• Writing Success on WordPress

    In my last post, I talked about the “Perfect Reader” from the point of view of the writer. I discussed several things that I believe define you and I as writers, because, truth be told, if you are reading this, you are probably writing something in your own blog – which makes you a writer.…


  • Inspiration Point

    Credit goes to the author of this blog for sharing this quote from Bradbury. If you fancy yourself a writer…this is as true as the truth gets.


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  • The “Rich100Award” Presentation

    Before I announce the winner of “The Inaugural Rich100Award” allow me a moment to say this. If I had an orchestra of French horns, violins, and a timpani, I would conduct them in a rousing rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” Since I don’t, I’m going to cheat and use this rousing rendition from youtube to…


  • “Rank Strangers” by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

    For as long as I can remember, I have listened to and loved bluegrass and gospel music. I’m sure a lot of  my love for this music, especially gospel, is due to my mother. Although she didn’t have an angel’s voice, she sounded like an angel to me as she sang gospel songs while she worked around…


  • The Avett Brothers Perform “Morning Song”

    “Hurt so bad……….You don’t come around here anymore….. Worse than that……….. Nothing’s really helping I’ve been thinking ’bout drinking again” Twenty-one words, that’s all, just twenty-one; words that rank easily in the top one hundred song openings of all time. Within the last three or four weeks, as I listened to more of their music,…