On Flights Of Fancy Are Lyrics Born

Sometimes, my posts, and the lyrics I post in them, are drawn completely from my imagination. Sometimes, my posts and the corresponding lyrics are drawn from experience. And sometimes, those posts and their lyrics are drawn from my proclivity to mix imagination and experience. Such is the case with today's post, although it is probably…

Mining Memories Again

It's amazing how many lyrical ideas of late have come out of my past. Today's entry is yet another lyric inspired by the indiscretions of my youth. My guitar teacher calls me brave for writing autobiographical songs and songs inspired by the events in my life. Perhaps it is, but when such ideas and words…

Memories Of The Road

In an earlier life, I spent some time working in radio in television. That career took me from the coast of Washington to both sides of Montana, from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the Acadiana region of Louisiana and, finally, to the northern part of Alabama. I once thought I would one day…

When Love Goes Wrong

Aspiring and beginning writers are often told to write what they know. Related advice that might be given includes writing about one's own experiences. What I have days when I'm not sure what I know, I have other days when I find myself thinking about events in my life. More often than not, such excursions…