Not a fan of bucket lists, per se. Every day should be a bucket list, if that makes sense. However, there are a few ticks on my list and one of them was catching Van Morrison live. Used to go to loads of shows as a young dude, then of course, I played music andContinueContinue reading “Real Real Gone”
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Impermanence
Here’s one I started a long time ago and just got around to finishing . Enjoy. Impermanence Visiting my parents I stay in my childhood home Which is nothing like my childhood home In the same way I am nothing like the childhood me Except when I am The house is ravaged by time, withContinueContinue reading “Impermanence”
Old Soldiers, Grace, and Gordon
Little story for y’all…happy march to you! “I can’t think of any Gordon Lightfoot song I don’t like. Everytime I hear a song of his, it’s like I wish it would last forever. ” – Bob Dylan. Yup, Gordon Lightfoot is and was a heavyweight songwriter, a Canadian with ties to the cool Greenwich Village andContinueContinue reading “Old Soldiers, Grace, and Gordon”
Colorful Forgiveness Dreams
Happy New Year! Maybe it’s just a man-made calendar system we’re looking at, but why not turn the page and think, yes, this is the year that will be the best year ever? No regrets! In an interesting tale, Jude and I were at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville over the holidays, looking at ChristmasContinueContinue reading “Colorful Forgiveness Dreams”
The Chain-Link Fence – Poem for Paul
My friend Paul Phillips passed away this past Friday, November 8. He is a good man and I miss him. I wrote this for him the other night. The Chain-Link Fence There’s a chain-link fence Between two buildings Hope…and Faith And a playground where children dance, skip…and dream In a never changing world If there’s aContinueContinue reading “The Chain-Link Fence – Poem for Paul”
Doug Hoekstra 