Of the entire canon of Bob Dylan’s work, I think Workingman’s Blues #2 runs a close second to Like a Rolling Stone. The song came out in 2006 on Dylan’s Modern Times album. I cannot remember where I first heard or became aware of it. It was probably on one of the last area real-life… Continue reading A Word’s Look: Workingman’s Blues #2 by Bob Dylan
Category: Creating
The Family Curse
I think I’ve inherited the Family Curse. The Family Curse has to do with sports fandom. In particular, our beloved Kansas City Royals. My maternal grandmother, Grandma Bosley, first exhibited the curse back in the 1970s. For the record, Grandma Bosley was a character and full of life. Those of us fortunate enough to spend… Continue reading The Family Curse
Your Choice
I snapped these photos of the neighborhood trees and one of our oak trees yesterday. It was a cool, overcast, and drizzly morning but the colors of the leaves popped. The same view this morning, with the bright November sunshine radiating the colors is also beautiful, but, in my opinion, not as striking. Something hit… Continue reading Your Choice
A Word’s Look: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
As with many of Pink Floyd’s great songs, Wish You Were Here stands on its own. All the gushing and blubbering I can do about it merely fades in comparison to the work itself. It’s a beautiful piece of art. The song tugs at the heartstrings. It brings a sense of longing to the soul… Continue reading A Word’s Look: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Creative Braining
BRAINS! BRAINS! BRAINS! As much as I’d love it to be a post about zombies; this is not a post about zombies. It’s about creating. Although it’s not about creating brain-eating reanimated beings shambling endlessly in search of the living, I hope to shed some light on how we creators shamble endlessly in search of… Continue reading Creative Braining
Creative Inertia for 2023
I wrote this piece for the STEM Tuesday blog group’s 2023 New Year post on the From the Mixed-Up Files…of Middle-Grade Authors blog and thought I’d share it here. Creative inertia for 2023 and beyond!!! Painful Inspiration The weather turned. The temperature dropped rapidly. It was a cold and misty day but the precipitation began… Continue reading Creative Inertia for 2023