Now that my latest show has come to a close, this seemed to be an appropriate groove to share today. There is a bit of hollowness in my heart, knowing that I won’t be playing some of the roles I’ve inhabited over the last few months. Yet I am comforted …
I have, in earlier years, been a non-voter because I despised the ineptitude of a two party system of white dudes for a melting pot country of incredible people with a richness of diversity and innovation. I thought then, and still think todoy, that the two most nefarious and …
I went to church yesterday for the first time in a long time. A friend had invited me, as she likes to go on occasion, and since the church’s statement of beliefs passed my idolatry litmus test, I figured I would join her. You see, one of the main issues …
I’m very pleased that so many people are enjoying my new song and video “The People That Made Me.” When I perform the song in The Cowboy Cabaret, I introduce it with the following poem: Whatever we’re goin’ through and wherever we’re goin’ There’s a number of people that we …
I am very pleased to announce the release of my song “The People That Made Me.” Although I wrote the song a few years ago, I made some revisions and produced it during my month off of Facebook, which could probably stand as a testament to how many better ways …
Being off of Facebook for a month has allowed me to gain a more healthy perspective on the social media juggernaut, and it has forced me to reconsider the true purpose of the social media platform. One of the great challenges with Facebook, and many of the portals we are …
When I left to write The Rucksack Letters, my friend Jay Burleson gave me a book of poetry by James Kavanaugh entitled There Are Men Too Gentle To Live Among Wolves. This is one of the poems that really spoke to me as I set out to live the rest …
I went to GoodReads.com to look up an author and remembered that I was one of them. However, when I looked at my Dashboard, there were four of the eight books that sounded really cool, but, unfortunately, I didn’t write. This kind of thing has happened before where books I didn’t …
Although I’ve not always been consistent in doing so, I’ve often said that my motto is to “write the world”. In thinking about the premise of that, I am inclined to think first that it is about writing the world the way you would have it to be. Write your …
“Dear Jack…” That was how the first several installments of The Rucksack Letters initially began, much to the confusion of the emailed recipients. I was inspired to write my journey by the writings and legacy of Jack Kerouac, and in many ways I started writing these letters as an unauthorized …
