Four Corners

As with some other songs of mine, I was inspired to write Four Corners by my observations of and inspiration by the natural world around me. I wrote it during the end of year holiday season in 1989. Flying Over Four Corners The song came to me while I was traveling...

Living My Vision

How do I live my vision? Just as summer gardens are providing lots of yummy and nourishing food to the folks who tend them at this time of year, working in the studio on my album, In This Circle, continues to feed my soul in so many ways. I’ve come to the...

Owls at Twilight

I’m a big fan of classic children’s fiction such as The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as modern children’s fiction such as Guardians of Ga’hoole by Kathryn Lasky and The Great Tree of Avalon by...

In the Studio

In 2014, I began recording songs for my current musical project, In This Circle. It was the year after I had released my previous project, Older and Wiser, a compilation of original tunes written and recorded way back in the mid to late 80s. Older and Wiser had been...

Older and Wiser – Bender Studio Notes

Older and Wiser (The Bender Studio Sessions: 1988-1991) (Evolution of a singer/songwriter and a recording studio) I made the acquaintance of Christian Heilman in the mid 80’s. He was a drummer dude originally from Dunsmuir, CA. He had moved to Sacramento to...