@leislb.bsky.social
Wife, mother, g'ma, singer, lyricist, coffee lover, vodka drinker, laugher, sympathy crier, swears a lot http://orphanscabaret.com
Four years ago today, my youngest had her first chemo infusion (stage 4 Lymphoma). Three years ago today, she released this song.
tylarbonell.bandcamp.com/track/chemo
open.spotify.com/album/6jSKUD....
Also available on all the usual music streaming platforms.
#FuckCancer #CancerSucks
Mood. Playlist.
open.spotify.com/playlist/3so...
Agreed.
22.09.2025 20:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I wrote a little essay on Phil Ochs and the state of the world for IHTOV. Check it out here! And thanks to Michele at @ihavethatonvinyl.com for posting it!
16.09.2025 13:39 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1New video from my wonderful band, Orphans Cabaret! (I love these people.)
07.08.2025 23:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He fucking bombed Iran. Fucking war horny fuckwad. *fuming*
22.06.2025 02:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And now the USMC has been deployed to LA. The president of the USA has deployed the US military against US citizens exercising their Constitutionally protected 1st Amendments rights.
If this country is not safe for one group of people, it is not safe for any of us.
"Punch a Nazi" is more than a slogan. Either option is good.
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I got my first Bundle Box from Blue Canyon Farm (bluecanyonfarm.com) yesterday! Nestled inside a beautiful lavender colored box was a lovely sachet, a convenient to use (& non-greasy!) lotion bar, a yummy lip balm, & my favorite roll-on "Yikes!" Everything is so lovely & smells so beautiful. 💜
16.05.2025 00:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A year ago this evening, I sang with my dad for the very last time. A simple, beautiful loo-la-loo-la-loo-loo. The next morning, he was gone.
02.04.2025 04:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We haven't. Maybe we might.
29.03.2025 03:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Death Slipped in Silently
open.substack.com/pub/leislb/p...
Ides of March ... from the point of view of the knife. We wrote this one 10+ years ago.
youtu.be/kI5v6tt5_Qo?...
Another friend has died. She was beautiful. She made unicorns out of snow.
12.03.2025 00:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mood.
youtu.be/BowjATQloVA?...
This feels like another "shot heard 'round the world" moment. If WWIII happens, as things seem poised for, it will be on Trump/Vance heads. History will remember.
28.02.2025 18:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Please, add Salt Lake to your tour.
27.02.2025 19:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I wrote a thing.
open.substack.com/pub/leislb/p...
A little reminder of a song: youtu.be/-sOSr7n_8YU?...
24.02.2025 20:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0"We're gonna take it" - threatening
"We're gonna hold it" - brutal/abusive
"We're gonna cherish it" - creepy
*shudder*
Why is it that when Trump talks about moving the Palestinians in Gaza to "a beautiful land, a beautiful home" it sounds like he's sending them to "live on a beautiful farm in the country ..."?
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Oh my lord, you were hilarious tonight. Thanks for the laughs. We really needed them.
09.02.2025 06:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Sparks! 💗
open.spotify.com/album/3RPhA9...
#music
Dear @jimacosta.bsky.social,
I miss you already.
Sincerely,
Me
🧵fascism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, or sexism.
And I will not be ok with people who think any of these things are ok. Ever.
*breath*
🧵I will not be ok with muzzling the press.
I will not be ok with banning books, music, and art.
I will not be ok with domestic violence in any form.
I will not be ok with rape or sexual assault or sexual harassment in any form.
I will not be ok with MAGA, Christian Nationalism, Nazis,
🧵will live.
I will not be ok with anybody denying a person with a fatal illness/injury the right to die on their own terms.
I will not be ok with capital punishment. It is government sanctioned pre-meditated murder that is nothing more than a lust for vengeance disguised as “justice”.
