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November Faves

What makes you happy?

I’ve been working on my Shadow Self again. Trying to find some light in darkness.
If you’ve read my previous blogs, or listen to my music, you know I tend to write a lot about dark things.
In one of my fave books, The Dark Side Of the……


“Don’t ever be ashamed of loving the strange things that make your weird little heart happy.”

 “Don’t ever be ashamed of loving the strange things that make your weird little heart happy.” ~Elizabeth Gilbert

 

It happened again the other day.

I stopped by the coffee shop. I was wearing my Kiss Hoodie as usual, one of my favorite items of clothing. An acquaintance of mine who just happened to be there asked me…….


New Year’s Resolutions: DON’T DO IT!!

I’m serious. There is no worse way to start your New Year off!

Resolutions are stupid and they’re made to be broken. Seriously.

Say this in your head: My resolution for 2016 is (fill in the blank).

Now check in with the feeling in your belly…

Doesn’t everything inside you just tense up?

No? Cool. And if you can make……


To Fail or… is it really?

Excerpt from my iPhone.

As the adrenalin ebbs for a moment, I am writing this on my phone as I sit outside and try to gather my sanity. This is the first time in a week that I’ve actually had a chance to take a real honest to goodness, not sit at my desk monitoring the……


Confessions

I’ve always been rebellious; a warrior.

Maybe it started when I entered this world feet first. Or when I tried walking despite the hip deformity I was born with. It didn’t stop me; I’d just drag myself everywhere (fortunately the surgery was a success, it could’ve gotten even weirder without it).

I didn’t want to be told……


9 Songwriting Quirks…my process.

 

I write every day. I’ve been writing songs for a very long time; my first real song when I was 9. After years of studying songwriting (I still consider myself a student), honing the craft, suffering through a self-imposed writer’s block for over a year, hundreds of drained pens, and hundreds of thousands of words,……


6 Lessons from Puppies

I really didn’t want a puppy. I wasn’t ready yet. It had been two months since we lost Rayven and just the thought of training and teething and chewing was more unappealing than I could imagine.

The compromise: we’d find a rescue Doberman a few years old.

We applied again and again and were turned down, which……


Write or Die

I’ve been writing since I was able to form words. I was taught to put pen to paper, using actual words at four years old and haven’t looked back.

I never knew it would save my life.

We’ve all had traumas… we’ve all lived through the depths of despair, disappointment, triumphs, amazing things and the elation of happiness.

I……


Being Paul Stanley

In honor of The Kiss Front Man’s Birthday, I’d like to say a few words.

When Peter Criss, Kiss’ original drummer left the band, I was devastated.  The Cat man was my favorite. He had this raspy singing voice, and of course, Beth was the ultimate love song.

I had this huge-assed crush on him. I collected posters and……


Top 10 Songs I’d love to cover – Part 2

Top 10 Songs I would love to Cover – Part 2

 

This is a continuation of songs I would love to cover if I did a cover album. Which may happen.

If nothing else, I’ve been adding a few of them in to my acoustic shows.  If you haven’t read Part 1, I’ve posted a version of……