100 Word Challenge: Music

April 12, 2017July 1, 2017 ~ Tara R. ~ 10 Comments

Tomorrow night, I’m getting dressed up, and a friend and I are going on a Girls’ Night Out. We're attending a concert at the local community college. The last concert I attended was in 2014 when this same friend got me tickets to see Lady Smith Black Mambazo as a Christmas present. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=413645775438150&set=a.139983796137684.27269.100003781930855&type=3&theater Before that, … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Music

Dead wood

May 13, 2015 ~ Tara R. ~ 3 Comments

It wasn’t just mastering the steps - heel, toe, shuffle, kick, pirouette. It was the flourish of his hands, the posture of his arms. A turn of his head, a look he gave his partner, each gesture was a word in an erotic story. He was graceful, sinuous and cat-like. His every movement a caress … Continue reading Dead wood

Distant drums

March 18, 2013January 6, 2015 ~ Tara R. ~ 14 Comments

A low rumble spreads across the field, Rising up, lifting up, empowering Waves of sound roiling, a crescendo of spirit Soft leather shod feet tapping, stamping, dancing To the heartbeat of distant drums Keeping time with their life rhythm *Photo venue: Taken during Musical Echoes, a Native American music and cultural festival held each spring … Continue reading Distant drums

Now is the time vhen ve dance…

February 16, 2011January 5, 2015 ~ Tara R. ~ 14 Comments

The party was a nightmarish cross between an Obsession commercial and an SNL Sprockets skit. The men were drowning in hair gel and the women were vying for the perfect semblance of ethereal pretentiousness. There were black turtlenecks everywhere. I half expected a monkey to jump on my back when the techno trash shrieked from … Continue reading Now is the time vhen ve dance…