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Holiday Miscellany & Poem

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:21:10 +0000

A Pair of Snowy Owls in Chicago on the Lakefront - December 2025©LBLArctic gift of natureSlipped through the polar vortex.Come to visit those who need respite frombrutality and greed. The teapot makes me smile – a reminder of my first Christmas as a newlywed. Hubby spent hours with a carpenter friend in his shop designing […]

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A ‘White Album’: Pete Townshend – Who Came First

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:35:25 +0000

Here’s a little something that’s totally unrelated to the holidays or all the stuff currently going on in my daily life – a draft post conveniently available for pubbing! Note: my longstanding and growing personal list of ‘White Albums’ are albums inspired by the literal color-aspect of the Beatles’ White Album. Here’s one for you […]

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Something to Ponder #1

laura bruno lilly — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:46:39 +0000

note: I’m gonna go out on a limb here. Naming this post with a “1” after it implies there will be more to come…let’s see how well that works out. Meantime, enjoy the break from most things serious! Way back when I was in the duo Laura & Thereza*, we came across yet another ‘Celtic’ […]

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Beauty Inherent in Humanity

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 22 May 2024 18:52:19 +0000

“The news broadcasts cover the dark side of humanity, the nasty, ugly, tough, brutal behaviors of some and I need to know that this is going on. But I also seek antidotes to this dark side, I look for the beauty inherent in nature. As I look at my photographs of this sculpture*, I am […]

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Yep, Still Technical Difficulties, but I’m Back Anyway

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 05 May 2024 23:29:59 +0000

And what should appear in my email but a notice from a certain Manc Bud Poet that he’d filmed a snippet of a song I love during a concert he attended just Friday night. He wanted me to know that the vid was too large to send so – get this – he decided to […]

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Staging Sites, Migration and The Sounds of Silence

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:47:13 +0000

Under Construction “I went to your site the other day and saw that it was ‘under construction.’ Something new coming our way soon?” Deborah, a blogger-buddy“I wish! I’ve been swamped with getting the site updated, prepped for migration to another host, then fixing the mess that arrived at the new host! The ‘new’ will have […]

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Weekend Notes 2/17-18/2024

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:40:04 +0000

A few weeks ago, we took to the road to attend my Uncle Dennis’ funeral in Chicago. He was the youngest and last of the three brothers in my Dad’s family. 3 Brothers, 3 Uncles, 3 Dads My Aunt Dolores, as the baby in the family, is now the sole surviving sibling. Most everyone is […]

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Multiple Meanings of ‘sus’

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:19:35 +0000

Multiple meanings? Who knew? Not me! According to those in the know ‘sus’ means suspicious. When author/editor (and friend) L.Marie posted about current slang used among teens, the term ‘sus’ came up. My comment to that post went as follows: “Sus (suspicious)” HA! Had to laugh at this one. As a musician, ‘sus’ is common […]

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XLV

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:17:00 +0000

1978-2023 (and counting!) June 17th. Our 45th wedding anniversary. Over the course of a long love story, what was once a single ‘our song’ becomes a whole playlist of songs. Marking myriad events in the ups, downs; ebbs, flows; crushing sorrows, magnificent joys; everyday living out of our love & life in this world hand-in-hand […]

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Weekend Notes 2.18/19.23

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 01:30:00 +0000

Love, Harp Guitars, Oatmeal Scotchies…and back again to love. February is the love month. You know, the 14th is St Valentine’s Day and all of that. In our family, holiday celebrations often last longer than the actual 24-hour day. Hence, here it is a few days after the 14th and yes, hubby and I are […]

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