Thirty five years ago yesterday, Queen played one of the greatest sets of rock n’ roll ever at Live Aid, and Freddie Mercury personally taught a masterclass on How To Be A Great Front Man. Oh yeah, and Freddie also supposedly had a throat infection at the time, was advised by doctors not to sing, …
Setting aside all of the truly horrible things about a global pandemic (if that’s even truly possible), one of the things I’ll miss most this Summer is concerts. No live music at Thompson Point (Portland, ME) or Prescott Park (Portsmouth, NH) or even a random band on a deck or a park somewhere is a …
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve had my act together enough to compose a Word Wednesday post, so I dipped back into 2019 for this one and did a quick edit. Overall, I’m happy with this one at the moment. still life of a love poem, 2019 you know what i’d give for one …
If I were going to note a theme down in my COVID diary, it would be how my approach towards feelings have changed and morphed, often out of my control. (Sidenote: I haven’t been keeping a COVID diary, in spite of it being encouraged for artsy-writey people and actually keeping a diary/journal on the regular …
It’s not often that you celebrate the ninth or sixth anniversary of something, but since 2020 isn’t playing by any rules to speak of, I figure that gives me a a pass as well. Nine years ago this month, the newly-minted Mama’s Boomshack was called in for a last-minute fill-in to open for Goosepimp Orchestra …
After making my umpteenth return to the exercise bike after missing a day, I had a moment of clarity. And no, it wasn’t that I was ready to make another appearance at Tough Mudder. I realized that I’ve been making the mistakes of language in how I approach physical fitness and how damage it’s been …
While prepping for a meeting this morning, I know that I’ll probably cause some eye rolls… and it might not even be from a bad joke. Maybe it’s because I’ve always been a fan of George Carlin. And because I’m sure there was at least one eye roll out there in Interweb Land, allow me …
Normally, I have two books going at any given time: the main book I’m reading and a book of poetry. The system works pretty good because if the main book gets a little too heavy or if a change-up is in order, I hop over and read a couple poems. But what happens when both …
How a person reacts to stress is an interesting thing. Some freeze, some go into a flurry. Some become more efficient because is streamlines their thinking and supplies them with an abundance of adrenaline. Some get mired in a swamp of depression, frustration, and anxiety. If I’m being honest here, I’ve been all of those …
“Because real conversations challenge us. Real conversations and difficult conversations, in my opinion, make us stand in our own truth. And they teach us that we have to be truth tellers. And we got to listen to learn. And not only that, we have to learn to ask intelligent questions. We are two sided. We …