A Milestone Of Sorts

Today's entry marks the 150th post on this blog. For someone who has trouble at times sticking with anything (gym memberships, guitar lessons when I first bought my guitar 25 years ago, and so on), this seems like a big (well, maybe a medium) deal for me. I went back to where it all started…

Feeling Rhythmic

I would venture to say that most of the songs written today, as well as most of the songs ever written, have dealt with love and relationships in one form or another. I know most of mine have and do. Of late, much of what I've written has made a deliberate effort to keep the…

Looking Out To Look Within

I've discussed on several occasions the fact that I am lucky enough to be able to draw inspiration in multiple ways. It can come from something I hear, something I read, or something I see. In the case of today's effort, the inspiration came from something I did not see. I happened to be sitting…

From Insomnia Comes . . .

The other night, I work up a little before 2:30 in the morning. (The reason might come under the heading of too much information.) Despite having gone to bed just four hours earlier, I could not go back to sleep. So I did what any self-respecting songwriter (or masochist) would do. I got up. I…

Another Day

In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, a Boise blogger/songwriter has asked local songwriters to share songs and lyrics that unite. I recently shared the effort I came up with in the immediate aftermath of the shootings, but I decided to look through some other lyrics I've written to see if anything else fit…