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Music Notes

A blog, generally about music, usually for projects hosted by Jeff is Gru in #2343485

. 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 first ribbon, courtesy Brian K Compton

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Kåre เลียม Enga

about 10 hours ago
In response to "Of Extraterrestrials"

I don't worry about ETs or UFOs. I wish them well.

I use to have a garden to tend.

I only have houseplants now.

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LightinMind

about 13 hours ago
In response to "Of Extraterrestrials"

Personally speaking, I do not believe in the popular conception of alien life. Though angels, cherubim and seraphim seem like a different kind of alien.No one saw a flying saucer before the age of Sci Fi, before that it was all about angels, demons and ghosts... Scientifically speaking you mentioned a whole bunch of God incidences which make a possible context for life on this planet but then so also the Drake equation ( counting alien civilisations) assumes that the spontaneous emergence of life ( abiogenesis) occurs in nature and without Divine assistance. There is zero evidence for that making the discussion of alien life a theological one. But the bible is silent on this one and our travels so far into space have revealed only magnificent desolation.

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JACE

Sep 7, 2025 at 3:13pm
In response to "My WdC Experience in 25 Sentences"

A very impressive journey! These kind of prompts are the best way to learn about fellow members.

I love the way you set each bullet in a very visual way. I'm extremely impressed with your 10th bullet. I don't know anyone else with that level of commitment to those contests. Congrats on your successes.

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Spiritwriter 💟s HB!WDC 🥳

Sep 7, 2025 at 10:00am
In response to "Wake Me Up, by Simply Three"

I love how you frame this whole experience 😻! I'm eager to listen to this,as one who has enjoyed most genres. You pulled me into your world and saw and heard through your eyes and ears. Very awesome Angel as usual 😉🦋💖💐🎹🎻🎶🎵.
Write ✍️ on!

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Kit

Sep 6, 2025 at 11:37pm
In response to "My Thoughts on AI Generated Writing"

This is a very good post. And I agree with you.

It is getting more difficult to know if what someone wrote was really theirs - like with so many things these days there is too often that question of 'true' or 'not true' and that is such a shame - and kind of unnerving. It does cause distrust. I have seen pieces on this site where I wondered, but it can be impossible to prove. I don't know why anyone would want to post AI items here or place them in contests because any success they'd have they'd know is fake, but people can be strange. I'll just stick to my own words, for better or worse.

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iKïyå§ama-Happy 25th!

Sep 6, 2025 at 5:20pm
In response to "Nonsense Words"

Excellent!
I can vouch for having a severe case of Wonderlanditis.

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Dawn Embers

Sep 4, 2025 at 9:28pm
In response to "Of Poetry and Cheese"

So many great discussions about cheese. Just a hint from personal experience: don't microwave the individual Mac and cheese cups without water and with the cheese packet still in the cup. It will light on fire. Yeah. Oops. hehe

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Marvelous Friend

Sep 4, 2025 at 9:04pm
In response to "Of Poetry and Cheese"

I wrote a cheesy poem in my response too. lol

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🌖 HuntersMoon

Sep 4, 2025 at 4:43pm
In response to "Friends I'd Like to Meet IRL"

Amethyst Angel h✟k ♡ and Kåre เลียม Enga - Packing's not an issue. Shorts/T-shirts/flip-flops.

Haven't had a day below 89 (102 wet-bulb) in two months. Sunscreen is highly recommended. I have a spare room with a private bath, 15 feet from the pool. Let me know well in advance (at least 24 hours

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Sep 4, 2025 at 3:55pm
In response to "Friends I'd Like to Meet IRL"

I reposted to your post... in the wrong place.

Norma Jean has visited me here but we could meet up in Cebu and visit Naomi and GERVIC.

Also, I went to England in 2011; but, I'd love to start in Scotland and go down to Wales. Lots of folks to visit in the UK... pack for two weeks or better — a month!

I have 4 friends I would like to visit in Australia. That's at least two weeks or more... long trip.

Mexico... hmm...

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September 3, 2025 at 8:47pm

#1096555

A Chaotic Mind

Petra's Prompt 3:
Photo Prompt 2 Blogging Week 2025

Today's prompt from Petra is a selection of images. I've chosen this as being the one I feel the most connection to, though at first it seemed like a stretch.

I have a busy mind. At any given moment of the day, I'm fielding a million different trains of thought and at least one conversation with my mom… Usually two or three different subjects at once: what to have for lunch, what educational paths I should be taking, why spiritual care is important in the medical field, and where that pesky roll of paper towels went. While managing these multilevel conversations, I'll be thinking about things entirely unrelated to all we're talking about: the tasks I have to complete on WdC, the deadlines I have to maintain, the people I'm communicating with, four different story plotlines, usually an idea for a poem or two lurking in the background, and oftentimes there's a song playing in there as well – either one I love or one I hate.

