Rocky Mountain Way : Denver Vacation Day Two – “Should’ve turned left at Albuquerque”

“The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” – Robert Burns “Son of a…that’s gonna leave a mark” – Thomas “Tommy” Callahan III You can painstakingly plan a vacation down to the very minute and it will still have a mind of its own. No amount of planning, packing, re-planning, and overpacking will […]

Rocky Mountain Way : Colorado Vacation Day One – “It’s somethin’

I always seem short of breath in an airport. Maybe those behemoths of international travel and mile-long food courts are oxygen-deprived. They want you to struggle and freak out. They want to keep you in fight or flight from the moment you hit the concourse to the moment you’re crammed in too small of seats […]

Double Weekend, Making Things, One Week Till Rocky Mountain Way

It was a weird last few days. I was off last Wednesday and Thursday, then went back to work on Friday, then off again for another two days. It was like a normal weekend, then compressed an entire work week into one day and BOOM….the weekend. I’m not complaining, though. I’ll gladly welcome any paid […]

Watch For Deer, Hello Anxiety My Old Friend, Rocky Mountain Way

A couple weeks ago my wife was heading home in the evening after going to our daughter’s place when a deer ran out in front of her. The deer took off, but left some hair and some damage on the right front hood, grill, and fender. It could have been a hell of a lot […]

2024 : The Year Of The Live Show

I saw my first concert at 16. My older brother took myself and one of my best friends to see Joe Satriani at the Embassy Theater in Fort Wayne, IN. It was the spring of 1990, so this was the Flying In A Blue Dream tour. I was a fledgling guitar shredder and Satch was […]

Mini Vacation, Digital Delays, Splitting Hairs

As I figured, my mini vacation was over before it started. Last week I was off Wednesday through Friday, then the weekend as well. That was 5 days in a row for you folks not counting. I had big plans that included working on some painting, recording some music, and just in general getting all […]

Another Quick Weekend, Pending Totality, Mini Vacation

Another Saturday and Sunday come and gone. Quicker than you can say TGIF, we’re already on the pre-dawn drive back to work. It’s a process as old as time. I’m sure there were cavemen wondering where the weekend went as they were leaving their cave for the rock quarries or something(I bet that Flintstone cat […]

Lost In The Woods : Brown County In Summation

For 48 hours one of my best pals and I spent a weekend in Central Indiana among trees, secluded cabins, tourists, bikers, hikers, joggers, and a cast of quirky characters. We rented a place outside of Nashville so we could spend our days hiking trails in two state parks, and our nights chilling out at […]

Brown County Hiking Trip Day Two : Brown County State Park and the Trail of Tears

Day two of the fellas hiking trip started out grand. Woke at 6 am and had western omelettes, toast, and a couple mugs of cafe bustello Espresso roast. By 8:30 am we were on the road to Brown County State Park. It was only 5 minutes from the cabin, so in moments we were hitting […]

Good Old Anxiety

It’d been quite a long time since anxiety decided to rear its ugly head and give me a good mental lashing, but yesterday was my (un)lucky day. My work partner was off yesterday, so it was just me. We’d already been hit hard on Friday with two or three days worth of work easy, so […]