Stewed Thoughts

  Today’s Special Stewed Thoughts, with Over-Ripe Opinions Home-Grown Philosophies While They Last!!   Sweat Drenched, Steaming. The long, hot Nights slowly melting into Tomorrows, Safely, Quietly, within my Dreams, There’s nothing between me and everything. As I evaporated sliding ever closer to the abyss of sleep, Suddenly, dawned on me was the Why, things …

Haiku Twenty Twenty-Two

From Page Number One Haiku: Number: Two Zero Two Two   __________________________________________   Whoa! And Wow Wee Wow We’re all Willing Witnesses To our Promises   We Are Constructs Painful wrecks carefully chiseled From God’s Own Image   Ring Ring Tinnitus Musical Gift That Keeps Giving I hear you, clearly   Click, Pop, Magic Knees …

Sea of Love

As We Cast Ourselves Onto The Sea of Love Thadd Presley Anyone who talked to, or knew anything about, those who went out onto the sea and over the horizon in search of the elusive dream, must imagine crossing that strange ocean and how it will feel when first they set their feet and plant …

Metaphysics? Is it Science?

I have been asked about the science of metaphysics many times over the last twenty years. One of the most asked is: What does the subject cover? Is it about ghosts and spiritual world?   I don’t think it is about ghost and the spiritual world at all. It does have the reputation of looking …

Medicine People

Medicine Peopleby Jude Trail   The man pushed the needle under her flesh and smiled when blood spurted into the chamber. He whispered into her ear, as he pulled the plunger back. “Drugs aren’t good or bad, you know?” Her blood mixed with the thick, brown liquid, delighting the man. “You’re like a medicine man,” …

Oddly Pronounced

A beautiful woman stops abruptly in her tracks. Her eyes locked on a man in the crowd. Taken both by surprise and intrigue, she found something different about him. Suddenly, the man was coming toward her, smiling. She realized, too late, that she had been staring at him. And the reason was he had a …

Songwriter Handbook

I have written a songwriter’s companion. It’s a short, comprehensive collection of modes and how they come together for each note. I uncovered — I daren’t say discovered — what I call a Musical Matrix while writing out the modes for each Note. I was designing an easy go-to chart of parallel modes, so I …