The Emperor of Mickey D’s

January 20, 2025.Reading time 3 minutes.

A new song of resistance, in honor of the Inauguration Day of Trump 2.0.

I wrote this song the day after RFK’s ridiculous McDonald’s plane ride with all the Trump Bros. Tracked and released for you today.

Jeff Davis Was Trying To Go To Texas

June 19, 2024.Reading time 8 minutes.

JEFF DAVIS WAS TRYING TO GO TO TEXAS Jeff Davis, he was trying to go to Texas.Thought that he could find some Rebels there.Robert Lee already had surrendered.Loss lay heavy in the Southern air.He tried to sneak across, from down in GeorgiaWhile all the rest, they fled to anywhere.But Jeff Davis, he was trying to […]

Seeking Still

May 14, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

SEEKING STILL All my life I’ve searched for inner peaceTo make the voices ceaseA sweet releaseThat leads me to a calm And now and then I find a pathway thereSome moment without careA jewel rareLike truth inside a song But soon as I arrive, the destination’s goneI’m back upon a path that’s always winding and […]

Unpacking WH Auden’s “For the Time Being”

January 8, 2024.Reading time 7 minutes.

During this Christmas season, I’ve written meditations on one of my favorite literary works of all time:WH Auden’s “For The Time Being.” (FTTB) Here are links to each section.Feel free to keep this page handy, for easy future reference. Unpacking WH Auden’s “For the Time Being.” Section One: “ADVENT.” Section Two: “THE ANNUNCIATION“ Section Three: […]

I Remember Too

February 24, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Earlier this week, I shared about Ash Wednesday, a year ago…some time I spent by the Roberts Forest fire pit, praying, crying, playing guitar. What I didn’t say then was that a song, in honor of my Mom, poured out of me that night. The whole thing took shape in about 20 minutes. I pulled […]

Your Full Height (New Song)

February 6, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Here’s a new song from me. Stayed up till 3 am Saturday finishing it. I like how it came out. A song for our time, for the past few weeks, and for what may well be our “new normal” for a while… It’s been a crazy few weeks, yes? Inauguration. A President with disapproval ratings […]

City Hawk

October 10, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

How about forgetting politics for a moment? Turning our heads outward and upward? Here’s a song I wrote over the weekend. It’s about my spirit animal…Hawks. Feel free to share, and hope you enjoy it. Every time I see a Hawk, especially in the city, I gasp….they take me out of my self, and my […]

Frank’s Cafe

January 25, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

I continue to remember my Dad in all sorts of ways. One way is by pulling out, and finally finishing, this song I started years ago after a visit back to the place my Dad grew up (In Kentucky, just across the river from Cincy) So, here’s a demo. I really really like how it’s […]

Remembering Dan

December 16, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Today marks the 6th Anniversary of the death of Dan Fogelberg. To honor him, I’ve uploaded a new mix of the song I wrote in his honor. I won’t wax long about Dan today. Only to say that as each year passes, the gratitude I have for his gift of music grows. Musically, and production-wise, […]