When we ride our high horses, we often have much further to fall. Before I go on let me ask you this: Have you ever heard that expression…high horses? I remember my elders saying things like that when I was a kid. You better get down off your high horse young man…before you get your comeuppance. There’s another one, comeuppance. Wow, these expressions really … Read the rest…
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Leftovers can be quite delicious. I’ll concede that right off the bat. However; as a general rule, I’m not a big fan. My preference is simply this…the fresher the food, the more life there is in it. And speaking of life (how’s that for an abrupt, clunk segue?)…when it comes to human anatomy, there’s no such thing as leftovers. I’m talking about what some … Read the rest…
Unknown
There’s the unknown road, the unknown composer, and most famously, the unknown soldier. We humans seem to like our mysteries. Alfred Hitchcock proved that. There have been times in my writing life where I assumed the role of a character in something I read…or I decided to speak for a particular voiceless character in a painting…or I mixed some different media together and created … Read the rest…
My parents were divorced before I reached the first grade. Then my mom remarried and moved to Kansas. And my dad remarried and moved to Texas. My brother and I would go to school for nine months in Texas. And then we’d spend our summer vacations in Kansas. So our friends, in Texas, never saw us during the summer. And our friends, in Kansas, … Read the rest…
“For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” That short phrase found in 2 Corinthians 3:6 makes me a minister. Imagine that. However; I’m not a minister in the way you might imagine. If a picture of someone who wears black with a white collar came to mind…or if a picture of a red-faced preacher behind a pulpit came to mind…or if a … Read the rest…
A Whole Lot Like Me
Once upon a time back in 1981 I found a guy who was a whole lot like me. He was living in the lyrics to a song. It was a song I had just written. It was one of those songs I sometimes write by just letting words flow out to a background rhythm. As the words begin to flow by I check to … Read the rest…
Cowboy On Every Corner
In America…and especially in the south…there’s an expression we use to describe a trend or fad that’s really catching on. We say something like “yeah, there’s one on every corner”. It just means you can find it anywhere. Back in the 80’s I was living in the Houston, Texas area, and there was a big urban cowboy phenomenon. It seemed like every guy wanted … Read the rest…