Orlando rent is super cra cra and no one in our nation or state has done anything to help the average person. My renewal offer is $2,300 for a 2-bedroom, 1,000 square feet apartment. I don't even live in an exclusive area, though it's nice and safe enough. I guess it's demand. The site says there's only one other available apartment like mine in the complex right now. There are more people moving here, mortgage rates are high so people are renting, and inflation is nuts. cont'd
I am so sorry. My son's rent went up almost $600 a month over the past four years. It should be criminal. I hope you find something safe and affordable that you love soon!
Smoldering live blues rock cover of "I Put a Spell on You" by Samantha Fish. "Samantha Fish (born January 30, 1989) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri. While often cited as a blues artist, Fish's work features and draws from multiple genres, including rock, country, funk, bluegrass, and ballads." Wikipedia #bluesrock#musicwomenwednesday
"Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country and folk-rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1985 by Alan Anton (bassist), Michael Timmins (songwriter, guitarist), Peter Timmins (drummer) and Margo Timmins (vocalist). The three Timminses are siblings...'Sweet Jane' is a song by American rock band the Velvet Underground...Lou Reed was often quoted as saying that the Cowboy Junkies' version was his favorite." Wikipedia #musicwomenwednesday#folkrock#CowboyJunkies
I published a short story to my dark fiction journal this morning, a story that was originally published with Quail Bell, a Canadian journal. (I am providing the friend link, no paywall.) If you are interested in publishing a dark fiction story, be it a horror story, a tale of unease, a ghost story, an original folk or fairy tale, please keep A Dark Wood in mind as a possible venue. 🖤 💀 #darkfiction#ghoststory#shortstory#writingcommunity
We swam with water moccasins, rippled surfaces with stones, dreamt under blue skied blankets, rocked to wave rhythms slapping undersides of boats like persistent mothers, their concerns a muffled backdrop to bugs, the feel of silt, a blade of grass, a cloud, a song, a taunt, the flesh of fruit. #50WordFiction#DarkSummer
La Llorona is a popular ghost story that is prominent on Día de los Muertos. Having drowned her own sons out of despair over an abusive, cheating husband, or neglecting them and so they drowned by accident, a woman named Maria, aka "La Llorona" --"the weeping woman"-- is forced to wander the Earth searching for her lost sons. La Llorona's siren-like wails are said to lure adults and children to their untimely deaths: “Mis hijos! Mis hijos! ¿Dónde están mis hijos?” (Britannica) #MythologyMonday
Some of my favorite Alison Krauss songs, listed below. 💜
"On November 21, 2019, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. She was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in September 2021"
"Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. She was the lead vocalist and lyricist of alternative rock band The Cranberries. One of the most recognizable voices in rock in the 1990s, she was known for her lilting mezzo-soprano voice, signature yodel, emphasized use of keening, and strong Limerick accent." Wikipedia #musicwomenwednesday#womeninrock
I've learned from experience that death and tragedy do not change the dynamics of a family system entrenched in narcissism and conservative religious beliefs. As much as I want the Hallmark movie ending, I do not hold illusions. Sometimes I think Hollywood does us no favors. Then again, we have darker literature and movies which deal with certain realities often swept away by those in a triumphant religion. It feels good to have access to cultural product that is more realistic. #horror
What do I do when I'm depressed? I write my #weirdfiction about aliens and disaffected seminarians, and I post a picture of the fountain down my breezeway upon which I based a #horror story recently submitted. A woman becomes convinced the fountain is her father ordering her to do something terrible. I describe the fountain in such lurid detail and yesterday, I noticed how unimpressive it is. But the imagination rules. 😂 I did try to add a filter that helps it look sinister. lols. #writing