I walked right by someone...

I walked right by someone the other day. At the grocery store...I was kind of in a hurry. I saw her and realized that she hadn’t seen me, and made a conscious decision to let the moment pass instead of taking a few minutes to say hello and catch up. I’ve done that before, with the optimistic attitude that we’d have another chance soon, maybe a quieter place, maybe a more intentional social situation, where we could really talk. That all seemed so logical and simple and inconsequential, several days ago at the Harris Teeter on 21st Ave.

And I wouldn’t have given it another thought, except that my phone just rang, and a stranger told me that he was holding her address book and calling everyone in it to let them know that she was found dead on Monday in a reservoir near Tullahoma. The horror of that, and the sadness of losing her, were only amplified by the knowledge that I CHOSE to pass up the chance to be in the presence of her sweet and gentle spirit, for, as it turned out, the last time.

So if I see you in the grocery store, I don’t care how busy I am, or how busy you look - I AM going to stop you and say hello, because the alternative no longer seems like such an okay idea.

New Website!

Isn't it purty?

Yes, it's a couple days after my original deadline, but hey...it's not a WEEK after my original deadline!

Please leave comments here on the blog - you like the site/you don't like the site. Maybe you have found issues. I would love to hear about it!

New website coming!

I designed my current website about 10 years ago, and at the time I loved it.  Much like the teal countertops in my kitchen that I thought were "the shizzle" in 1994 that I ripped out with great glee just over a year ago.  Tastes change, and we get tired of looking at the same old stuff.  The new site will be (hopefully) elegant, informative and relevant.  Working hard on it now and have come up with an overall design that I really like. 

My plan is to have the new site up by the end of January, and also to use this blog as a place for news and observations.  I really haven't kept it current, and I want to be better about that!

The plan for February?  A new CD. Yup, I said it outloud.  A new acoustic CD ... very stripped-down, just me and my guitar.  That's the plan for now.   

Looks like I have a lot of work to do, so I better get back to it!