ShortBrunetteGirl
@shortbrunettegirl.bsky.social
Former pro photographer for 28 years. Soft rock songwriter. North Carolina girl stuck in DC and plotting my escape. Shy, bookish introvert and jazz lover. And yes, I actually am a short brunette!
My addiction to the For Dummies books is rearing its head again.
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Business Plans For Dummies
"Um, Fortune... Why are you writing about, of all things... a business plan? I thought this blog was about being creative and writing songs....
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February 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
My addiction to the For Dummies books is rearing its head again.
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My friend Oliver Ray Solomon painted this for me!
January 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My friend Oliver Ray Solomon painted this for me!
Playin' my birthday song today: September by my beloved Earth, Wind & Fire!!!
It came out just before I turned 18, and I decided it would be my birthday song - and I've stuck to that tradition!
Ba de ya!
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It came out just before I turned 18, and I decided it would be my birthday song - and I've stuck to that tradition!
Ba de ya!
youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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January 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Playin' my birthday song today: September by my beloved Earth, Wind & Fire!!!
It came out just before I turned 18, and I decided it would be my birthday song - and I've stuck to that tradition!
Ba de ya!
youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...
It came out just before I turned 18, and I decided it would be my birthday song - and I've stuck to that tradition!
Ba de ya!
youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...
Today's my birthday, and I am enjoying all the "birthday worship"!!!
I love birthdays - mine, and everyone else's!
🥳🧁🍰🎁🎂🎈💌💐🎉🎊
I love birthdays - mine, and everyone else's!
🥳🧁🍰🎁🎂🎈💌💐🎉🎊
January 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today's my birthday, and I am enjoying all the "birthday worship"!!!
I love birthdays - mine, and everyone else's!
🥳🧁🍰🎁🎂🎈💌💐🎉🎊
I love birthdays - mine, and everyone else's!
🥳🧁🍰🎁🎂🎈💌💐🎉🎊
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Here's the latest entry in the Songwriting Ain't For Sissies blog, about Jim Croce. Enjoy!
Here's the latest entry in the Songwriting Ain't For Sissies blog, about Jim Croce. Enjoy!
"I Got A Name: The Jim Croce Story"
This marvelous book was written by Croce's widow, Ingrid, and tells the story of their life together and the stories behind some of Jim's gr...
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January 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Here's the latest entry in the Songwriting Ain't For Sissies blog, about Jim Croce. Enjoy!
Here's the latest entry in the Songwriting Ain't For Sissies blog, about Jim Croce. Enjoy!
Another reason to hate texting? People who won't shut UP on a text! They keep going and going and going and going...and I'm screaming "Shut UPPPP!!!!!!"
And you try to end things politely and that just makes them talk even more.
One more reason to want to yank my text app...
And you try to end things politely and that just makes them talk even more.
One more reason to want to yank my text app...
January 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Another reason to hate texting? People who won't shut UP on a text! They keep going and going and going and going...and I'm screaming "Shut UPPPP!!!!!!"
And you try to end things politely and that just makes them talk even more.
One more reason to want to yank my text app...
And you try to end things politely and that just makes them talk even more.
One more reason to want to yank my text app...
If one more damn charity texts me about "making a difference before midnight," I WILL yank my text app!!
Yes, I can hit STOP. And I will on many of them. I do care about some of them, so I'll keep those.
But...Dear Charities: you aren't the only ones who want my 💲💲💲💲.
Yes, I can hit STOP. And I will on many of them. I do care about some of them, so I'll keep those.
But...Dear Charities: you aren't the only ones who want my 💲💲💲💲.
December 31, 2024 at 7:58 PM
If one more damn charity texts me about "making a difference before midnight," I WILL yank my text app!!
Yes, I can hit STOP. And I will on many of them. I do care about some of them, so I'll keep those.
But...Dear Charities: you aren't the only ones who want my 💲💲💲💲.
Yes, I can hit STOP. And I will on many of them. I do care about some of them, so I'll keep those.
But...Dear Charities: you aren't the only ones who want my 💲💲💲💲.
@badmaryband.bsky.social Happy New Year, guys! I love you!
December 31, 2024 at 5:25 PM
@badmaryband.bsky.social Happy New Year, guys! I love you!
