People with an attitude are gonna say what they say. And everybody cops an attitude once in a while. Right? Even us (formerly) long-haired, peacenik, hippy songwriters. (as if) Anyway… Way back in 1988 I wrote down some thoughts down based on a personal conflict. And, I just let the words take me where they would. And they took me to piano to write … Read the rest…
Category Archives: road stories
It’s not exactly an island like you might have pictured in your mind. Especially since it isn’t way out in the South Pacific or some place exotic like that. So, it’s not really an island day spa. But I’m gonna take some poetic license and stick with my assertion. Because it sure feels like an island day spa. Yeah, you’ve got the beautiful blue … Read the rest…
It was around this time of year, the summer of 1979 to be more precise, when I bought a little blue Hilux pickup from a Toyota dealership in Houston Texas. I remember the test drive. It was a hot, humid day, very normal for Houston, and I actually ran out of gas from the test drive. So, I had to sit in a very … Read the rest…
30 thousand miles, added to the odometer of my new ‘73 Ford Maverick, in one year. And that’s a lot of miles for a guy whose drive to work was only about a mile and a half. But it’s also a lot of other stuff. A lot of miles, memories, and consonants and vowels I racked up so much more than just a bigger-than-normal … Read the rest…
She just wanted to grab a few things at the grocery store. But after she paid for the groceries, she went out the store’s front door and was hit in the face with a gust of wind filled with snow. The ground was already covered with about four inches of the white powder. That meant the canyon road home was too. Thankfully, it was … Read the rest…
Let’s climb into my time travel ship and zoom way, way back to 1964. And let’s fly over the hilly countryside of Eastern Kansas. Look way down there. See those two little ants? Wait. Let’s fly down a little lower. Hey, those aren’t ants. It’s two young knuckleheads. Riding bikes down a trail in between a field of corn and a tree-lined creek. But … Read the rest…
35 years ago, today. That’s when my beautiful Elgielene became my wife. We zoomed up high in the Denver, Colorado skyline (for real) and shared our vows to stay together through come-what-may. Then, lo and behold, we’ve done it. And when I say we’ve been through some amazing things together, it’s no exaggeration. Those amazing things included 2 years of living together “on the … Read the rest…