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Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves – J. Drew Lanham poet, ornithologist

laura bruno lilly — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:11:20 +0000

On this last day of February*, after scrapping several attempts to craft a blog post based upon my own feelings of overwhelm during the relentless escalation of ICE these past months, I received the March newsletter from The Poetry Society of South Carolina** in my email. Therein I learned of SC native son, J. Drew […]

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2024 Books Read – a Partial List (with notes) – Fiction

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:05:00 +0000

While my partial list of Books Read in 2024 doesn’t hold a candle to blogger LA’s 119 read with 3 almost finished, herein lie selections – in no particular order – from my list of +/- 50 read with notes for casual perusal. I appreciate those who blog about their current reads so am returning […]

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When Do Lightening Bugs Become Fireflies?

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 28 May 2023 01:34:32 +0000

June is fast approaching and there is much scheduled. The beginning of the month is my highly anticipated Visiting Artist Presentation/Performance at the Arts Center. The last weekend of the month is a long-planned mother/daughter trip. In between, there’s hubby’s and mine 45th wedding anniversary and Father’s Day. All-in-all a hearty, well-paced meal of events […]

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It’s Release Day!

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:20:23 +0000

Swimming with Swans: The Music – Goat Suite (Saga) is officially released today, 3/11/2022 Brief background of this piece: Smack dab in the middle of our three-year journey between homes experience, my husband & I lived on the compound in the desert outside Las Cruces, NM, by invitation of family members grieving the loss of […]

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Official Release Date & In the Meantime

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:43:02 +0000

Shortly after my previous post… …I set an official Release Date: 3/11/2022. I notified my digital distributor* for them to do what they do while I continued doing what I needed to do In the Meantime. In the Meantime, I finished my Bandcamp storefront with a Pre-Order option for both digital and physical formats along […]

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Poetry as a Pandemic Life Line

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:30:00 +0000

~~~ Today, this last day in April 2021, is also the last day of National Poetry Month.~~~ Poetry is a life line. me, Laura Bruno Lilly Poetry speaks to our aloneness and draws us into a community of common experiences. Allusions illuminating the seen and unseen – the felt or unfelt. Resonant expression. Targeting the […]

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Outstanding Blogger Award

laura bruno lilly — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:18:00 +0000

Thank you Mariss for nominating me for this award. Along with the honor it bestows, it also gives me a chance to break out of blogger’s rut! In keeping with Mariss’ attention to word definitions (she ferreted out what exactly a blog award nomination really means) I thought I’d first focus on what the name […]

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October’s Almost Over

laura bruno lilly — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:01:53 +0000

But before it slips away, I have two things to say... #1 – October is my birth month, I hereby claim a dual birthstone – the traditional, beloved opal alongside the lowly, but highly charged coffee bean! #2 – Boo! From me to you… …and with a little help from my neighbors.

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Family travels MMXX

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:41:18 +0000

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening! We’re back from our jaunt up to Michigan to visit our middle daughter and son-in-law. In fact, we’ve been there and back since Tuesday*. But wait – I bet you didn’t even know we were away from our COVID cage nest. Surprise! After some deliberation, we decided it was a reasonable risk worth […]

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Giving Voice: Lessons from the Desert

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:01:17 +0000

“If the (desert tortoise) survives it will not be because of its capacity to survive, but our capacity to care.” Terry Tempest Williams, Red: Passion & Patience in the desert “It’s no longer about survival of the fittest, but survival of compassion.” Terry Tempest Williams, Red: Passion & Patience in the desert Photos: Desert Tortoise, […]

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