https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/8_to_the_Bar/Stories, poems, songs, jokes, recipes and musings by Joyce Melton. The title comes from music, the boogie-woogie style of jazz has eight beats to the bar. It's fast and intense. I'm going to try to blog daily for awhile and see if people are interested in my stuff.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/8_to_the_Bar/540035"Remember, anyone can be spontaneous with enough preparation." "The trick to being famous is to make sure a lot of people know your name." "If you want to be right all the time, become an expert in a subject no one has ever heard of." "Being rich is easy -- make a lot of money and don't spend...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/8_to_the_Bar/540034Thanks to everyone who commented on my blog or wrote one of their own that caught my interest. It's a great bunch here.:) Visit me at Fictioneer.org. It's free and you don't even have to sign up to read.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/8_to_the_Bar/539792I've canceled my subscription to Blogit. Anyone who would like to continue reading my stuff can visit Fictioneer.org, a free fiction blogging site.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/8_to_the_Bar/539512Enlightenment is seeing through the sham And posturing that people engage in For varying reasons. True enlightenment Is seeing through one's own sham and posturing. It comes and it goes, this clear pure light. When it is glimpsed, it can be almost unbearable. No one can live in this light all the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/8_to_the_Bar/539224You finally learn how to do something, And now it's out of style. You finally remember the name of your third grade teacher, But no one else wants to know. You finally figure out what the dancing's all about, When the music stops.