final fowl

It is cold and windy here. I can hear the wind chimes on the porch working overtime. It’s funny how a gentle breeze can produce a beautiful sound…but a gale makes a racket that can be kind of obnoxious. They … Continue reading

talkin’ ’bout the Whitleys

I used this song in a post the other day. Chris Whitley is gone now…but what a talent he was. They used to play interesting people on the radio. When programmers were including people who weren’t judges on American Idol, … Continue reading

touch me. hold me.

“Keep your hands off my football.” Football is kind of sacred. You don’t mess with football. You don’t say funny things about football. Football is serious. I was thinking the other day about how many things are a knife-edge from … Continue reading

How about that Velveeta?

The post that I’ve written that’s gotten the most “looks” is one that featured a picture of a giant dog. People all over the world want to see the picture of the giant dog.  They can’t get enough. It gets, … Continue reading

you are not alone

    “Open up, this is a raid….” In between my first and second years of college, I had a job driving a beer cart on a country club golf course in Marietta, GA. Marietta is a suburb of Atlanta. … Continue reading

elephant

I’d like to think that we had anything figured out at this late date, but it looks like it’s just more of the same in some ways. But a birthday celebration is to be celebrated…and today is Martin Luther King, … Continue reading

new porch rooster

We’re down to one rooster now. Something ate one of the chickens when they were all in the relative safety of the coop, and I guess they all stopped trusting the efficacy of the sanctuary. The chickens flew the coop. … Continue reading

mail jeep rave

I check new music out of the library sometimes. Actually, I check a lot of music out of the library. It’s a lot cheaper than even looking through the cutout bins for new music.  It’s about as cheap as it … Continue reading

you’re not an artist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiuzFNtki60 I watched this video this morning and I thought, for a moment, “How strange….we do love to pigeonhole people….listen to this guy…..” “….and he’s not even a singer!” And he’s not even a singer. He’s singing….it sounds pretty good…it … Continue reading

I have a backpack, too….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDW_eWj3Vig Usually, when someone tells you, “The house is great….but the access is really bad” it means that it might be a little rough to get up to the house. The road might have some potholes…strange grading…needs some gravel. There … Continue reading