I lived on base housing at Lowry Air Force Base when I was in the 4th and 5th grade. My dad had to do his duty and go to South East Asia for the war effort and we had to move off-base. I don’t know all the mechanics, but I’m Read More …
Most musical performances I have been involved in are not featured in my memory banks very prominently. I know there are memories in there but I seem to process my appearances on stage when they happen and the hows, whys, and starts and fits, go away as soon as I roll Read More …
I was reading a short tale written by a friend of a friend as a comment on one of my friend’s threads. If you don’t know what I’m talking about here, it’s obvious you aren’t Facebook savvy and you probably aren’t real. Anyway, my friend speaks politics often, but just as Read More …
When you create something it seems to be the norm to name your creation. Bands. Yeah, we name them. Businesses, yep, they get a name and a dot com too. Children, named. I suppose sometimes someone might create something and not name it, but then it would be like that fallen Read More …
My dad was the manager for all the little league teams I played on except two years when he was doing Uncle Sam’s bidding in the jungle. He taught me to pitch. He started me early, I was maybe six and we would go out to the ball field Read More …
Children and guitars. Not always a good thing. I lived in an old house for a while when my youngest son was in his twos. The living room was fairly long and it continued in through the dining room which was equally long. Quite a hardwood runway for a little Read More …
When I was in my early twenties I took a motorcycle trip with some people I worked with and various other friends. There were probably five or six bikes and half the riders had a female companion to ride on the back. We had a four day weekend at work Read More …
I was reading an article written by Tara Ross at This Day in History today and it got me thinking. The article pointed out first that we used to celebrate January 8th as a second Independence Day, for that is the day we claimed victory in the War of 1812. But the Read More …
Some people have this insane idea that more money equals more quality and a better life. They buy BMWs because they are expensive and have no idea, really, what they bought. They drive it five miles an hour over the speed limit on the freeway, turn the stereo up to Read More …
Mandolin Found I lost a mandolin once. It was new, it was badass, and I was using it to play music on a nightly basis with a few different bands and acts. It was made by Weber back when it was Weber himself building them. I was playing a gig Read More …