Sub Rosa

Windswept

[https://i0.wp.com/www.theattentionist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/pexels-wendywei-2983674-1-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512] Sonny hears his father pull up to his home on his …motorcycle. Their estrangement–suddenly dismantled, at least temporarily as words are exchanged. Above picture is courtesy of photographer Wendy Wei (https://www.instagram.com/wendyhwei [https://www.instagram.com/wendyhwei]) *** More of me — http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle [http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle] Email me: l i l w h q at gmail dot com FURTHER POINTS OF CONNECTION: Substack: https://geoffreylittle.substack.com/ [https://geoffreylittle.substack.com/] YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@The_Attentionist [https://www.youtube.com/@The_Attentionist] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little [https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little] Twitter: @geofflittle [https://twitter.com/geofflittle] and @theattentionist [https://twitter.com/TheAttentionist] Threads: https://www.threads.net/@littlegeo [https://www.threads.net/@littlegeo] Instagram: @littlegeo [https://www.instagram.com/littlegeo/?hl=en] and @the_attentionist [https://www.instagram.com/the_attentionist/] Music – Geoffrey Braxton Little Saboteurs of Self (2022) album – streaming in full: Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/g [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-bra]eoffrey-braxton-little/404115830 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-braxton-little/404115830]  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG] Short stories Summers (2009): https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680 [https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680]

Data Broker

[https://i0.wp.com/www.theattentionist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-lenin-estrada-117221-2569997-1024x683.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/www.theattentionist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-lenin-estrada-117221-2569997-scaled.jpg?ssl=1 What if a person was able to gather enough data on you that they could more or less— “run the tables” — on what you will or won’t do? In the main character-guy, “David,” I wanted a kind of sordid, compelling …maven. Through data, he knows all, sees all… Read more of the ideas behind this podcast episode (and others) at mi Substack! *** The laptop picture at https://www.theattentionist.com/2024/11/17/data-broker/ is a photo by Lenin Estrada: https://www.pexels.com/photo/laptop-2569997/ via Pexels *** More of me — http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle [http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle] Email me: l i l w h q at gmail dot com FURTHER POINTS OF CONNECTION: Substack: https://geoffreylittle.substack.com/ [https://geoffreylittle.substack.com/] YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@The_Attentionist [https://www.youtube.com/@The_Attentionist] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little [https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little] Twitter: @geofflittle [https://twitter.com/geofflittle] and @theattentionist [https://twitter.com/TheAttentionist] Instagram: @littlegeo [https://www.instagram.com/littlegeo/?hl=en] and @the_attentionist [https://www.instagram.com/the_attentionist/] Music – Geoffrey Braxton Little Saboteurs of Self (2022) album – streaming in full: Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/g [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-bra]eoffrey-braxton-little/404115830 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-braxton-little/404115830]  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG] Short stories Summers (2009): https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680 [https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680]

Sub Rosa

[https://i0.wp.com/www.theattentionist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pexels-giant-asparagus-19493815-1024x768.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/www.theattentionist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pexels-giant-asparagus-19493815-scaled.jpg?ssl=1 Sub Rosa, this production’s title, is a term I came across writing/developing this piece. Despite assuming I was somewhat versed (excuse me please, pronounced–ahem–with two syllables) in the English language… I had no familiarity with sub rosa. A lookup online via pop-uppable sources (i.e. https://t.ly/i6U6S [https://t.ly/i6U6S]) explained sub rosa means under the rose in Latin. Yes, yes. But in modern parlance — “confidentially,'” “privately,” or “secretly.” I felt good energy, also dark energy coming from the term. So there we have it — slapped right on. It seemed important to say all that. Now I’m questioning if it was, but anyways… about the story itself: This is about a middle-aged woman recalling a teen experience during an early 90s summer, and also, for her, a time in the shadow of 1982. Main character “Elizabeth,” shares from the current day first-person. Sub Rosa is recalled via memories in the cities of Knoxville and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The picture above is of the “Sunsphere,” a testament from the 1982 World’s Fair, held in Knoxville. (Picture credit: https://www.pexels.com/@giantasparagus/) Original The Attentionist audio production © Geoffrey Little 2023 *** The picture above is of the “Sunsphere,” a legacy of the 1982 World’s Fair, held in the Knoxville. (Picture credit: https://www.pexels.com/@giantasparagus/) *** More of me — http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle [http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle] Email me: l i l w h q at gmail dot com FURTHER POINTS OF CONNECTION: YouTube Channel (new!): https://www.youtube.com/@The_Attentionist [https://www.youtube.com/@The_Attentionist] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little [https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little] Twitter: @geofflittle [https://twitter.com/geofflittle] and @theattentionist [https://twitter.com/TheAttentionist] Instagram: @littlegeo [https://www.instagram.com/littlegeo/?hl=en] and @the_attentionist [https://www.instagram.com/the_attentionist/] Music – Geoffrey Braxton Little Saboteurs of Self (2022) album – streaming in full: Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/g [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-bra]eoffrey-braxton-little/404115830 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-braxton-little/404115830]  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG] Short stories Summers (2009): https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680 [https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680]

Eggadilla

[https://i0.wp.com/www.theattentionist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pexels-michael-villanueva-13023628-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152] In three phone calls across three days, Grady Hall addresses anamalous aspects of his past, present, and future. Original The Attentionist audio production from © Geoffrey Little 2023 More of me — http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle [http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle] Email me: l i l w h q at gmail dot com FURTHER POINTS OF CONNECTION: Podcast website: www.theattentionist.com [https://www.theattentionist.com/] X: @geofflittle [https://twitter.com/geofflittle] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little [https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little] Instagram: @littlegeo [https://www.instagram.com/littlegeo/?hl=en] and @the_attentionist [https://www.instagram.com/the_attentionist] Music – Geoffrey Braxton Little Saboteurs of Self (2022) album – streaming in full: Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/g [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-bra]eoffrey-braxton-little/404115830 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-braxton-little/404115830]  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG] Short stories Summers (2009): https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680 [https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680]

Engager, Time On Earth

Ever meet a stranger out on a lonely country road? What if… they already knew you? Original nature photo from Polish photographer Marek Piwnicki © 2023 Original The Attentionist audio production from © Geoffrey Little 2023 More of me — http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle [http://linktr.ee/geoffreylittle] Email me: l i l w h q at gmail dot com FURTHER POINTS OF CONNECTION: Podcast website: www.theattentionist.com [https://www.theattentionist.com/] Twitter: @geofflittle [https://twitter.com/geofflittle] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little [https://www.facebook.com/geoff.little] Twitter: @geofflittle [https://twitter.com/geofflittle] and @theattentionist [https://twitter.com/TheAttentionist] Instagram: @littlegeo [https://www.instagram.com/littlegeo/?hl=en] Music – Geoffrey Braxton Little Saboteurs of Self (2022) album – streaming in full: Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/g [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-bra]eoffrey-braxton-little/404115830 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/geoffrey-braxton-little/404115830]  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BfMc2BVIl6boYRdVBXBbG] Short stories Summers (2009): https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680 [https://www.amazon.com/Summers-Geoffrey-Little/dp/1442146680] #paranormal #hitchhike #countryroad #alien #visitation #podcasttennessee #tennessee #nashville