25 Things About Me

Here are 25 things that you may not know about me: I was born in Mattoon, Illinois because the other town my parents lived in didn’t have a hospital. One of the earliest cartoons I remember watching on t.v. was called Crusader Rabbit. The main character had a...

The God Line

The God Line was written about three years ago. I took the writing from one of Dena’s Daily Napkins and shaped it into a song. Dena and I have co-written a number of songs over the last five years or so and this is one of my favorites. Click here to read the...

Older and Wiser

Older and Wiser was written in the late 1980s during my ‘coffee house’ period of inspiration. Even though I was in my late 30s at the time, my personal experiences of youth had already faded. I had already left my teens and my 20s well behind me in the...

Beauty Rises Forth

Beauty Rises Forth was born out of a visit to the Garden of Saints which is located at the Vedanta Society of Sacramento. I think it was either in the spring or the summer of 2009 that I heard from a friend about an open meditation garden. My spiritual curiosity was...

Earth Changes

Earth Changes was written back in 1990 during my coffee house period. I don’t recall any specific inspiration at the time that may have sparked this tune. I’ve been a Nature appreciator and lover since growing up as a boy in southern Indiana. Watching the...