We’ve gone down an interesting rabbit hole today. It all began with a visit to our local Ukrainian and Eastern European market (a delightful store called Borderless European Market. Having never tried sturgeon, I purchased a sturgeon meal-in-a-can. Due to push-back among the anti-piscatorial faction at the home office, I’ve had to delay the opening […]
Category: Music
I am the eggplant,they are the eggplant,we are the aubergine,See how it glistens in vegetable dreams,Purple as midnight tea,goo goo g’joob.Elementary chicken singing Constrictive BoxersSlice of the eggplant / grill of the eggplant / over easy deep fat fryer,Watch as it sighs on a cast-iron pan,Smells like philosophy,goo goo g’joob.Sitting in a WLBOTT garden, waiting […]
I was reflecting on a line from Paul Simon’s American Tune this afternoon. And I don’t know a soul who’s not been batteredI don’t have a friend who feels at ease I remember being brought to tears when I saw Paul Simon’s solo version of American Tune in the very darkest days of Covid. Not […]
We’ve loved this song for many years, but only yesterday realized that Red is the Rose is based on the melody of Loch Loman. Red is the RoseRed is the rose that in yonder garden grows,And fair is the lily of the valley;Clear is the water that flows from the BoyneBut my love is fairer […]
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Oh Fortuna!
Let’s say Oh Fortuna! is a statistically probabilistic phenomena. That means most days will be a blend of good and bad, yielding a tepid and flavorless day. Some days will be weighed heavily toward Fortuna Buena, but unfortunately those days will be marred by suspicions of undeserved happiness. And then there are the bad days […]
There’s always a danger when researching something you’ve held in your imagination for years. Do you really want to know your hero’s dark side? Is that noble institution actually founded on greed and exploitation? I’ve recently read two books – a biography about Joni Mitchell and an autobiography by Sinéad O’Connor. In both cases, the […]
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Upcoming Events
One of our esteemed Elders, Elder Jim Zim, is traveling to upstate New York. Elder JimZim is visiting remote farms that may serve as an enclave for a group of splinter Proto-WLBOTTers. He is also attending a monthly gathering of the Adult Camera Club, near Woodstock. Elder JimZim made some new friends at the Adult […]
Let’s say you had a buddy who began to see images of Freddie Mercury everywhere – on toast, on tortillas, in bird formations, in the vapors of the early morning dew. What would be your response? To attempt to gently guide him back to reality? To lovingly suggest therapy? To intervene with his loved ones? […]
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A House, a Farm, and a Mule
Pearl, Pearl, Pearl– Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Pearl, Pearl, Pearl, Come let us see our girl,Are you still our valentine, Do you still look so divine?Come and let us see our darling Pearl. Pearl, Pearl, Pearl, Don’t give your love too Earl.I have got a horse and mule, forty acres near a school.We’ll be […]
Elder JimZim will be representing the WLBOTT World-Wide News Division in a few weeks as he attends a concert with Gillian Welsh. Credentials My favorite song by Gillian Welsh is Red Clay Halo. Red Clay Haloby Gillian Howard Welch / David Todd RawlingsThe girls all dance with the boys from the cityBut they don’t care […]