Evening Light on the Levee

My truck, Mississippi River twilight, and Venus rising in the west. Some photographs are sharp. Others, like memories, are blurry. This one I snapped at random: the shadowy FJ silhouetted against a twilight sky, Venus hanging steady above. My old FJ Cruiser rested along the Mississippi River levee at Lone Oak Cemetery, back window openContinue reading "Evening Light on the Levee"

When Weakness Becomes the Point

[Edited on March 10, 2026 for theological clarity. See below in the body of the text] A note: This piece followed on the heels of writing a cathartic exercise in pointing fingers at the cultural moment. Somewhere in the middle of that one, it occurred to me that while one finger was aimed outward, threeContinue reading "When Weakness Becomes the Point"

Dark Room, Yellow Light: How “Wrecking Ball” Remade Emmylou Harris

I came across the Wrecking Ball CD in the late 1990s, pulling it from the racks at the Vernon Parish Public Library in Central Louisiana. The cover alone — a high-contrast black-and-white close-up of Emmylou's face blurred and streaked as though dissolving into shadow or motion, pierced by a single vivid yellow glow that cuts through theContinue reading "Dark Room, Yellow Light: How “Wrecking Ball” Remade Emmylou Harris"

AI: SkyNet’s Cousin or Just a Really Good Autocorrect?

I read an article today that got me thinking about how every shiny new tech wave seems to come with its own apocalyptic soundtrack, and it reminded me that I've watched this movie before with different special effects each time. The Article That Started the Thought The piece (linked at the bottom) looks at howContinue reading "AI: SkyNet’s Cousin or Just a Really Good Autocorrect?"

Hearing a Soul Mid-Sentence

There are songs that arrive already sorted out. Clean lines. Clear message. You know where the singer stands by the second verse, and nothing in the bridge is going to change that. And then there are songs that sound more like a man sitting at a kitchen table early in the morning, coffee going cold,Continue reading "Hearing a Soul Mid-Sentence"