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Thinking of her
Today I am thinking about the woman who brought me into this world. Six years ago today she baked the last birthday cake of her life for me. I also thinking of all the birthdays I spent with her on this, my first birthday without her. Thanks, Mom. Read more
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S2L: My Pillow
I thoughtThe Arms of Heaven was going to be the closing song for my latest album until My Pillow came along. The exquisite string work of Luke Cissell cemented this track in my mind as the perfect final word on Surrender to Love. In 1986, I moved with my love to our first love nest:… Read more
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Father’s Day 2025
My dad was the kind of man who liked to make people’s dreams come true. One day, I came home from school to find him sitting on my bed plucking the strings of a red guitar, each pluck accompanied by a word: My. Dog. Has. Fleas. I must have been 13 or 14 and he… Read more
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If That’s Not Nice
In your light I learn how to love In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art. – Rumi Here are two pictures of me with the love of my life. One is the first picture of… Read more
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Rock’n’Roll
I listened to Rock’n’Roll today and had a religious experienceI don’t mean generic rock’n’roll – Chuck Berry or Buddy HollyI mean specifically the Led Zeppelin songIt’s electricI can feel the air crackle with itIt gets a little hard to breathe listening to itIt is the best Led Zeppelin songWhich is a crazy to say that… Read more
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About last week…
The Catskills are magical. Every place has its own magic but it reaches a higher level in the Catskills. Part of it is the orgy of nature. The creeks, streams, rivers, and waterfalls splash the seeds of life into the air and you can’t help but inhale them. Inspiration drips from the trees. Beauty defies… Read more
Words & Music 