the old rock solid

There are performers who remain so rock solid, who’ve been around for so long, that it’s easy to take them and their gifts for granted. I was and am a big Jesse Winchester fan.  There’s not a lot that’s flashy … Continue reading

easy writin’

08 Easy Livin’ If my life had an occasional soundtrack, this morning I’d be thinking about some frenetic Uriah Heep…jangling out a song that went, “THIS IS A THING I’VE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE….IT’S CALLED “EEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSY WRITIN’ “. I haven’t been … Continue reading

I can’t get karma to work

I had a post I was working on called “karma”.  It made me feel good to gently spit out my bile (gently spit….that’d be like drool, I imagine?)….but every time I tried to post or preview, the format was completely … Continue reading

early morning

I wake up like clockwork. I wake up like clockwork early in the morning. Maybe it’s my subconscious telling my body, “you better wake up!  There isn’t much time left!”…I don’t really know.  I don’t know when you cross some … Continue reading

woodshed

There are two things that I’ve noticed happen when you build and finish a new woodshed. I don’t really understand physics but this doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense to me. The first thing is this:  when you’re … Continue reading

last night i had the strangest…

Oh, man!! What a weird dream! The dreams that I seem to remember the strongest seem to come around right before I wake up. Last night’s was no exception…weird.  I remember that all the dogs I’d ever met on the … Continue reading

it’s relative

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcVwLrAavyA It’s chilly here in North Carolina this morning. I think that the computer program that tells me how to feel (temperature wise, at least) says that it’s 37 degrees outside this morning. So I feel kind of chilly. My … Continue reading

real letters

People don’t write real letters anymore. I’ve mentioned before that I work at the Post Office.  Every day except Sunday, I carry the mail in our area…so I have a pretty good idea of what’s coming and going. We get … Continue reading

falling down and rising up

My father told me that he felt like realism killed literature. He said that when he read a book, he did it for entertainment…and that when realism came into it the books stopped being as entertaining. The new movie, Flight, … Continue reading

exercise

It’s funny when you have to wonder if the only exercise you’re getting is when you wake up after a weird dream with your heart beating a little faster than usual. I had a dream last night that two older … Continue reading