From my earliest memories of music emanating from our mahogany cabinet phonograph, there was always an album or two from one of gospel music’s longest running acts – the Chuck Wagon Gang. Their sound and history were unique; growing in much the same way other acts did from the Depression era, radio stations, […]
When I reflect upon my life, some of my greatest joy came upon the grounds and on stages of bluegrass festivals across the country. My youthful days brought a desire to throw an instrument in the car, a tent, sleeping bag and enough clothes and food to get by while I took in day and […]
I don’t know about you, but I am sure aliens have been in my closet. No other explanation can be conducive to my temperamental feelings. I went in the other day preparing for a trip. I began by pulling out a few of my favorite standbys and when I slipped them on and they no […]
Within our lives we often go through experiences that last a few years and pass into the annals of history. During those years we often make friends and create family-like relationships that during those periods sustain and mean the world to us. Then one day it all ends and we move on to other frontiers […]
At many points in my life I have recalculated where I am. I pull out the proverbial compass to figure out if I am headed towards due North, or if I am off course headed somewhere else. To my surprise, I have never been on the course setting for due North. That is assuming that […]
I stepped forward and the next thing I knew I was lying at the bottom of a flight of steps. I didn’t know the door I opened led to the basement. But it wasn’t a moment before the reality of my mistake became a realization. The abrupt nature of my landing was certainly a rude […]
History has always been a passion to me. I love to read about what happened and delve deeply into whatever topic of history I am learning about. While today finds me expanding my knowledge of world history, as a youth, it was primarily the American experience which fueled my exuberance – the Revolution, the War […]
Oftentimes we are blessed by a surprise. Something unexpectedly falls into our life that adds to our well being. Our mind, our heart, our hopes become enriched by the surprise. We can look throughout our lives when such a surprise might come along at a point when our life seems to be foundering and […]
If you are of earlier generations, then you may have lived in a time when your parents actually disciplined you. I know in my case, there were a few “Go to your room,” when I misbehaved. Of course, our rooms didn’t have TV’s, computers or other electronics. I did have a radio in there and […]
Do you realize that each of us spend a large portion of our lives either eating, preparing something to eat, going to get something to eat, or thinking about eating. When you consider the amount of time we dedicate to this practice, you would think we would each be an aficionado on the consumption of […]
