2021…
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Ilsabe O’Connell-Schlingensiepen Curley: Have fun and be grateful
Ilsabe's reviews say it all: "Great lyrics, distinctively sung," "a voice that's comfortable being both playful and plaintive," and my favorite: "Wherever her muse leads her will be a place worth visiting."
Ilsabe O’Connell-Schlingensiepen Curley, in addition to being a…
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Unforgettable: Haiku Milieu at Uncommon Ground Lakeview
July 15, 2021. The 8th Haiku Milieu concert at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, and the first one live and in person since the start of the pandemic.
It was all we were hoping for and more: an incredible spectacle of friendship…
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Heather Styka: "Have you been working on anything new?"
Heather Styka: singer, songwriter, poet. She sings smart, disarming songs with vintage vocals.
I met Heather when she was just graduating college, shortly before she was the first place winner in the Big Top Chautauqua Songwriting Competition, then second place…
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Sue Fink: Sated Simply by the Description
Sue Fink is part of the July 15, 8 pm Haiku Milieu concert at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, their first Live Music show back after the pandemic, celebrating their 30th Anniversary. Seating is limited, so get your tickets now.
Sue…
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7/15/21, 8 pm Haiku Milieu returns to live performance at Uncommon Ground in Chicago
Do you know what I love? Old friends. Having them. Being them to other people. Being with the old friends of my old friends, even if we never met before.
There is a special kind of magic in old friends…
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"A Stranger to Talk To"
Each Sunday, I send the Sunday Haiku Milieu email. The first Sunday of each month is New Song Sunday, and I include a new song. Here is this month’s song, “Stranger.”
TWO VERSIONS
There are two versions: the Sunday Haiku…
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