Counting Sheep Your favorite (ahem, only) Preachy Variety Act is back with an offering that is (totally not) ready to go live! It’s a brand new song I’ve been working on yesterday and today. Pretty much all my daily allotment of creative energy has been invested into it, and I…
Category: #03 – Things to Listen To

Try to Love
Try to Love – at a hard waypoint –– in the dwindling twilight –– on a rock-strewn path –– i cried out for light – – i found a small ember –– where it had been planted –– inside my heart –– i cradled it in awe –– and stumbled…

Telecaster
I am going to an open mic tonight at a wonderful coffee house in a charming nearby town, and it will probably run late with a community jam session afterwards. I have been attending and playing there for the past two weeks. It has been an amazing, life-giving experience of…

A Silly Birthday Song for Bram
Sometimes I get commissioned to write a silly song for someone. It happens most often for birthdays. Sometimes it’s for someone I care about. But sometimes it’s for someone that someone I care about cares about (but I don’t really know). All are bonkers. On one occasion I have produced…

A Hill High Enough – A Song of Protest
A Hill High Enough I am apolitical (I believe all politics is a futile waste of life and energy at this point), and to preserve my own mental health I no longer follow the “news.” But the big stuff filters through. A Hill High Enough is a song that attempts…