Did you notice? I took a little side trip this week. I decided to write haiku based on what I drew, rather than what I spied with my little eye in my surroundings.
This was kind of a big deal…
Love is the antidote to hate.
So much loss lately.
Robin and I have lost 2 friends to Covid, one who was a year younger than I am, and in robust health. We just went through St. Patrick’s Day, our first without my Dad, and for…
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Jim Bizer, Annie Capps: April 23: Haiku Milieu Duos Virtu-Concert
Life is not the same. Yet, slowly, surely, like the flowers of spring, live music is returning.
We tread cautiously, holding the urge to return to life alongside the knowing that it can never be the same. In a few…
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Writing and (w)ripening
Someone asked, how do you make time for this to become part of your life? How do you even find time to write? That’s a good question, I thought.
Let's start with when. When does this happen exactly?
Well let’s…
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Jenny Bienemann: It sure looks easier than it is.
It sure looks easier than it is.
Teaching, that is.
I say this with the certitude only someone who has taught a mere four classes over two days, can say. And, I was co-teaching! Robin Bienemann and I did it…
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Jenny Bienemann: ‘TIS THE SEASON TO GIVE – give something up, that is
Jenny Bienemann: ‘TIS THE SEASON TO GIVE – give something up, that is
I have given up so many things, so many ways, so many times.
You learn a lot when you let go. That’s why it is important that…
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Jenny Bienemann: Listen to your little voice.
Before you read this, take a look at these videos: Welcome in the Light and Your Own Cup.
I get excited.
A wonderful new venue in Arlington Heights, Hey Nonny, has invited Robin and me to take over the…
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Jon Langford: Seventeen sensuous syllables
Want to do something fun? Watch Jon Langford's Haiku Milieu song, Tears like Stars Must Fall.
Jon Langford. He's the real deal. I'm going to guess you know that already. Visual artist, musician, poet, writer. The Mekons. The Waco…
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Kate FitzGerald: The Bread and the Circus
Before you read this, enjoy Kate's "We Get to the End" video for the Haiku Milieu Series.
Kate FitzGerald. 'Tis Herself. She can be nothing other than herself. This is a quality I admire and wish to emulate. But somehow…
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Gerald Dowd: Collaboration is Scary
Gerald Dowd. I had seen him on stage. I had been on stage with him. But I had never really “seen” him, until a Christmas show hosted by Rachel Drew at Sylvie’s.
He took the stage. “Oh good,” I thought…
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