He kept playing for a few minutes, then muttered something else about wide open spaces.

Somebody needs to hold on—to remember. "The idea, the dark man said, is one we can’t forget just because we can’t live up to it." 

It’s no load to carry.

Floridian is a story about a few folks who are dear to me--particularly Shelby Strother and Brian Karcher. Thank you.

Something new. About dogs and men

January 6-One day came-by Jim McGinnis

A new verse about Noticing

Picking up a Pat Conroy quote and running with it. Gratitude--

It's safe to say that our endings and beginnings have a tendency to get all tangled up. This is a good example--this work has 40 years in it. Perhaps just a few months in the writing, but many years in the making. I thought I finished it a few weeks ago, but no. I think it’s finished, now and  I hope it moves you in some strange way.

Thanks, Nancy Tillman for another great book. I uploaded this reading on YouTube so you could see the pictures, but maybe you can use this one to follow along with your book. Hope you like it

I figured the best way I might serve my friends these days is to offer a little perspective, and someone who has always given me a refreshing point of view is Jimmy Buffett. Hope you enjoy it

“Slack Tide”

I've got a fish on the line

Maybe we'll meet in Exuma

Well, I think it's time to put some snorkels on

You can't hold back the moon

I can't control anybody

Well, we could use some quiet

I wish the whole wide world could swim along at slack tide