by jess | Apr 5, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
Ah, the earworm: a horribly catchy jingle that wiggles its way between your ears and latches permanently to your brain. Kind of a weird phenomena that certainly falls into my A to Z theme of the Music-Fan Connection. Spongebob – “Musical...
by jess | Apr 4, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
Music heals. I’m changing directions a bit on my A to Z journey through the Music-Fan Connection to focus on something that impacts us all: cancer and the quest for its cure. From the biggest, hottest celebrity musician to the unknown hopeful kid banging on pots...
by jess | Apr 3, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
Yesterday we took to the skies, today we hit the high seas with another interesting mode of bridging the Music-Fan Connection, which is my theme for this year’s A to Z Challenge. There’s a new fleet in town. Bands are taking over boats. Music is hitting more...
by jess | Apr 2, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
A Dane, a Brit and an American walk into an airport. Sounds like the beginnings of a great joke, right? What if I told you they were all looking for Flight #666? That’s not the punchline, it’s the true story of three lucky guys I know who have boarded the friendly...
by jess | Apr 1, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
Kicking off the A to Z Challenge and my Music-Fan Connection theme with…rock up on the auction block: music auctions! What do you think of when you hear the word ‘auction’? Do you think of stern-faced muckety-mucks silently holding up signs on sticks at Sotheby’s, or...
by jess | Mar 21, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
Today I am participating in the Big Reveal Blog Hop, unveiling my April Blogging from A to Z Challenge theme! My husband recently presented me with a unique gift: a mint condition copy of Circus Magazine dated January 31st, 1985. It was a very sweet and thoughtful...
by jess | Feb 3, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Write to Live, Live to Write
The Blogging Gods must be crazy – I’m attempting the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge once again! Why, you ask? Or, as one of my friends reacted, “Noooooooooooooooo!” Writers, when you ask them why they write, say they cannot NOT write. I...
by jess | Jan 21, 2013 | Write to Live, Live to Write
Is there anything in the world LOUDER THAN LOVE? Sometimes love comes barging in, as bold and as jarring as an air horn in a Drive-Thru window, unexpected and uninvited. Sometimes it goes as quickly as it arrives, leaving you with a thumping heart, sweaty palms and a...
by jess | Dec 31, 2012 | Write to Live, Live to Write
As the last chapter closes in the book of 2012, Blogging on the Brink would like to cheekily raise a glass to ring in 2013: “May you never grow old And never get caught And never desire What others have got May you get what you want Get what you need May we...
by jess | Dec 15, 2012 | Brain Candy
Ah, the fabled abode tome. Today, I confront my address book. No, not the list of contacts generated within my various email accounts. I’m talking the old school, hardcore puppy. The one with actual information written in and scribbled out. If you’re over...