Happy New Year, everybody!🎇⏳🎆🎉🎊🥂⏳
December 31, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Happy New Year, everybody!🎇⏳🎆🎉🎊🥂⏳
Yesterday there was a moment of silence for Jimmy Carter during a pro football game.
But I heard things I almost always hear during "a moment of silence": people talking, cheering, and whistling.
A moment of silence should be completely SILENT.
But I heard things I almost always hear during "a moment of silence": people talking, cheering, and whistling.
A moment of silence should be completely SILENT.
December 31, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Yesterday there was a moment of silence for Jimmy Carter during a pro football game.
But I heard things I almost always hear during "a moment of silence": people talking, cheering, and whistling.
A moment of silence should be completely SILENT.
But I heard things I almost always hear during "a moment of silence": people talking, cheering, and whistling.
A moment of silence should be completely SILENT.
@luna223465.bsky.social Welcome! You're the kind of person we want here.
December 31, 2024 at 2:28 AM
@luna223465.bsky.social Welcome! You're the kind of person we want here.
Oh, my gosh, this...
Ulta sent out an email about a Kate Spade product saying "Come hang with Kate Spade."
Somebody in marketing must have stupidly forgotten she committed suicide by hanging herself.
Ulta has since apologized.
Ulta sent out an email about a Kate Spade product saying "Come hang with Kate Spade."
Somebody in marketing must have stupidly forgotten she committed suicide by hanging herself.
Ulta has since apologized.
December 30, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Oh, my gosh, this...
Ulta sent out an email about a Kate Spade product saying "Come hang with Kate Spade."
Somebody in marketing must have stupidly forgotten she committed suicide by hanging herself.
Ulta has since apologized.
Ulta sent out an email about a Kate Spade product saying "Come hang with Kate Spade."
Somebody in marketing must have stupidly forgotten she committed suicide by hanging herself.
Ulta has since apologized.
Another "Oh, my gosh, you HAVE to hear this!" Christmas song from the magnificent Teddy Pendergrass: O Holy Night. Enjoy!
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Teddy Pendergrass - Oh Holy Night
YouTube video by Teddy Pendergrass
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December 24, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Another "Oh, my gosh, you HAVE to hear this!" Christmas song from the magnificent Teddy Pendergrass: O Holy Night. Enjoy!
youtu.be/WrjdiLxPRRA?...
youtu.be/WrjdiLxPRRA?...
Just had the nicest thing happen at the grocery store. With it being Christmas Eve, I expected it to be crazy, and it was.
But the lady in front of me saw I only had one item, so she let me go ahead of her - and she let someone else ahead of her too!
Now THAT'S the Christmas spirit in action!🎄
But the lady in front of me saw I only had one item, so she let me go ahead of her - and she let someone else ahead of her too!
Now THAT'S the Christmas spirit in action!🎄
December 24, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Just had the nicest thing happen at the grocery store. With it being Christmas Eve, I expected it to be crazy, and it was.
But the lady in front of me saw I only had one item, so she let me go ahead of her - and she let someone else ahead of her too!
Now THAT'S the Christmas spirit in action!🎄
But the lady in front of me saw I only had one item, so she let me go ahead of her - and she let someone else ahead of her too!
Now THAT'S the Christmas spirit in action!🎄
I swear, I'm about to yank the texting app off my phone. I'm so tired of doing something on my phone, putting my phone down to get off it for at least five minutes, or texting with someone important, and some unimportant text forces its way in.
I think I'll suddenly develop an "allergy" to texting😠
I think I'll suddenly develop an "allergy" to texting😠
December 23, 2024 at 3:44 AM
I swear, I'm about to yank the texting app off my phone. I'm so tired of doing something on my phone, putting my phone down to get off it for at least five minutes, or texting with someone important, and some unimportant text forces its way in.
I think I'll suddenly develop an "allergy" to texting😠
I think I'll suddenly develop an "allergy" to texting😠
When I was a radio announcer in the 80s, I got tired of so many songs because I had to hear them almost 800 times an hour. I even got tired of songs I loved.
But one song I never got tired of was Last Christmas by Wham!.
I love that song with a passion. It breaks my heart every time I hear it.💔
But one song I never got tired of was Last Christmas by Wham!.
I love that song with a passion. It breaks my heart every time I hear it.💔
December 21, 2024 at 7:05 PM
When I was a radio announcer in the 80s, I got tired of so many songs because I had to hear them almost 800 times an hour. I even got tired of songs I loved.
