My Growing Pile of Last Times.

It’s not a physical pile of course. This pile clutters my mind. Nothing is properly stacked, or arranged by year, or event such as Christmas or Fourth of July, summer vacation or anything else that would organize my thoughts in a tidy pile. They are just there, and here, and under that thought over there.…

Undeniable Truth.

There is no good time to get bad news. There is no bad time to get good news either. The hardest thing that you will ever do is reconcile with someone you dislike. We treat politicians and political parties like athletes and sports teams now, and all cheating aside, winning is winning. When every single…

Life without music?

What would your life be like without music? Every decade of my life is marked by the music that came blaring out of the radio that was seemingly always on. The sixties provided a transition from swing to rock and roll, while several in my family listened to nothing but country music. The seventies provided…

May I Remain…

I am content. I am content. I am content. Why did it take a lifetime to climb this mountain, when its peak was always just a few steps away? I will never know I suppose, but I could never calm my mind enough to get there. Can I ever share something so personal? Why else…

Never on your first enlistment Wayne.

Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. I have told so many stories on here that I honestly can’t remember if I’ve told an earlier version of this story or not but regardless, I’m about to tell it now. It was in the middle of April 1975 and I was a…

Wayneisms….

I have no compassion for collective thinking. If you can’t walk out your front door and disappear, you are not free. Once you realize that you don’t have to buy the economy size mouthwash, anything is possible. Anytime I hear someone say that they come from a long line of democrats, I thank God that…

In my humble opinion.

What are your top ten favorite movies? Some movies draw me to them in such a way that make it impossible to channel surf past, so I will try to categorize and in no particular order but #1 is without a doubt… Pulp Fiction. This movie is perfect. The Shawshank Redemption. Kill Bill v1. Saving…