Selected Works
A Cowboy’s Simple Wisdom for Hard Times
On the morning of March 24, a few hours before President Obama was asked by a reporter at a press conference what sacrifices he expected the American people to make, I got a better answer to that question from an unexpected source. It gave me faith in the President’s optimism that we will emerge out…Read more…
PERFECT MOMENT # 170
The graveside service for Uncle Eddie had just concluded. Without premeditation, my son Nicholas took off his suit jacket and grabbed a shovel. I joined in. It did not take us long to move the big pile of soil to cover his coffin. The idea of finishing the gravediggers’ job was a heartwarming gesture on…Read more…
PERFECT MOMENT # 19
We were like prisoners awaiting execution. There were four hours left until our father was coming home. We knew we deserved the punishment that was ours. It had started earlier that afternoon when my brothers and I wanted to play baseball in the driveway. Our mother’s station wagon had to be moved, and she was…Read more…
The Tao of Gordon Lightfoot: Still Going Strong at 75 (and For Good Reason)
At age 75, the legendary songwriter and beloved recording artist Gordon Lightfoot is still working hard and enjoying it more than ever. The creator of such standards as If You Could Read My Mind, Early Morning Rain, Carefree Highway and Sundown still performs upwards of eighty concerts a year in North America. “We love the…Read more…