Jenny Bienemann

From September 18, 2017, the second week of Haiku Milieu: 

"Here, let me show you," 
she said.  "There's always a way," 
Then she just did it.

This photo and haiku is from four years ago.  The start of the second…

Happy 4th Anniversary of Haiku Milieu.

Wait - you're saying, didn't we have an anniversary last week? 

Yes!  Last week was the 2nd Anniversary of the Haiku Milieu Sunday Email. 

THIS week, we celebrate the 4th Anniversary of the first…

Happy 2nd Anniversary!  

I started posting a haiku and image on September 10, 2017, and the Sunday Haiku Milieu email launched on September 1, 2019. Special thanks to Cathie Van Wert Menard, who's helped with the design of this email…

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…

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…

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…

‘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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Ashley & Simpson are Jennifer Ashley and Joel Simpson. Jennifer is a classically trained pianist, and also plays guitar and banjo; Joel plays guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo and bass.  

Ashley & Simpson are folk scene favorites.  They bring traditional and…

RelationSHIP 

not everything  
has to go on forever  
to be a success  
   
a relationship  
after all is said and done  
is merely a ship  
   
sailing the high seas  
one wave after another  
of more aliveness  
   
though you set the course  …