Music I’ve Mentioned

Redneck Nation – A Manifesto for the 21st Century

Rednecks are born, not made. Try as I might to pass as a bona fide liberal treehugger, I’ll never be 100% successful. Sooner or later my red neck starts to show–the guns, the desire to trade in the VW wagon for a V8 Mustang or a big ol’ Caddy (we already have the truck), the food [...]

Breaking the Hiatus

I have a longer post planned about the long, for-the-most-part unplanned hiatus. For today, however, my friend Len says it all.

Parallels

Many people have been drawing parallels between The Great Depression and now. Quite frankly, I’m worried much more about parallels between 1968 and now. Forty years ago, two visionary young men attempting to bring great change to this nation were assassinated for their efforts. Whatever your political leanings, please take a moment over the next [...]

Resonance – Part II

Last week I wrote about the concept of limbic resonance and how if we could resonate the right emotions–peace, hope, and love instead of fear and hatred—it could be a powerful force for good in our country. (I wrote about it a while ago as part of a book review too.)
Recently, the Yarn Harlot offered a [...]

Resonance

Yesterday I had an epiphany that resulted in a post with a couple of biblical references. The underlying message (in case you didn’t check out Matthew 14:24-32) was that to get through tumultuous times it may be necessary to walk on water instead of staying safely on the shore or in the boat—and that the only [...]