Respect thy rhythm. Respect thy time. And the soul will rise and shine. That’s Cash …on the barrelhead.
Lessons From a Baby’s World
“Have you ever watched a baby learning to walk? He totters, arms stretched out to balance himself. He wobbles – and falls, perhaps bumps his nose. Then he puts the palms of his little hands flat on the floor, hikes his rear end up, looks around to see if anybody is watching him. If nobody […]
It’s A Kerouac Thang!
I have a great love for buildings with faded glory. Buildings that have a sort of story lurking about their empty shells. At first, it’s just an abandon mess, a hunk, an eyesore piece of trash that irritates locals, until it fades into the scenery and becomes ignored. No one notices exactly when they slip […]
Why Do Bad Things Happen To…
Good People? I can’t answer that for you. But today I will share with you some of the things that I cling to when I struggle with that question, or when I am struggling through my own trials. Over the whole of my life, even up to this point in time, I have been on […]
Light It Up
Oh, Darling. It always happens this way. Their a-gonna come A-creepin’ A-sneakin’ and A-peepin’ Telling you how to run your show. What I want to know is this: What’cha gonna do when they Point that fish-eyed lens at you; A-yellin’ A-sellin’ and A-pimpin’ All these things you hold dear? While they go about A-faddin’ A-addin’ […]
Uncle Ray
Black whiskers With streaks of silver And grey. You were always teaching me To rise above the fray. And when I’d tell you about My dark and uncertain days, While we drove those wooded Back country roads You’d look over at me And start singing; “I’ll Fly Away” With that sparkle in your eyes And […]
Another Day
I have been writing this blog for nearly five years –I can hardly believe that! I love my blog, but truthfully I’ve been starting to feel like I’ve reached the end –I even came close to deleting it recently. Then I read my header: Pictures, Poems, and Tales From My Indomitable Heart: It’s about courage, […]
Don’t Worry…
Ratings say it’s ok! . . We’ll figure out how to spin it right another day — just after we’ve made it big!
Untangled
Don’t get tangled up in The barbed wire of your mind. Someone’s always gonna have A say that won’t go your way. Besides, the biggest land mines Were always in your own head. Slip that leash and speak, You’ll be just fine.
Mosaic Life
Mirrors, china, glass And earthenware A gem here, a jewel there. Undaunted she continued Sorting through those Shattered disparate pieces. Flummoxed and confused they Watched over this mosaic muse Crying out: “We don’t understand! There’s no flash, no cash — Only this faded trash!” But there was no time to quell that strife. She was […]