But one song I never got tired of was Last Christmas by Wham!.
I love that song with a passion. It breaks my heart every time I hear it.💔
But one song I never got tired of was Last Christmas by Wham!.
I love that song with a passion. It breaks my heart every time I hear it.💔
I just blocked someone whose only purpose in following me was clearly to argue, one-up me, and act superior. I have no patience for that.
I'm here to learn from people, and to respect differences in experience, in our approaches to things, and differences of opinion.
If you are too, come on in!
I'm here to learn from people, and to respect differences in experience, in our approaches to things, and differences of opinion.
If you are too, come on in!
December 21, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I just blocked someone whose only purpose in following me was clearly to argue, one-up me, and act superior. I have no patience for that.
I'm here to learn from people, and to respect differences in experience, in our approaches to things, and differences of opinion.
If you are too, come on in!
I'm here to learn from people, and to respect differences in experience, in our approaches to things, and differences of opinion.
If you are too, come on in!
I've restarted my songwriting blog, Songwriting Ain't For Sissies, about the experience of songwriting. I planned to take a short break last year, but it wound up being for the entire year.
Well, I'm back at it!
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Well, I'm back at it!
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Coming Back
I intended to take a short break from this blog late last year. I ran out of ideas for it, honestly. Maybe that was a blessing in disguise....
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December 18, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I've restarted my songwriting blog, Songwriting Ain't For Sissies, about the experience of songwriting. I planned to take a short break last year, but it wound up being for the entire year.
Well, I'm back at it!
songwritingaintforsissies.blogspot.com/2024/12/comi...
Well, I'm back at it!
songwritingaintforsissies.blogspot.com/2024/12/comi...
@mayoski27.bsky.social SO sorry to read about your daughter and the health insurance problems.
December 18, 2024 at 4:24 AM
@mayoski27.bsky.social SO sorry to read about your daughter and the health insurance problems.
I've already seen so many people with good musical taste here, I think my one brain cell just expanded😂
December 18, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I've already seen so many people with good musical taste here, I think my one brain cell just expanded😂
For someone who writes soft rock music, it's interesting that I lean into jazz and Christmas music when I sit down to write!
December 17, 2024 at 5:30 PM
For someone who writes soft rock music, it's interesting that I lean into jazz and Christmas music when I sit down to write!
This is a People Magazine story about the love between a couple in their 30s and their 98-year-old piano playing neighbor.
I dare ya not to cry reading this.
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I dare ya not to cry reading this.
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Couple Moved Into a New Place and Heard Loud Music Next Door. When They Knocked, Something Beautiful Happened (Exclusive)
Three years ago, Lydia Pender and her husband, Andy, were moving into their new apartment in Honolulu when they noticed music coming through the walls from their neighbor's apartment. When they went o...
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December 16, 2024 at 2:48 PM
This is a People Magazine story about the love between a couple in their 30s and their 98-year-old piano playing neighbor.
I dare ya not to cry reading this.
people.com/98-year-old-...
I dare ya not to cry reading this.
people.com/98-year-old-...
I love that songwriting makes you construct a story by asking questions. I'm working on a song about dropping somebody you're dating because you feel like they're wasting your time, energy, or money...or all three. And I'm asking "what's really going ON here? Hmmm..."
December 15, 2024 at 12:25 AM
I love that songwriting makes you construct a story by asking questions. I'm working on a song about dropping somebody you're dating because you feel like they're wasting your time, energy, or money...or all three. And I'm asking "what's really going ON here? Hmmm..."
I'm doing both graphic design and music. And countless people have pushed their opinions on me and said "focus on ONE thing!"
And I've especially had people tell me to "only focus on music."
Fair warning: anybody who tries that with me gets kicked to the curb. I will do what I want.
And I've especially had people tell me to "only focus on music."
Fair warning: anybody who tries that with me gets kicked to the curb. I will do what I want.
December 13, 2024 at 3:29 AM
I'm doing both graphic design and music. And countless people have pushed their opinions on me and said "focus on ONE thing!"
And I've especially had people tell me to "only focus on music."
Fair warning: anybody who tries that with me gets kicked to the curb. I will do what I want.
And I've especially had people tell me to "only focus on music."
Fair warning: anybody who tries that with me gets kicked to the curb. I will do what I want.