Words get in the way

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Agnetha Faltskog, Dionne Warwick, Gloria Estefan

Women in music 60s thru the 80s – so many talents indeed. I narrowed my choices down to one from each decade, and here they are in order:

“Her Majesty of Melisma,” says The Top Tens, ‘no one can handle the treacherous key changes and time signature shifts of the Bacharach /  songbook as can classy, cool sophisticated Dionne Warwick.’

” There were a lot of great female singers of the 70’s, but as far as vocal quality, control, and crystal clarity, Agnetha Faltskog is probably the best choice.” Here she is with the hit that showcased her vocal prowess –

And “one of the world’s best-selling artists,” Gloria Estefan is also ‘the most successful crossover performer in Latin music of all time.’  On a side note I find it interesting that she has a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in French. But Words… 🙂

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Porch dream

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TRU Faculty Lounge

Carnation and tea
snug by antebellum porch
spinning dreams is free

It’s a dreary day in the office. Read: marking finals that never seem to end. A vase of red pink carnations is the only cheer in a sea of academic bits and pieces. I made it til sign out time by imagining tea served on the porch of an antebellum mansion.Weekend Flowers * Haiku my Heart * Floral Fotos

God made a farmer

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CommArts - Bangkok U, Maneeya Ville

Once upon a time I lived in a four-storey townhouse in a ville with guards that saluted residents as they drove in and out of the gates. Next door was a local actress whose Mom doted on my spoiled rotten poodle. Behind us were neighbors who led lives even more glamorous than ours; and Enya’s arpeggio highlighted a domestic chore I did for fun: going through then hubby’s wardrobe for the help to sort out.

Oh yes, I had a live-in maid too. Luxury dinners with business executives, shopping in stilettos and fancy holidays were routine. To make it short, I had it all. Well, except for some epoxy that should have glued and held that life together. I do not want to go back though, despite all the fun. But it was a damn good life while it lasted, and I can smile at it now.

‘Some commercial this is,’ I thought when I wandered into this clip. The narration and images almost made me forget it was a commercial. I haven’t been thinking of such stuff at all since grad school where we analyzed loads of commercials and their impact on society. By virtue of its message, this one tops it all; at least in my books. It reflects many of those things I hold dear and want to keep forever.

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Pied Piper’s path

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Ko Sichang

Pay your piping dues
don’t get lured to destruction
follow the right path

Sensational Haiku * Outdoor *  Momspective – WW *  Water World 

Dusk

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forest home, hearth, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Crickets chirp a song
Snow White’s seven hurry home
to a blazing hearth

Haiku Heights

Snow

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Christmas, December, snow

Angel’s breath of white
blanketing the morning Earth
December magic

Haiku Heights

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A Haiku World

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Keep Calm and Read Haiku, Keep Calm and Write Haiku

or better

~ Paper Border Credit: Liam’s Pictures from Old Books ~

Inundated

Businesses on hold

helicopters surveying

Bangkokians wade through

Mighty Chao Phraya

swells and inundates Thailand

  watery grave threat

Factories afloat

ancient capital submerged

water rages on

Hear thou Mae Kong Ka!

chants ascend the temple spires

flooding is a scare.

Quick info:

*Thailand faces worst flooding in 50 years.

*Bangkokians – Bangkok residents

*Chao Phraya – translated as River of the Kings, it is Thailand’s major river

*Mae Kong Ka – Thai goddess of water. The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority has proposed a ceremony to beg the water gods to stop the flooding

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Rare

Nobody survives

Yet there’s a happy ending
A rare film to watch 

*Melancholia. Anyone?

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Mom plays Andante
  Mozart hollers a C six
Spoiled, silly canine

*Mozart is my eight year-old poodle. He howls a very high pitch, whenever I play pieces on the piano, especially those composed by his namesake, e.g. Piano Concerto No. 21. When I tell him, “shut up Mo,” he uses my right foot as his pillow and promptly falls asleep making it difficult for me to step on the pedal.

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Flare

A little note: I was scared of Santilmo or St. Elmo’s fire until a teacher in high school explained it from a scientific point of view. The first haiku is my way of appreciating science and knowledge in general for helping me overcome a silly fear. The second – I like to think that if my dreams are flared up, it will be easy to chase them, even if they are on wings 🙂

Sun blazes, blood spills

Heaven pours, reactions flare
Science backs Elmo

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Diaphanous wings
  flutter on a garden path
flaring up my dreams

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