n     Have you every been driving and found yourself off course and asked yourself, "How did I end up here?"  The other day, my friend, Rick and I were driving to a the Brass Armadillo Antique shop in Grain Valley…

Rock, Paper, and Scissors. I wonder who started that game?  It is a game that almost everyone has played. It was a step up the ladder from playing Eany, Meany, Miney, Mo. There were flaws with the Eany, Meany, Miney…

     Today was my day off. I decided I would get a cd ready to sell today. I went to CD Baby and did almost all of the work. I am going to do a digital album. It is called Linwood…

           What is it like to pitch a song to a publisher? I am going to share my latest song pitch with you. This song pitch was done through NSAI. Nashville Songwriting Association International. Every member is allowed…

'     I love questions like this. Would you give up half of your songwriter's share to a big star?  That is a tough question. First of all, let's pick the big star. If you are a girl in your teens…

     Today was my day to get those little  things done that I keep putting off. The first thing on my list was to get the oil changed on my SUV. It is amazing how fast three months or three thousand…

     My granddaughter Alyssa has a birthday in October. Heather asked her, "What she wanted to do for her birthday party this year?"  Heather was probably expecting the normal answers that kids give. I am not normal but here is what…

     I played at church a couple weeks ago. I was planning on playing a new song that I wrote called, Broken Crayons. I started working on a new song called More Jesus and I decided that I liked it better…

     I remember when I was a kid and we drove over to Lakewood Hills. Lakewood Hills was a housing community that was built by Lake Perry. It had a community swimming pool and lots of new homes. New homes were…

     I went to Winfield, KS to the Walnut Valley Bluegrass festival last week on vacation. I drove down from Topeka on Thursday and stayed through Saturday. Have I ever mentioned that I do not like to camp? Some people think…

      The results are in. I won. I get to go to Winfield and play my song Linwood Café. I got second place. It's not a blue ribbon but it's a ribbon. Well, to be honest, I don't get a…

     This song really shows my age. In forty years kid will be writing how cell phones, X-Box, play station 27 and the influence that it made on their lives. I wanted to have a little fun and write about our…