On Everything Else

Sometime just before I asked Abbi to marry me, I cracked open a fortune cookie that read, “Everything will soon come your way.” Not to gloat, but today felt that way. First, Jamie Leonhart and I made a date to sing “Killing The Blues” next weekend. Then, Chris Suchorsky’s Damnwells’ documentary, “Golden Days,” hit my…

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You Feel Like Home To Me

I blame Jason Walsmith. It was last June. The 30th, to be precise. My wife, Abbi, and I had flown into Iowa City that morning, then streaked westward on I-80. My pal, Josh Davis, was performing on the Authentic Records’ stage at the Des Moines Arts Festival when we pulled up to Western Gateway Park.…

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