Happiness and Tears (2001)
· ☕ 291 words stories 4/4
2001 was an eventful year for many reasons. I wrote this to sing with
some friends at a new years eve party.
Harwood North Dakota
· ☕ 279 words stories 4/4
I wrote this after listening to an NPR interview with people in
Harwood, North Dakota in 1997 after floods had surrounded the entire
town. As it later turned out, 1997 was one of the better years.
History Cycles
· ☕ 259 words politics history 4/4
Sometimes you wonder if the human race will ever stop the fighting.
I Remember Back
· ☕ 218 words childhood politics history 4/4
Sometimes you wonder if the human race will ever stop the fighting.
Johnny's Garden
· ☕ 252 words fun songs 4/4
Genetic manipulation gone a bit astray.
Kathy's Waltz
· ☕ 312 words wedding 3/4
Written for the wedding of one of my sisters. She teaches kindergarten
and some of the children were worried that she would leave after she
got married.
Library at Wizard U
· ☕ 233 words fun songs 4/4
Actually based on Terry Pratchett’s books, not J.K. Rowling’s.
Melancholy Dancer
· ☕ 272 words sadness 6/8
Thinking about people who can’t recover from sadness and listening to
an eclectic mix of music from Sibelius tone poems to Portuguese Fado.
Meridan Road
· ☕ 394 words home 3/4
Written about an old farmhouse in New Hampshire. Some people grow up
and leave their childhood homes without a further thought. Others
seem to grow up and have left their hearts behind.