Nine Summers Ago

Been Thinkin’ About… Nine summers ago. Change. Love. Heartbreak. The passage of time. The pain of self-doubt. Life. Nine summers ago, the tomatoes were ripening. Strawberry season had passed. Cottonwood leaves rippled in the dry August air. And I was on a mission. One I absolutely believed in for no apparent reason. I had known…

Black Velvet

Been thinkin’ about… Black Velvet. I remember it like it was yesterday. But then, I remember everything like it was yesterday, both my blessing and my curse. Alannah Myles’ Black Velvet came on the radio. It was summer and the leaves crowded out the sun, even at midday. I only listened to country music back then. This was the…