Picalalooza: Richard Ruane’s Kerrville pics are cool

June 21, 2005.Reading time 1 minute.

New Folk Finalist Richard Ruane has posted a lot of shots from the Kerrville Folk Festival. As you’re reading my summary , it might be nice to also check out these pics . Of note are perhaps the only 360 panorama pictures ever taken at Kerrville. Here’s the second one. In my entry, I spoke […]

"That same small town in each of us"

June 20, 2005.Reading time 7 minutes.

“Who knows how long this will last Now we’ve come so far, so fast But, somewhere back there in the dust That same small town in each of us I need to remember this So baby give me just one kiss And let me take a long last look Before we say good bye” — […]

There Goes My Life" (Thoughts on Fatherhood)

June 19, 2005.Reading time 10 minutes.

It seems to me that one of the things fathers do for their kids is to teach them how to risk. If the stereotypical role for Mothers is “nuturing” (and note that I’m calling this “stereotypical”) then the stereotypical role for Fathers is to push their kids to risk and face their fears. Take our […]

Kerrville 2005: Looong ramblings about this year’s festival

June 10, 2005.Reading time 52 minutes.

Several of you wrote me in May to ask if I’d be doing this again, so I will. Gratifying to know someone’s actually reading. But the thing I need to make abundandly clear is that these are MY thoughts about what I experienced. Please don’t write me to say “hey, you didn’t mention the cool […]

This is Crabcake, calling Frito Pie (Melanie’s reflections on Camp Nashbill and Kerrville 05)

June 9, 2005.Reading time 10 minutes.

(With apologies to Rachel Garlin for the lyric adaptation…) Greetings fellow campers! (And this includes you whose “tents” come with indoor plumbing and room keys…) It’s almost exactly a week since my flight touched down at Reagan National, bringing me home from Kerrville. It already feels like worlds away (sigh). It seems to get harder […]

Disclaimer

June 4, 2005.Reading time 1 minute.

It goes without saying (of course, if it really did, I would not be writing this) but…. The thoughts, opinions, ideas, stories, rants, meditations, songs, information written anywhere on this this blog are totally and completely my own, and do not reflect the views of any church, denomination, political party, elected official, close friend, relative, […]

NDSM Beneft (Turned out to be a great night)

May 21, 2005.Reading time 3 minutes.

Jeez, it’s hot. This is very bad sign for the rest of the summer, and a VERY bad sign for what it will be like, down at The Ranch next week. Oh well, it is what it is….is will be what it will be… Maria and I went out to the Wildflower Festival today to […]

Go Mavs (My head makes it’s national TV debut…)

May 20, 2005.Reading time 5 minutes.

Wow. How can it be two months since I’ve blogged anything? As America once said, “I’ve been one poor correspondent.” And this is even with some of you writing me to tell me how much you like them….ah well, life gets in the way. For the past several years, I’ve made the vow to put […]

Schiavo

March 22, 2005.Reading time 10 minutes.

I’ve avoided commenting on the Terri Schiavo situation for as long as I could. But even as much as I’d like to avoid it, it seems to be the story that just won’t go away. So, here goes, whether you asked for it or not… First off, the ironies of this whole situation are numerous, […]

MarchGigs05

March 8, 2005.Reading time 1 minute.

Thanks to all those who came out to my show last Friday night at Dunn Bros. Coffee, in Addison. Thanks especially to the friends (you know who you are, who were there early….and those who stayed late!) Looks like I’ve picked up another coffee house gig next weekend. I’ll be playing at the Nodding Dog […]