Of breezes, snow and breaking free

Jan 26, 2016 | Reflection

I felt it in the warm breeze over snow still on the ground. I was in the back yard just after dark, and it took me back to high school, to the way it felt to run through my hometown of St. Marys, from one end to the other after a date, from her house to mine with no...

A Year On–Remembering Greg Humphrey

Jan 18, 2016 | Uncategorized

“He looked like a character out of The Hobbit,” said songwriter Bob Regan of his old friend and bandmate Greg Humphrey. That is as good a place as any to start when talking about one of the most colorful and beloved characters in Nashville music history....

Marty Rush–Remembering a Friend to Wildlife

Jan 15, 2016 | Animals

Marty Rush, 69, of Mt. Juliet, TN, widely known for her work rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals, died Friday, January 8, 2016, at Summit Hospital after a brief illness. She had dedicated more than 30 years to the care of animals, first as director of volunteers...

Relationship Maintenance

Jan 5, 2016 | Daily Life

Maintenance. It’s not a glamorous subject, but it’s reality. Our bodies, our houses, our cars need to be looked after and tweaked now and then. For those of us in creative endeavors or, really, for anyone with an active online presence, there are virtual realities to...

The Power of Memory: Will, Fred and Lear

Jan 2, 2016 | Reflection

Amazing, the power of memory. I’m reading “The Year of Lear,” a look at the London of 1606 and three plays Shakespeare wrote that year—“King Lear,” “Macbeth” and “Antony and Cleopatra. As I read the harrowing scene in which Lear says, “Who is it that can tell me who I...