Oh brother, I was so naive. Yeah, I used to believe that Americans were all on the same side. Old people never did bad things. Pretty girls were all saving themselves for marriage. Crazy, I know. But I believed those things. And I assumed most anybody would know I was talking about God when I wrote “higher power” in a song. Boy, was I … Read the rest…
Category Archives: Words and Music
On their website, Planned Parenthood says: “Your health is our priority — no matter what. The Trump administration and Congress have “defunded” Planned Parenthood, but we’re still fighting for your care. We’re here to provide birth control, abortion, and more, in-person and online. And that makes it sound lovey dovey. Like they really care about you even as they provide their baby killing service. … Read the rest…
For the past 1213 years it’s been sort of a tradition of mine to share a list I came up with about the unsung deeds of mothers everywhere. And I think I’ll keep it going for this Mother’s Day 2026. My own mom has been in Heaven for all the Mother’s Days since 2021. But I include her in this list: To all the … Read the rest…
Here’s something I’ve personally experienced. Have you ever done something you knew you shouldn’t do? And even as you did it, you could almost hear an audible voice in your head, telling you not to do it? After quite a few years of living this life, I’ve discovered that when you silence the voice you hear in your head, that’s where you go wrong. … Read the rest…
As I write this, Friday is here. It’s overcast here on the Emerald coast. But it also is a cooler temperature, which I like, and that puts me in sort of an island day mood. I think that’s a common mood for the locals when Friday is here. An island day mood is where think about a walk on the beach with no shoes. … Read the rest…
Back in my footloose and fancy free, single days I wrote love songs to the opposite sex from time to time. Hey, it’s what red-blooded, toxic male songwriters do. So sue me if you don’t like it. I eventually came to my senses, thank God. And I converted some of those footloose and fancy free songs. Yeah, I turned them into what you might … Read the rest…
I lived in a one bedroom one bathroom garden level apartment in Lakewood, Colorado for a couple of years. I finished up the 80s there. And I started out the 90s there. During my first summer, in that complex, I noticed oodles of rainbows after the almost daily short summer rains. And that inspired me to write a song called Rainbow City. The only … Read the rest…