Robert Propst

“And Aubrey was her name.  I never knew her but I loved her just the same.  I loved her name.”
                                                                                                               - Aubrey/Bread
      
A quick internet search reveals that there are 2,300 songs with a female name in the title…

“You don't want to see the sun go down.”
  - Hannah Jane /Hootie and the Blowfish

This is the birthday of our nephew Chase.  He turns 31 today.  31, can that be right? He and his bride, Kerri, live in…

“Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end.”
                                                          - Tom Ames' Prayer/Steve Earle

The question I saw yesterday was “Name a great song about a fictional character.”  I'll bet you immediately went to Bad, Bad,…

“Start slow and taper off."
                    - Walt Stack
                                                                              
Some years ago, Kendra and I had an occasion to attend a church service in another state.  When it was time for the homily, the priest came to the pulpit and said…

“Every girl should be given an electric guitar on her 16th birthday”
         - From the Movie/Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

With the passing of Dolly this week, I thought it would be good to feature some female songwriters…

“Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.”
                                                                                                                                           - William Dement

Do you happen to remember that scene in the movie Tootsie when Jeff (Bill Murray) is trying to…

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
                                                   - Dolly Parton

I certainly want to acknowledge the loss of a national treasure, Dolly Parton.  It seemed like she had always been with us and would always be, didn't…

“What you once were isn't what you want to be anymore.”
                                                                    - Jesus, Etc/Wilco

Well, it's Jeff Tweedy's birthday.  He turns 59.  I can't believe he's been a part of my life for 35 years now - first in…

“In the Ozarks, mystique is ubiquitous.”
                                           - Jarod Kintz 

Saturday I drove over to West Plains, Missouri.  It's two hours east of here.  A woman named Jamie Stauffer was having the grand opening of her new bookstore there and I…

“Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.”
                                                                                     - Robert Frost
 

I do a daily writing exercise known as “Free Writing.” You see it referenced a lot.  It's a way to get your brain…

“I'm not used to getting good reviews.”
                                         - Pauly Shore

Does anyone remember Pauly Shore?  He came to prominence in the early 90s as an MTV VJ and then parlayed his  toasted stoner, SO-CAL surfer dude persona into stardom. He…

“It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.”
                                                                                               - Anne Sexton

I didn't plan for lyric Friday to have a theme (for me), but a couple of father/daughter songs turned up in my orbit…