Not actually random, other than the misfiring of my addled neurons, but here goes…. Remember the Donovan song Colours? I may have the lyrics slightly wrong, but I seem to recall the following: Yellow is the colorOf my True Love’s teethWhen we rise, when we riseThat’s the time I love best.Red is the colorOf my […]
Month: March 2026
Here’s a poem by Graeme Edge that has stuck with my most of my life. Departureby Graeme Edge of the Moody BluesBe it sight, sound, smell, or touchThere’s something inside that we need so muchThe sight of a touch or the scent of a soundOr the strength of an oak with roots deep in the […]
Good morning, World! One of our Elders, Elder KM, recently attended the Las Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain. She had a wonderful time. We were not familiar with the festival, so I’ve been doing a little research. The first question that came to mind is, “How much alcohol is consumed at this festival?” Elder G, […]
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Accordion Covers
WLBOTT brings you a curated list of the best accordion covers. Organ Fugue ”Little” in g minor, BWV 578 Vanja Krajnov Black Dog Accordion Rock Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Canadian accordionist Alexander Sevastian “Que sube y que baja” Los Bañales Juniors DESDE EL RANCHO Vivaldi Concerto for violin No. 4 in […]
Recently, while reading fairy tales and learning of Baba Yaga, it seems that throughout history, there has been this concept of witches. People are afraid of elderly, eccentric women, especially women without children. Older independent women who live outside of societal norms. Women with no support structure or safety net, forced to strongly advocated and […]
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Sweet Judy
This morning, as turned my free will over to the Spotify randomizer, I was enjoying my usual favorites of Tibetan throat singing, Alpine yodels, and Those Darned Accordions, up popped one of my favorites: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes. Is this the perfect love song? It embraces the euphoria of early love, the idealization of beauty, […]
We are considering welcoming Baba Yaga into our WLBOTT community. She had a WLBOTT vibe before it was so very cool to be WLBOTT. As you’ve seen from our recent blotts, Baba Yaga has taken steps to rehabilitate her image – vegan alternatives to eating children, getting dental care for her iron teeth, etc. What […]
Elder G created a compilation of Baba Yaga tales to create this humorous version: Elder G: Gentle People, pull up a chair by the stove and pour yourself some tea. This is one of the classic “surviving Baba Yaga through politeness” stories. It appears in several Slavic variants. What makes it funny is that the […]
As we continue our exploration of the world of fairy tales, we turned our attention to Ukraine. Elder G gives us a quick overview of Ukrainian folk tales. Ukrainian fairy tales often emphasize: • clever peasants over kings• practical morality rather than abstract virtue• wit defeating power A blacksmith outsmarting the devil, a poor farmer […]
Most of the WLBOTT Elders’ CPU cycles are spent on upcoming naps, donuts, background defragmentation and existential dread. But lately we’ve been thinking about fairy tales. We’re attracted to their dream-like structure, the odd rewards and punishments, and the departure from the modern 3-act narrative. Also, they give an insight into what people valued. What […]