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When Dumb Becomes Useful

There is a longstanding phrase that sums up the impulsivity of youth: Young and stupid….

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Navigating the “Big Muddy”

I seriously doubt that many young men would have resisted a just and necessary cause…

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Oh-oh Here She Comes…

Your probably going to read this and think that I’m some kind of vanity whore…

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Standing at the End of the Road

This is a story I’ve not resisted in telling so much as having found myself…

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Visiting Ancestrial America

In the summer of 1973, preceding my senior year in college, I arranged a special…

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Rec Room Rectory

And that title pretty much sums it up because throughout my youth the rec room…

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10 More Musical Bookmarks

It was so much fun the first time that I’ve unleashed 10 more of my…

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Lunch at Linebaugh’s

The late, great, John Hartford (bluegrass/songwriter) was an early musical inspiration of mine and in…

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10 Musical Bookmarks

Music denotes points of interest along the road of life, bookmarks if you will. We’ve…

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Lineman La Vida Loca

After graduating college, and pondering my next move, I took a job with Bell Telephone…

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