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Clear Cool Water – Sons of the Pioneers
Never would I have thought a glass of water would have cost so much, but it did. Sunday morning and I am sticking to my daily routine. Turn on the coffee pot, start my reading for the day while the coffee
Continue readingI Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
“Dad, I feel like I’m falling behind,” my son Matthew says over the phone from his apartment in Jacksonville. “You’re doing fine, son,” I say in my most confident voice,”You’ve
Continue readingKeep on Truckin – Eddie Kendricks
Keep on Truckin – Eddie Kendricks “You look great! What’s your secret?” Mick asks me as we pass each other in the hall in our corporate headquarters. Mick hadn’t seen
Continue readingSimple Pleasures Are The Best – Bobby McFerrin
Life’s Simple Pleasures Are The Best – Bobby McFerrin I look around the restaurant at the other couples who have the same expression on their face. They must be having the same experience
Continue readingHere In My Car, I Feel Safest Of All
Here In My Car, I Feel Safest Of All – Gary Numan? "You're just trying to sell me on this, aren't you?" Are words I've never had a client in any of my businesses say to me. Don't get me wrong,
Continue readingMind Set – World Order
Mind Shift – World Order Old mindsets die hard. There is a time to shift from one belief to another but when is that time? When is it a shift and when is it quitting? Earlier this week I spoke
Continue readingLooks Like We Made It.
Looks Like We Made It – Barry Manilow There was a time in my forties when I thought I was infallible, I could do no wrong. It was a hot summer day when I discovered I had made a big mistake that
Continue readingBecause You’re Mine, I’ll Walk The Line
Because You’re Mine, I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash It was nineteen seventy something and I am attending Maitland Junior High School. I’m not sure how it happened but my Dad had run into
Continue readingPlease, Please Me Do
Please, Please Me Do – The Beatles “You are too nice a guy, Rex.” the manager at my office has told me on several occasions. I’ve heard this not only from her but from several people
Continue readingAnd Appetites a Human Vice I’m Guilty Of
And appetites a human vice I’m guilty of – Melanie It’s 1980 something and my new wife is once again indulging me by going to a concert at The Great Southern Music Hall. “Who are
Continue readingI Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In
I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In – The First Edition It’s odd how it creeps up on you one day as if by magic, you notice that your double chin is starting to add
Continue readingI’m Just A Living Legacy Of The Leader Of The Band
I’m just a living legacy of the leader of the band. – Dan Fogelberg “What was I thinking? This is too hard for me to play. Who am I trying to impress?’ All these thoughts
Continue readingYou’ve Got To Be Cruel To Be Kind..
You’ve Got To Be Cruel To Be Kind – Nick Lowe My phone sounds off an alert to a text message. The tone is the old Jetson’s doorbell theme, that way I know it’s a text without having
Continue readingYou’re still young, that’s your fault….
“You’re still young that’s your fault, there’s so much for you to know” — Cat Stevens It’s 1980 and 19 year old Rex announces “I’m going to ask Kathie
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