If you’re a chess player, you’re familiar with the lowly piece known as the pawn. They take the front line and make the first move, but they’re mostly used as blockers. They can only move one square at a time, and they’re supposed to make it possible for the other “more important” pieces to make their moves. I’ve been called a pawn for choosing … Read the rest…
My head hurts this morning. In fact, it woke me up out of a sound sleep. I knew you’d want to know first thing, so I decided to write to you about it. In most cases you’ll probably find a headache means you ate the wrong combination of food, or didn’t drink enough water, or breathed something your body didn’t like. But, of course, … Read the rest…
Happy Monday to you. I hope your day and week are awesome. As I start my Monday morning ( earlier than I’d like because my dog woke me up) I find music in my head. That isn’t new to me, but a few minutes ago I started pondering how that happens. And you know what? It doesn’t happen in my cells. It doesn’t happen … Read the rest…
There are three things you can do right now to show love. If love is in you, it shouldn’t be difficult. If love is in you…and you’re not just tossing the word “love” out there to hear it crash to the ground like a “clanging cymbal“…then you’ll do these three things if you aren’t already. OK, ready? Here they are: Believe Hope Endure. Do … Read the rest…
When I was traveling and singing across the country full time, I used to keep in touch by letters. I was very good at writing to friends, and I didn’t have any sort of “mobile” phone…let alone a “smartphone.” Nope, I used a pen and paper. And these wacky rectangular things called “envelopes.” I know it sounds like crazy talk, but I wrote out … Read the rest…
“Hi. My name’s Forty Six Chromosomes. What’s yours?” “What’s that? Your name is forty six chromosomes, too?! You must be kidding me. What? Oh…that’s not your name, but it’s you? I see. Hmm… that’s interesting. Tell me more.” I hope you don’t mind me starting off this article with a little childlike conversation, but there’s something so important in those little squiggly lines you … Read the rest…
It’s a word that seals two words together and conjures up hazy images for most people. It’s a word used in countless songs to describe how long love will last…or how long thoughts will linger. We don’t know exactly how long it is. We only know forever is forever…a very, very long time. As for me…I can barely fathom the hopeless feeling a person … Read the rest…
