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The dream world and the waking world
It is hard to leave the dream worldWhen the waking world has so much wrong with itAnd only one thing that is right:It is trueNature, even endangered, is trueArt, even obscure, is trueLove, even misbegotten, is true Read more
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Recipe for a great record
In anticipation of the upcoming release of my new album Surrender to Love, I have been thinking a lot about what makes a great record. I have concluded it comes down to four ingredients. First, always, is songwriting. It is possible to make something great with mediocre songwriting but it is an all-but-impossible hurdle to… Read more
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Father’s Day 2024
If you don’t know what love is, it cannot be explained. The same goes for fatherhood. My father has been dead for 25 years. My own stint as a father – the heavy lifting part anyway – ended a decade ago. Even though the part of fatherhood that involves taking care of a dependent child… Read more
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The Lost Art of Letter Writing: Travelogue
Going through my Mom’s papers, I found this travelogue from a trip that she and my Dad took in 1987. 9/12/87 – First day – Montreal Canada. Tommy drove us to plane – uneventful trip – cloudy then rainy. Fancy hotel – Sheraton Centre in Montreal – went to a French mass – long –… Read more
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Old Friends
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.Ralph Waldo Emerson When I was eighteen, I left my parents’ home in Cherry Hill, NJ and moved into a dorm in Sparkill, NY, on the campus of St. Thomas Aquinas College. I threw in my lot with… Read more
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