Some time ago, I ran into a friend who was drinking a Minute Maid Orange drink. She mentioned that she was loading up on fruit juice. She actually had two cartons of Minute Maid fruit drinks with her. I asked her to look at the list of ingredients on the label. I explained that the… Continue reading Fruit Drinks
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Saturday Morning Text
I know better than to do this, but I just can’t help myself. I received a text message from someone I obviously don’t know and I decided to respond like the message was for me. The only deception in my first responses was that I was not the person they thought they were texting. I… Continue reading Saturday Morning Text
Pete Seeger and the Banjo
When I was a kid, my parents bought me a banjo. I had been playing ukulele for several years and had started playing guitar. But I was strictly a rhythm guitar player. I had no fingerpicking skills. When I started trying to play the banjo, I quickly became frustrated. I never felt comfortable enough with… Continue reading Pete Seeger and the Banjo
5 Albums from My Parent’s Collection
When I was growing up, my parents had a relatively large record collection. I would occasionally look through it to see what kind of things they listened to. Sometimes I would find something worth checking out. There are a handful of albums that I found in my parents’ record collection that had a lasting influence… Continue reading 5 Albums from My Parent’s Collection
Notes on The Belly of the Whale
I have written music off and on throughout my life. Most of the things I did early in my life weren’t work keeping around. There are bits and pieces of this music stored away in drawers at my father’s house but it’s really not worth digging up. Sometime around 1998 or 1999, I started work… Continue reading Notes on The Belly of the Whale
Christmas Gifts
Several years ago, I worked at a place where I supervised several people. There were probably 6 of them and all were women. As Christmas time drew near, I wanted to give each of them a gift but I didn’t have a good idea of what too get. I asked my wife if she would… Continue reading Christmas Gifts
Japanese Elvis Week
Earlier this week, I went to eat lunch at one of the local Chinese/Japanese restaurants. This restaurant is close to where I work. It is also my family’s favorite place to get sushi so I am there often. Because of the threat of an ice storm, I was wearing a heavy coat. I was also… Continue reading Japanese Elvis Week
It’s Gonna Rain Video Notes
I have talked about writing It’s Gonna Rain in a previous blog post. When I decided to do a video for this song, I turned to my son for help. He was in charge of filming and editing all of my live action videos including the ones for Arkansas and Electric Jesus. I decided to replicate the construction on a very… Continue reading It’s Gonna Rain Video Notes
4-H Chicken Shack Notes and Video
I have written in a previous blog post about one of my 4-H experiences. For a couple of years in high school, I participated in 4-H as a member of a crop judging team. I spent a lot of time learning how to identify different types of seeds. I spent very little time learning how to evaluate hay… Continue reading 4-H Chicken Shack Notes and Video
Graceland 2013
This year has been one of the hardest years for me to come up with a way of approaching my annual trip to Graceland. In recent years, I have had some idea of an approach that I wanted to take before I even left home. This year has been full of distractions. Other things seemed… Continue reading Graceland 2013