We’re driving down the road again Last bath I had was in a bucket of tears Driving down the road again 1000 miles of blacktop And hot chord fears I’m driving down the road again Strip malls, strip bars Strip lights and railroad cars Held together with strips of gum And don’t you think we’d […]
MoreI thought I might amuse myself by making a podcast. I set up anchor, and started to read out some blog posts. Friends, I could not do it! I’ve played music live, I’ll happily sing songs, and subject people to my covers of Moonshiner and Hang me Oh Hang me (the latter by the influential […]
MoreI’m afraid I am not the right woman for this job, this work of writing, of a little anti domestic violence awareness. You see I am not quiet, I have no interest in making other people feel comfortable. I will speak my mind and I do it loudly and firmly. I will not be swayed […]
MoreThere’s bars, bars on my windows There’s chains, chains on my doors There’s bars that spill onto streets And chains that lead me there by the feet Bars and chains Bars and chains And other people’s games. I’m chained to my emotions I’m barred from my own head Chains to prove my devotion Bars to […]
MoreThe 101 between Coos Bay and the Washington border is a mostly terrifying affair. It twists alarmingly, it’s cliff side lane crumbling, deteriorated and potholed, the inland northbound lane subject to cliff overhang which is lethal to large campers. We had scraped and busted our awning to uselessness on those rocks before the first year […]
MoreYou say you did some hard travellin’ But you know your streets were paved with gold You had bells on all of your fingers And you wore the Emperor’s clothes You sold out while I got sold down the river You wore it well, while I got worn down You got the life-raft While you […]
MoreI play guitar, and I don’t play it too badly. I used to play an old Martin grand auditorium, which I had for a good 20 years. I loved that guitar. Of course Billy took it back as easily as he once gave it to me all that time ago. He had just purchased it, […]
MoreMy oldest friend isn’t picking up the phone. He isn’t responding. The battery is now flat, and it’s just clicking through to his voicemail. He isn’t in any of the hospitals. He has simply disappeared. I suppose I should have expected it. I did. I tried to prepare myself for the inevitable. The worst thing […]
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