• “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…


  • Java Fueled Journaling – 4

    04/16/14, 03:08:00 AM Columbia, South Carolina, USA, North America, Earth, The Milky Way, The Solar System Dear Java Fueled Journal, Guess what? Yep, you oh so smart dude, you! You now have a new home in this crazy world wide weboblogosphere. I decided – on my own mind you – that you no longer need…


  • Java Fueled Journaling – 3

    13 April 2014, 10:10:30 AM Dear Java Fueled Journal, Go figure. Another night of java-fuel for my nicotine enriched, oxygen deprived, gamma-raydiated brain. Its crazy! It’s wild! A circus and a freaking freak show! It’s like…well…like…gosh, you know what it’s like. It’s like all my brain cells are at war with each other and nobody…


  • “Brains of elderly slow because they know so much” from The Telegraph (UK)

    Brains of elderly slow because they know so much – Telegraph.   “The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary, they simply know more.” I’m not sure I agree with this – of course I don’t have to – but it’s kinda cool to believe this is why my thinking is…


  • Land of the Pine

    Sometimes, you only need to walk twenty feet, out into your own back yard, point your camera and snap the shutter. Sometimes, you get a pretty good picture. This picture, in its original form, seemed like a pretty good shot to me. But, I am biased of course. I like experimenting with different effects, though.…


  • If I Forget

    Some quick lines before I forget, cause harsh, Throat burning, alcohol numbing my head. Wild Turkey, Johnny Walker or maybe Jim Beam. Don’t know, don’t care, each one my best friend On a day like today and a night like tonight Ain’t gonna stay sober, what gives you the right To say where I’m going,…