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“Goin’ Back to Old Kentucky” – Ricky Skaggs
I first heard Ricky Skaggs in the early 80’s. We lived in D.C. at the time compliments of the US Navy. He just continued to get better over the years. If you like bluegrass music, or not, have a listen to this. He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into…
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The Silver Screen
Originally posted on The Riparian Times: The elusive first step to fame begins with a lonely gentle breeze down Hollywood Boulevard. I am on my third audition today and my head is slightly giddy like a teenage girl on passion-pops. I cannot remember the last time I ate, maybe yesterday, yesterday feels like a nosebleed…
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Grateful for Today
The accompanying image is a photograph of the eternal flame that marks the grave site of the late president John F. Kennedy. John Kennedy was the thirty-fifth president of the United States. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. That date is so engrained in the psyche of Americans of my generation…
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Quote of the Day – 2
Today’s quote is from Dr. Roger von Oech, an authority on creative thinking and the founder and president of Creative Think. He is an inventor, a public speaker, and the author of A Whack on the Side of the Head and several other books about creative thinking. Here’s my advice: Go ahead and be whacky.…
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Quote of the Day
Today’s quote is from William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, most commonly referred to simply as Macbeth. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
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