Sometimes memories yawn wide and I find myself getting lost in remembering a certain situation or something I used to own, and while juggling everything else that's going on in my head, I slip into a state of wonderment at how much my life has changed over the past ten years. Am I a different person now? Am I better, or worse? Have I become smarter, dumber, wiser, more foolish, deeper, shallower? Where am I going? Where did I come from anyway?

I spend a lot of time debating different worldviews within myself. I educate myself on all perspectives, yet the more I read, the less I seem to be able to decide on the validity of any one way of looking at life. Sometimes I'm an absolute nihilist, and sometimes I'm ready to give my heart to Jesus. Sometimes I would rather be a Muslim lady, and sometimes Islam seems to be an ominous force to be reckoned with. Some days I ask why I bother getting up in the morning; other days I go through the motions with numb acquiescence.

With so much going on in my head, it's a wonder I can get anything coherent done at all. I maintain strict goal plans to keep myself on track, otherwise I quite honestly wouldn't know one day from the next and would lose motivation entirely. I call myself “scatterbrained” sometimes, but that's probably an oversimplification.

This morning, my mom randomly mentioned the time a contractor showed up at our house without notice and started clomping around on our roof. We didn't know anyone was there until we heard the racket. When we confronted him, he told us our roof needed a few shingles replaced and he knew where to get them, and fled. This was close to twenty years ago, in Tennessee, when I was a kid.

I don't know exactly why Mom started talking about this, but it sent me on a personal trip down memory lane, back to the time shortly after that, when we did end up getting a different set of contractors to replace the whole roof. As a solitary homeschooled kid, this was the most exciting thing going on at the time. It imprinted itself quite vividly, in scenes now jumbled and sensory relics.

The noise level was unlike anything I'd experienced previously: a gas generator roaring, an air compressor blasting, nail guns shooting, a radio blaring music, shouting and hollering and chainsaws and roof-stomping chaos. It was deafening. Being the height of summer in the southeastern US, it was unbearably hot and humid, and on the shingled roof, the air was even more scorching. The men were all sweaty and shirtless, which made me uncomfortable (I grew up without a man in the home.) But I helped out by refilling their water bottles with ice cold filtered water from our refrigerator… (Why didn't they bring coolers, I'm only now thinking to ask?)

While replacing the roof, they also cut down a weeping crabapple growing against the corner of the house. The roots were interfering with the septic system, and the branches were making the roof rot. I missed the spring blossoms, but overall it was a fairly ugly tree, old, oversized and crusty.

When the “adventure” was all over a few days later, I wrote a story about it, through the eyes of my stuffed animals. I sent them wandering outside, getting lost in the tangle of tree branches from the fallen crabapple and dodging piles of burning hot, crumbling, ripped-up shingles while trying to hear each other over the din. That manuscript has long disappeared, and my memories are pretty fragmentary.

I find it fascinating, upon closer examination, that my mode of processing something so unusual was not to simply make a record of it in a straightforward way, but rather to fictionalize it and view it from a different perspective entirely.

So… A glimpse into the workings of my mind and a little experience turned into a kiddy story, now fading into the ashes of time. Thanks for reading

Words: 845.

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September 3, 2025 at 8:20am

#1096460

Au Revoir, by OneRepublic

My third choice for the Barrel of Monkeys is OneRepublic's Au Revoir, a deep cut from their 2013 album Native. It has somewhere over 25 million streams on Spotify, which qualifies it for the challenge.

What it Sounds Like

Dreamy and drifting, Au Revoir floats by with synths and strings, crafting a cryptic, moody and mysterious atmosphere with one of 1R’s signature extended instrumental sessions. I'm so used to listening to it on poorer quality earbuds, that it sounds almost uncomfortably loud on my better ones I purchased last summer. If I set the volume one notch lower, it will probably put me to sleep…

What It Means

Lead singer, songwriter and producer Ryan Tedder uses the metaphors of packing away board games to speak of subtle changes in a relationship. His poetic skill makes the song sound like it's about so much more than that, however. Transcendent is a good word to describe what 1R songs are.

“Au revoir” is, of course, the French term for goodbye, farewell, or safe travels. It is never actually spoken in the song, but it is implied that the old life is fading away to be replaced by better versions of oneself and significant others.

Personal Significance

I love Au Revoir! It's one of the cornerstones of my 1R experience, forming pictures in my head and living in my heart even when I hadn't played it in ages. I've made many artworks inspired by it and used it often in my cursive handwriting practice. Sometimes, the most beautiful songs need the least explanation. Enjoy

Words: 260.

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