I run a lot of miles of life and crime And mountain climbs and quittin’ times Packing that load of lyin’ rhymes And tired jokes and wooden dimes I’ve been everybody’s friend, everybody’s friend I could lose my house, I could steal a car I could serve two masters, living… Read More »Hold Out Your Hand
You’re feeling nervous, aren’t you, boy? With your quiet voice and impeccable style Don’t ever let them steal your joy And your gentle ways To keep ’em from running wild They can kick dirt in your face Dress you down, and tell you that your place Is in the middle,… Read More »The Joke
A love song was playing on the radio It made me kind of sad because it made me think of you And I wonder how you’re doing but I wish I didn’t care Because I gave you all I had and got the worst of you Didn’t it break your… Read More »Every Time I Hear That Song
Some rights and some wrongs Some heroes and songs Are much better left unsung Between fiction and fact Illusion and pact Where we’ve been into what we’ve become Although we have changed We’re never estranged And there’s nothing I’d trade from before I’ll never ally Although this is goodbye To… Read More »Heroes and Songs
I have seen the fire watcher’s daughter Watching fires burn from smoke to black There’s nothing she won’t burn From Styrofoam to urns, to someone else’s ashes in a sack You can scorch the metal, you can even melt the glass You can pass the time here, fire lives into… Read More »The Stranger At My Door
This is how the story went I met someone by accident That blew me away, that blew me away It was in the darkest of my days When you took my sorrow and you took my pain Buried them away, you buried them away You dropped me off at the… Read More »Hiding My Heart
Another chance to clean up the backlog. These pictures were taken in October of last year but never really fit into any “An Artist’s Notebook” entries. Some were alternate images for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Some, I just took when I was out and about. Always feels good to get… Read More »But I Don’t Think That’s True
I done some bad, bad things The kind you don’t bring up at confession Somewhere in my life, woah I took the wrong direction I swear on my soul I didn’t wanna hurt no one But I got no way to justify The things I done I swear some people… Read More »Alibi
This final collection of images from Day 2 in Chicago start as I was doing a walkabout of Wrigley Field. When I was a kid I really loved baseball, but as an adult that love has really waned. I hate to say it, but baseball is boring and it takes… Read More »The Windy City: Day 2C
You’re still alive inside somewhere Or are you just remains? You’re blood, muscle, skin and bone So people cause you pain But when the skies are crashing down And when my days are dark and grey When my fires are burning low When the life inside me fades There’s a… Read More »Blood Muscle Skin & Bone
SLICE OF LIFE. As you know, this is a very special theme for me. My Dad would have turned 80 years old yesterday. My hope was that his photography legacy would inspire many people to submit this week. Did it? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out. As of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 404 – SLICE OF LIFE
You came into this world with eyes as clear as water You didn’t look a thing like your grandmother’s daughter With a heart so heavy and beating like a drum Yeah, neither did you look like your grandfather’s son Wilder than a brushfire burns deep inside the bramble Baby, I… Read More »Wilder (We’re Chained)
NOTE: THERE ARE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS WEEK’S THEME, SO MAKE SURE TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THEM. JUST DON’T SKIM BY THEM. NOT THAT ANYBODY DOES THAT. EVERYBODY HANGS ON MY EVERY WORD. TEXTURE. It is something you really have to feel. But as a theme, did a bunch… Read More »WPC – WEEK 403 – TEXTURE
You carry me along with you Keep my spirit strong, you do Maybe I was meant to be Under your lock and key The hard times that I had Really, don’t seem all that bad Yesterday is long ago and far away And I’m beginning to feel the years But… Read More »Beginning to Feel the Years
If you are reading this, then I got too busy this morning to compile and code the submissions for last week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t get started on this week’s theme. Hopefully I will publish this week’s submissions later tonight. I’m guessing around 8:01… Read More »WEEK 403 – REVEAL
I’m gonna fit in I’m on the list I’m gonna to get in Haven’t you heard And don’t you know who I am? I’m with the Joneses I’m their best friend I’ve come to saturate the market To perpetuate the hip kid I was born so I can fall in… Read More »Mainstream Kid
Today is the birthday of somebody very important! You all know who it is! Happy birthday Steph! I hope your birthday is everything you want it to be! It has been way too long since the last time I saw Steph. That is probably mostly my fault. +++++++ There’s a… Read More »The Things I Regret
It really breaks my heart To see a dear old friend Go down to the worn out place again Do you know the sound Of a closing door? Have you heard that sound somewhere before? Do you wonder if she knows you anymore? Did you think the bottle Would ever… Read More »The Eye
I think it’s time we found a way back home You loose so many things you love as you grow I missed the days when I was just a kid My fear became my shadow, I swear it did You made me feel like I was always falling Always falling… Read More »Wherever Is Your Heart
ROAD TRIP! What a great theme and an even better way to spend a day or two. Nothing calls to me like the open road. But did it call to many other people? Or did people stay firmly entrenched on their couches? You will have to keep scrolling to find… Read More »WPC – WEEK 398 – ROAD TRIP
Were we just kids, just starting out Didn’t we know then love was about Were we just fooling, playing around Were we ever gonna get out of this town All in a moment, all in a sound All in a day’s work, we’re tumbling down Down by the old school,… Read More »Just Kids