Probably flash, though I should get some poems going. I don't write as much of them as I could.

Read a sprawling multipart series or multiple standalone novels?

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I think I may listen to a lot of music today.

Music is certainly what works for me a lot of the time. Probably not the same music that you listen to (unless you also happen to be a fan of Nightwish and Floor Jansen) but music nonetheless.

Some really yummy looking stuff up there. Raspberry streusel should go well with an afternoon tea (Yorkshire Gold).

Hope your day got better or at least that you got some writing going.

Zero Dark Thirty

Ghost Love Score - Nightwish

Calm seas make best sailing.

Maybe work on a puzzle. I watch enough TV.

Jigsaw with a really nice picture or Jigsaw that's a real challenging one?

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It differs from poetry, which is what I seem to gravitate towards.

They are different but I think they also interact. Just look at my posts about Leonard Cohen in the poets poll thread. And it is not just him, other songwriters have also been published poets (the late Gord Downie of Canadian alt-rockers The Tragically Hip comes to mind). Most lyrics are poetry in form, but then also need to adapt to the flow of music, which is where the difference comes in. Great lyrics are usually also great poetry, and lyric poetry is a genre for a reason, but the reverse is not necessarily true.

And keep in mind that we often see ancient works as poems that were actually sung in their day. The Psalms come to mind. While there are hymns and other works that are settings of them, we often encounter many of them as readings, in spoken word rather than musical form. Greek lyric poetry is mostly like that, too.

I have contemplated songwriting as well but I am not sure how one writes lyrics without a tune and while I dearly love music, I am terrible at it from a performance standpoint. So I would likely have to take an existing melody and adapt to it unless I found someone more adept at music than I to write me a tune (though I have occasionally had tunes in my head for my poems). Someone else was musing about this in a thread somewhere on here recently as well.

Good morning. We are well-endowed with goodies now that Cora is back. I will put on some Tobermory Grotto coffee to go with those. Maybe some David's Breakfast and Buddha's Blend for teas. Washed the pitchers and made fresh iced tea and lemonade. Sodas are stocked.

How goes it? Still steamy here and isn't improving much in the coming days, either.

Xanadu

Humour helps keep us sane.

Winter, probably. Heat and humidity bothers me more than cold. If it wasn't for shoveling, I would be fine with winter.

Halloween party or Christmas party?

Endless Love - Diana Ross and Lionel Richie

Creep - Radiohead

We are getting close to the release of the third studio album from Laufey. Born in Iceland to Icelandic and Chinese parents, she's been making waves in the music world with her updated version of classic 40s-60s jazz-pop. She is multi-talented, singing, playing three instruments, and writing lyrics for her albums. Her twin sister Junia is along for the ride, not as a musician (though she does play violin) but as "Creative Director" which means, among other things, she directs a lot of Laufey's videos. The latest single is a mournful reflection on the impact of society's focus on the appearance of female artists.

To give you an idea of how big she has become, Laufey's 2025 tour is an arena tour, meaning venues more commonly associated with big name rock bands and the likes of Taylor Swift.

Annalise - Egbert

Earned income comes from jobs.

Seal

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My statement was a little misleading. After rereading it, I stated, "30 years ago was the Oklahoma City bombing." The bombing took place on 19 April 1995. 30 years ago, is when the bombers were indicted on 10 August 1995. Sorry for the mix-up. My brain wanders between thoughts sometimes. Reading an article about the indictment pushed my brain back to that terrible day in April of that year.

No worries. I knew it was around that time, at least that it happened after I got married in 1993, so I wasn't going to question it.

I am ... waiting for my wife to get home with lunch (she is picking up takeout after playing badminton).

Tough call between the kebabs and key lime tarts but I love key lime so I guess that's where I'll land.

Good morning. Still in a heat warning here. 33C with a humidex (how it feels with humidity factored in) around 40. Supposed to be rainy tomorrow and then cooler.

Toying with stories but progress is slow. Between work and life, writing gets short shrift much as I enjoy doing it.

Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley

Thought vapes were more the thing these days? Though pipes certainly fit the literary hoidy-toidy image better.

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I only know him from "Hallelujah."

I'm actually a bit sick of "Hallelujah". It's far from his best in my opinion. Good, but not his best. Though that's a very long list. "Suzanne" may actually still be my favourite. It was his first hit dating to 1966 and first published as a poem before Judy Collins and Cohen himself both released it as a single. I discovered Cohen in high school (early eighties) and this was one of the songs that hooked me.

From one of his final tours.

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30 years ago was the Oklahoma City bombing. I was a first responder on the scene.

Vibes, mate. I remember seeing the footage at the time and being appalled. To actually be doing search and recovery there? Wow. I can't even imagine.

I'll toss the late, great Canadian poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen into the mix. While he achieved his greatest fame outside Canada as a singer-songwriter, esp. the latter, he was already an award-winning poet before his first album came out. Even his two published novels (a third was put out by his estate after his death but I have not got to it) have a poetic feel to them. And many of his best songs stand quite nicely on their own as poems if you read them rather than listening to the songs. I have Stranger Music, a "collected works" volume of his poetry and lyrics that came out relatively late in his career and it is an impressive collection. It came out before the last book of poetry and the final 2 or 3 albums, but it's close enough to a career retrospective. The big hits like "Suzanne" and "Hallelujah" are all there.

(you didn't post a new question again)

Probably in a gym but I have never plaid beach volleyball so who knows? Try it and I might like it.

Earbuds or headphones?

Lime

I am ... rocking out to some metal and punk posted by a friend on another site.

You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones

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That’s so cool! 😊

Yes, but I'm sure there'll be a raft of toxic males having opinions about it. I hope she stays off social media for a few days or weeks after this. Of course, that may not help if the toxic male-in-chief speaks out about it. 🙄

Fantastic that it happened, though. Long overdue. Is there even a women's pro baseball league like there is for soccer, hockey, and basketball?

(The) Vampire Lovers