Now is the solstice of the yearWinter is the glad song that you hearSeven maids move in seven timeHave the lads up ready in a line Ring out these bellsRing out, ring solstice bellsRing solstice bells Join together ‘neath the mistletoeBy the holy oak whereon it growsSeven druids dance in seven timeSing the song the…
Tag: music
Thing about the Stone Roses…
I can go for ages without thinking about the Stone Roses, but if they come up on shuffle, nine times out of ten I’m going to stop listening on random and listen to the Stone Roses until it gets to the point where I can’t tell if I’ve heard the song already because they get…
One Day Someone Will Ask
One day someone will ask me to name my favorite bands or my favorite albums. Immediately, every hint of music I’ve ever heard in my life will disappear. I’ll be left with a beat-up toy bunny knocking “twinkle twinkle” out on a busted kid’s xylophone. Your job is to remember that one of them is…
After Overthinking Things
I think I’m actually less embarrassed about the fiction I write (and the reading of it by my mother) than I am about writing about myself and my mom reading it. Armchair psychologists, party on with that. It’s November. Halloween was quiet. I don’t know if the kids in my neighborhood all do the “trunk…