They Needed Someone to Lead Them, and She Couldn’t Let Them Go Alone

(A Song for Jane) They said the count was almost done,More than twenty still out,The dusk had wrapped the canyon wide,And silence held the doubt. But Jane stood there, listening still.The whispers in the mesquite,She knew the trail, she knew each name,And she made a vow she'd keep. They needed someone to lead themAnd she …

inevitable lightness of being

So, I haven't been blogging in some time... having given up Livejournal. I put up some information in other places, but with the most less-than-favorable reputation with those in my work community, I think I'll keep to the music and away from the blog there. However, I have been writing more lately. I've spent a …

a review of Outerspace

I don't think I'd make a good reviewer. You have to have the ability to write critically and I just don't have the skills. But, I'll tell you Susan's cd is exceptional. ..so here's my amateurish review. In Outerspace, songwriter Susan Gibson has found a cd that is travelling in the same direction as her …

the indian runner

I am watching the Indian Runner. The movie, inspired by a Springsteen song, was written and directed by Sean Penn. I think springsteen and penn could be the same person. It is a starkly beautiful movie shot in the early 90's but has the very feel of a movie crafted out of 70's style cinema. …

writing while you mow

I am writing all the time now...little stories as I mow the lawn or drive down the street. I am carefully constructing these little fantasies of worlds in turmoil or more of a utopia than my own. Stories, that for the first time, are not my own. Real fiction. I never get them down anywhere …