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I'm so partial to a bright sky
I'm so partial to a bright sky wake up on a summer morning and it feels like HOPE maybe I'm similar to those flowers that close up on a cold desert night and then open up when the sun hits? but give me a bright morning with hope and my eyes open my heart opens and perhaps my ability to talk wakes up too! lately, it occurs…
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In the summertime
In the summertime I have time to take care of the yard. It’s much less complicated than the yard at my old house, but there’s more land here so there is the potential for more improvement. This year, my son and I want to extend the lawn behind the garage and also fence in the area next to the garage. (My son wants more…
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I know life isn't fair
While I am intellectually aware of this fact, I don't usually dwell on it. However, today I feel like there's a big ugly speaker loudly broadcasting an announcement at me. It's repeating: "Remember, life isn't fair. Don't expect it to be. Just go back to work." I HATE this message. I really do.
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Fontaines DC
What do you think about these guys? It's only my opinion, but for me they are one of the most important band right now! Post Punk wave is one of the biggest revelation since early 2000!
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Pearl Jam Autographed Poster
Hello, Sadly I am looking to sell some of my PJ posters including this signed one by the group including Boom. Please PM for more information or email me at cstoops@pga.com 2010 Newark Professionally framed. Purchased at an auction in seattle last year benefitting an art studio. I will add some non signed posters that I am…
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Square
04 March 2025 Tariffs drop like pieces of lead in pencil points ripping boundaries, and generational contracts fading into unrecognizable cursive. Today starts navy before expanding into unrelated colors. Coffee brews. Pen on paper. Music through the speakers. My head jerks to the past few weeks or months when today…
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Tiny Desk Submission 2025
First time I did one of these.
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Haiku Thread
bare branches from separate trees cross dreamcatcher
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Light Language/Linguistics - is band aware?
I'm just figuring out that I've been channeling light language as long as I can remember. Google it - it's really fascinating. I saw a reel of Ed dancing live in concerts and I'm CONVINCED he has done it, too. Light language can be expressed vocally, with hands (think mudras), dancing, various forms of art, produced in…
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29 January 2025
Rescind dangerous words and close your drooling wallet. Some New Year resolutions falter but this memo crashes. I know the spoken word, united AGs defend states vernacularly.
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Sharing a poem that will feature in my forthcoming poetry book this year that I am dedicating to PJ
In honor of Pearl Jam's new and amazing album Dark Matter and the tour about to launch, I want to share a poem I wrote a few years ago that happens to share the same title. How I love that this is the title of their new album! It is about leaving my abusive husband and the life I'd known with him, devoted to him and…
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Art
Today I was going through some of my music memorabilia and remembered I had this piece. I bought in a record shop in Spokane Washington about 10 years back a local artist had made this and it’s a piece on the band the guy only made 2 and luckily I was able to get one it’s definitely a cool piece on the left you have Eddie…
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The day after
The day after even the weather was awful grey and dreary the sky was crying oh, the clouds were fitting I felt heartbroken on Wednesday morning while Monday night there was so much hope in the air, and Tuesday was a surprisingly bright day: with sun shining, birds singing, leaves turning red, orange and yellow by the…
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There's a blank page and I'd like to fill it
Do you remember when the place was hoppin’? Full of an assortment of beautiful souls and kooks Some were noisy odd ballers, others were quietly profound and sincere I often felt lost in the crowd Or, at least, somewhat hidden despite my Valentine sleeves Just, a cheerful chatterbox Being driven by love ever hopeful I…
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Smoke signals from a neighboring island
Smoke signals from a neighboring island Or maybe dots and dashes tapped out on a Marconi machine? some idea of mine that needs to be catapulted into an open canal It needs to be released Doors kept shut too long need to be unstuck Junk drawers can’t hold everything forever Boxes can’t keep piling up in a closet! If I was a…
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I recorded music with a dear friend who I met through Pearl Jam's music 20 years ago
tldr: I achieved a major life goal by recently recording and releasing music of mine that you can listen to here: https://linktr.ee/thecaridrive Longer story: I recorded this music with my friend who I met in college in 2001. We struck up a conversation because he had a Pearl Jam Binaural tour shirt on in philosophy class.…
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Moved: MSG POSTER TRADE
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spontaneous adaptation
I've got nothing prepared but I can improvise and adapt to unexpected disaster drive my car through that crashing downpour wondering, how deep can I let this water get before I need to pull off the road? is it a good idea to put on the blinkers? up north it was different weather, but the same plan on the road a treacherous…
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Rumination / Catastrophizing
A single+bside I released July 5. It speaks to the times. Where were you going so full of hope? There is no hope.
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All That Is
In all that is nature That is lush and wet and green Or hot and dry, brown and dead And the many brilliant colors in-between Where the bird on the wire who is resting there Takes fight at the sight of me Where the sunlight meets a field of grass Where the moon reflects on the sea In all that is cosmic That is bright and…
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Passion, Presence, Pouring Out
They are getting older Eddie’s hair, dyed brown to hide the gray He still climbs around on stage but with a few missteps and a little less balance Ed forgets the lyrics at one point mid song “Help me out” he shouts Turns to Jeff who sings his lyrics back to him Turns around and turns it up He’s right back in it Shakes off…
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13. EDDIE POEM - penned enroute to Dublin on an airline serviette
Oh! To land in Dublin With Eddie Burns on the Isle I don't have to drink tonight Knowing tomorrow I'll be doing the drinking for a while There's a full Moon flying over Ireland And briefly all seems right in this world These are the moments you'd like for to last Like a first date with your Forever girl And the winds they…
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A story to share with good news
This weekend will hold a big moment in my life. My oldest son, the one born on the autistic spectrum is now a journalist. He’s been working for the past two years as an intern at a news station (while in graduate school). This weekend, my younger son and I are helping him move out of state for a new job at a big station in…
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I see it, I hear it, I feel it
I’ve loved him a thousand years Don’t laugh It might be a thousand years on a distant planet some 30 years ago at least plus everyday since Some days remind me of the first day there’s so much about the man Not to be unromantic because it does feel Romantic but He could be an enchanted box of kitchen matches Keep them dry…
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The circle keeps turning
Summer is here today, today today! (today) as a teacher, it's an oasis of freedom I've got my music on there's so much joy in my heart a feeling of anticipation it's in the air like the hint of humidity in the early morning still chilled 'cuz it's early but the promise of heavy heat is there in the air I've got my calendar…
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For you, Dad
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A Doodle a Day til PJ Play Release in the UK
Hi folks, figured I'd post this here. 145 days ago I started a project - I draw one PJ related thing each day, and will continue doing so until the band plays Release at a show I attend. I'm not doing this expecting it to change setlists, I'm doing it to put out good vibes into the universe, and to show his band how much…
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2024 National Poetry Month Poems
Simmered a potato soup at 4 o'clock. The morning storm crumbled and sputtered as I added purple dulse, topped it with balsamic vinegar. **************************** Monday morning music louder than expected. I could walk to turn the volume down. I could continue to compare the sound against the footsteps in the apartment…