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FROM THE SHORE Oceans of wonder, so near, yet so far, captivating my imagination in shades of blue and flinty gray, white foam in rough waters cushioning my heart, something about the waves bringing peace to my soul as within the rhythms of waves washing upon the shore, I’m buoyed up by their power, their […]

spent the evening surfing, listening to the iPod and or uploading music from youTube onto the OTHER FB…money REAL tight, hope I don’t have to go anywhere until Saturday (the gig in Balmer) even if it means NO practice…can’t believe I said THAT…would we be that much better if we did? I dunno for sure…if […]

I recently read that in a blog I was visiting. I refuse to caress his ego so I did not respond. By the time I was 13, I had read every book in the two public libraries in my hometown. My mother had to check out the books for me because of my age. I […]

CONSUMED Bonfired reflections rising toward midnight punctuating the silence of my heart, flames reaching up into the darkened sky as etched against the black of night, syncopated rhythms, passion’s intensity dancing wildly, frenzied magic emblazoned against the fearless sky. And within the flames an enlightened moment, honesty rising up, so often vague and hard to […]

True Love – poem

I thought I was gonna go out tonight…I didn’t desperately wanna go, but (as far as I could tell) there’s nothing on TV…I’m still recovering from last night…the ears are ringing, and I have a slight headache…so I’m staying home, in part because the “roomie” wants me to…but this may strengthen  my resolve to go […]

my gig (the open Mic) went quite a bit better than I thought it would–dunno why…I actually sang harmony with the woman who can barely sing; I played a bunch, which after all is what I was paid to do…there were no major “train wrecks” or skirmishes…Mark kinda behaved himself, more or less….he got a […]

I wrote a good but redundant blog about (among other things) Music…but somebody up there didn’t like it…Somebody at Friendburst perhaps…I just figured out that some people think Music is easy…that’s because some people make it LOOK easy…I used to think baseball was easy, until I tried it…I still think NASCAR is easy, but it’s […]

There are lots of simple solutions to green your home. A big problem that’s sending our good intentions down the drain is how we use water at home every day. About 60% of our home use of water takes place in the bathroom. An easy way to save water and energy is to install a […]