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<p>I was sick this week.<br><br>While didn't turn out to be any of the things they test you for, just moving from the bed to my desk made me feel like an athlete. Thursday I woke up, realized I hadn't been outside since Sunday, and decided to go OUT.<br><br>I saw only the bright morning, not the glitter of ice on the stairs. I was looking at the flowers we planted last summer, pale in the sunlight, and missed the utter lack of color&nbsp;of the steps as I placed my foot on the top one.<br><br>I may have stepped on the stairs one more…</p>
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  <div class="message"><p>"SUNDAYS WITH JENNY"&nbsp;RECIEVES&nbsp;GOLD BADGE from BookView review<br><br><i><strong>"A profound, reflective, and timeless collection of haiku that captures the essence of life’s quiet moments."</strong></i><br><br>"Bienemann transforms the quiet moments of daily life into profound reflections through the art of haiku in her stunning book.<br><br>The collection unfolds through the rhythm of a single day, from the hopeful promise of dawn to the reflective quiet of night, immersing readers in the emotional landscapes of each phase.<br><br>In the section “Dawn,”…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7538295/sundays-with-jenny-review">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>With January almost in the rear view mirror, the annual "Best of 2024 Indie Book Awards" submission season is in full swing.<br><br>What is most exciting about these opportunities is that just submitting my 2024 book "Sundays with Jenny" enables the Haiku Milieu-Universe to expand in new directions.<br><br>I've gotten to talk with&nbsp;fascinating people: journalists, radio hosts, podcasters, bloggers, and more. These folks are artists in their chosen fields, and I never would have met them&nbsp;if not for the book. This&nbsp;makes me…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7538045/indie-book-awards">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>I was thrilled to be part of a celebration of the songs of Michael Smith, one of the brightest jewels in Chicago's crown of artists.<br><br>Mark Guarino has curated this celebration for two years in a row. At SPACE in Evanston this year, many of his best loved songs, like "I Brought My Father With Me," "Sister Clarissa," and "Last Day of Pompeii" were played.<br><br>I chose his song "Accokeek,"&nbsp;and built an arrangement&nbsp;that is a cross between the riff Michael played&nbsp;on the guitar and the production he gave it on his album…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7538046/celebration-of-michael-smith">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>WELCOME TO 2025!<br><br>I am sure that you, like me, can remember thinking that 2025 was so far in the future, it might as well be eternity. And yet, here we&nbsp;are.&nbsp;<br><br>Last Saturday, we had the first of four Haiku Milieu shows of 2025.<br>And it was spectacular!<br><br>In the coming weeks, we'll share video from the live show.<br><br>Click the link below for the Haiku Milieu Highlights&nbsp;movie that ran on the screens at FitzGerald's&nbsp;before the show.&nbsp;<br><br>This movie celebrates the artists who have commercially released Haiku Milieu-inspired songs…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7538047/haiku-milieu-highlights-6b5b2ee8-d2d8-4a77-8538-1e327291ac57">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>New Year's Day 2025</p><p>May all hope bear fruit<br>may our tears be tears of joy<br>may we live in peace<br><br>****************<br><br>We take part in our annual Polar Bear plunge in Jacksonport, Wisconsin, one of the longest running plunges in the country.<br><br>Diving headfirst into the New Year!<br><br>First, there’s a party on the beach. Blankets, towels, beach toys; if it weren’t for the snow on the ground and our breath mingling as clouds you could&nbsp;mistake it for summer.<br><br>We laugh, we dance, we do jumping jacks and push-ups up to the final…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7508765/happy-new-year">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><a href="https://youtube.com/@haikumilieu?si=-LtED_R7xyHqTsiT"></a><p>In 2024, 49 new songs and spoken word pieces from 44 artists are glowing in the firmament of the Haiku Milieu-Universe.</p><p>Each song is an incandescent star, a miraculous explosion of creativity.</p><p>The artists and audience, drawn together by the gravity of shared wonder and connection, are a luminous constellation of hearts and minds.</p><p>Creativity reminds us that, like the universe, we are bound by unseen forces that make us part of something greater than ourselves.</p><p>We’re going to celebrate this and more at the Haiku…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7492349/haiku-milieu-highlights">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>Hope.<br><br>When the fairy dust of hope sprinkles herself over my eyes and I being to feel the familiar tingles of a new idea break in me like the dawn of a new day, I can hardly remember when I DIDN'T feel this way.<br><br>And when in a darker mood, wiping the mud from the splattered tires of someone&nbsp;else's bad mood out of my eyes, spitting it out of my mouth, I can hardly remember when I didn't feel THAT way.<br><br>Feelings!<br><br>We were in Missiouri, Texas and Ilinois for music over the last few weeks. If we fly and have to rent a…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7473927/feelings">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p></p><p>Jenny and Robin Bienemann play music on their back deck in Oak Park on Aug. 27, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p>On Friday, September 1, the couple along with a group of musician friends, will be playing at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn. The music will be focused on song’s inspired by Jenny’s haikus in her new book, “Sundays with Jenny.” (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)</p><p></p><p><strong>Column: The joy and music / one couple has discovered / from writing haikus</strong></p><p>By <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/rick-kogan/">Rick Kogan</a> | rkogan@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune PUBLISHED: August 28, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.</p><p>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7462563/chicago-tribune-rick-kogan-article-on-jenny-and-robin-bienemann">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>THE SONGS ARE COMING! THE SONGS ARE COMING!<br><br><u>Friday, August 30</u>, the Friday of Labor Day weekend, it's the third annual <strong>Haiku Milieu After Dark!</strong><br><br>Like a red carpet but for songs, Haiku Milieu Concerts are a cavalcade of&nbsp;world premiere&nbsp;songs inspired by a Haiku Milieu image&nbsp;and haiku, backed by a band of legends who have shared stages with musical heros too numerous to mention.</p><p>The "After Dark" Haiku Milieu features sexy songs. Heartbreaking songs. Songs of love, loss and redemption - songs about things we can…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7426409/8-30-the-songs-are-coming-haiku-milieu-after-dark">Read more</a></span></div>
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