I have a couple of friends going through relationship problems. It's complicated. Sometimes it works and it's lovely and sometimes it doesn't. It doesn't have to be anyone's fault. My friend Margaret posted a video clip of Tyler Perry's character…Read more
Podcast #33 - Hold Me
I was so irritated at the world and it was tearing me up. Ugh! I returned home from vacation to what felt like a mountain of negativity that seemed to come from every direction. I'm sure there isn't really more…Read more
Podcast #32 - Barely There (From the Mountain)
From the vacation files. Wrote this one camping in Colorado and recorded it in the shadow of Pike's Peak. Had to huddle in the back seat of Pete's truck with my iPad so as not to wake anyone while recording…Read more
Podcast #31 - Coming Up Empty
"Night Fishing" was the prompt. I want to say that I wanted to write about what I see as a futile attempt to satisfy oneself with something that will never give us what we truly need. That could be money…Read more
Podcast #30 - Some Songs
"Dancing with Vernaculars" So, that was the prompt. As it often happens, I had no idea what the hell to do with it. Then I started thinking about the process of writing and songs past and present and some songs…Read more
Podcast #29 - Til The End
I remember having a really bad week. It's all kind of a blur. Things weren't going well and I ended up writing two different songs for this prompt but the other one was depressing and incomplete so, I cut it…Read more
Podcast #28 - I Surrender
I was in a mood. Just really, really had enough of the ridiculous arguments and justifications for treating every other human being as an enemy. Now, most of the people around me aren't violent and I'm from Texas but, it's…Read more
Podcast #27 - What You Get (looky, looky here)
This marks the first and, probably, only time I'll use the phrase "looky, looky here" in a song. That was the prompt. Not a phrase I would typically use but CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Also, it's my first ever attempt at playing…Read more
Podcast #26 - It Means Nothing
Sometimes I feel paralyzed with doubt. If I try to put what I do as a songwriter into context, I get lost. What does it mean in the world? What difference does it make? Where does it fit into what…Read more
Podcast #25 - Function of Love
I've been taking the Forgiveness Challenge started by Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho. I thought this would be a good exercise and one that I needed. We had someone working on our… Read more