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Music Notes

A blog, generally about music, usually for projects hosted by Jeff

. I may also write about the 48-Hour Media Prompt Challenge if I don't feel like writing a story or poem inspired by the given song. Other bits of poetry or different topics of discussion might end up here as well.

This is the poem which earned my blog its green ribbon, courtesy Brian K Compton

"Renewal"

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

StephBee

about 3 hours ago
In response to "The Bard's Hall, June 2025, Entry 10"

Wow, I got exhausted just reading your post. On a more serious side, I feel much like you do. I'd say: "It's the 16th, I'm almost out of time!" It sounds like you've accomplishment a lot - my Kudos to you! Thank you for blogging with Webbie and I for the Bard's Hall Blogging Contest!

Amethyst Angel 🌼

about 7 hours ago
In response to "Bubbles popping"

Ninja's United!

Nah… I’ll need to get used to juggling an iPad and possibly actually learning to type. It’s sheer laziness mostly, and it’s easier to hold a phone in bed than a tablet

I’m fortunate that wasn’t my “calling” phone, just my “scribbling“ one. Hope I didn’t sound overdramatic

Ninja's United!

about 7 hours ago
In response to "Bubbles popping"

Sorry about your phone. would you like one of us to steal borrow another one for you

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🌻 pwheeler ~ love joy peace

about 10 hours ago
In response to "Bubbles popping"

Hope your phone issues can be resolved!

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Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ

Jun 28, 2025 at 4:20pm
In response to "The Bard's Hall, June 2025, Entry 10"

Wow! Look at all the work you've done this month! Congratulations on all your writing projects throughout June. Especially joining in on the "Invalid Item"

Blogging month!

Good job!

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Jeff

Jun 28, 2025 at 11:02am
In response to "The Bard's Hall, June 2025, Entry 10"

Congrats on finishing "Invalid Item"

(and so many other writing projects)!

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AmyJo-Downhill slide begins!

Jun 28, 2025 at 7:50am
In response to "The Bard's Hall, June 2025, Entry 10"

Wow!!!

What a busy bee you are! I am exhausted just reading your achievements. Good for you! You are an inspiration~ Whereas I've to deal with the perspiration of checking stuff out. Keep up the good work, and enjoy a few days off before the next adventure begins...

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Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ

Jun 26, 2025 at 2:31pm
In response to "The Bard's Hall, June 2025, Entry 8"

It's too bad your boss at the Christian charity workshop, turned so nasty when you were able to return after a month out due to the Covid rules. I guess it made him so angry that it happened, he took it out on the employees.

It's always a good idea to keep up with cursive writing. These days the youth don't even bother anymore. I like the fact that they probably need translations for handwritten notes!

I'm guilty of not hand writing much. But, years of overworked fingers and hands led to arthritis in those joints which makes it difficult.

Great music themes to get your creativity up.

Thanks for sharing!

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Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ

Jun 25, 2025 at 1:20pm
In response to "The Bard's Hall, June 2025, Entry 7"

How cool having a Raggedy Ann and And MB commissioned. I can't wait to see it.

Also, wonderful that you placed in the Shadows & Light contest.

I don't know how you keep up with all these writing activities and contests.

Fantastic!

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Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ

Jun 25, 2025 at 1:11pm
In response to "The Bard's Hall, June 2025, Entry 6"

Radioactive was played on a loop in stores like Walmart, grocery stores, even Staples! It still pops in my head like a brain worm I can't shake.

However, I have a couple daughters living in CA who would always go to ID's concerts whenever they were in the area.

But yeah, music does attach to us in a way that's undeniable. I love background music when I'm doing stuff. It seems to make chores less "chorey."

. Writing with music playing, I believe, heightens the creative output.

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July 3, 2025 at 3:02pm

#1092737

Bubbles popping

This month's 48 Hour Media Prompt Challenge is Colbie Caillat's Bubbly, from 2007.

I'm doing a blog post directly to the website, because my offline writing phone is suddenly defunct and I'll have to make new writing habits

I'll likely be stepping back from my intense content creation of the past few months.

I'm relieved it happened precisely at the end of the month, at least, after I've completed everything I wanted to write in June. Being an LG phone, I suspect their halting (on June 30th) of any support or upgrades for the phones they're no longer making, probably had something to do with it.

There's nothing actually wrong with the phone, except that the screen no longer responds reliably to touch. Which is frustrating, especially considering I only recently reached a zenith of managing settings, storage and app updates to create an experience as sleek as a brand new phone.

I've discovered that with technology, often what kills it isn't the major functioning components; it's the secondary things that you can't use the rest of it without, such as the battery mysteriously refusing to charge, or a broken, outdated charging port, or a screen decimated not by poor maintenance but by planned obsolescence.

Since July is my anniversary month, marking two years of membership at WdC, it's a good month to pause and consider how much engagement I really have time for anyway. I love every minute of it, but I think the demise of my primary writing device is a reminder to strive for balance.

Bubbly is one of those songs that I've heard way too many times over the years. I cringe every time it appears - it will appear virtually anywhere modern music is played - because it's such an "ooshy-gooshy" song. Her childish glee in the relationship is innocent and slightly embarrassing.

From a narrative perspective, I feel like she's being led astray by her emotions. It's cute, but I don't quite understand why it became such a "void filler" of a song. It falls into the same category as other female classics from the era, I suppose: the "thousand miles" song with the unmistakable tinkly piano line, or the "feel the rain on your skin" song. Sounds we're all familiar with but never gave much thought to.

There's nothing technically wrong with Bubbly, but it just doesn't resonate with me - much like the situation with my phone!

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