Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

Gary Myers shared this quote in a post, Silent Watch. It resonated with me greatly. Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and

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Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore

Do you see how an act is not, as young men think, like a rock that one picks up and throws, and it hits or misses, and that’s the end

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New Music… At Least To Me

I was reading my friend Gary Myers’ blog post this morning and followed a music link. While the song he posted was really good, it was a link in the

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Back to School in Texas

Texas is averaging 38 to 43 new hospitalizations every day of children with COVID-19. When Dallas ran out of pediatric ICU beds last week, Dallas County judge Clay Jenkins made

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Thank You World Café

It’s always fun to make a new acquaintance with a musician or a band… and today I heard Lord Huron for the first time.

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Feels Like It’s Over 100 But The Forecast Calls It Cooler

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Southern Insights

For a lot of years I would spend my days with a podcast playing in the background… Then I got tired of iTunes screwing up my music library every time

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