Thank you, India… and Other Favorite Names

I bet you didn’t think this post would be about Alanis Morissette, did you? Well, you’re in the ball park of being right. I heard her on the radio and totally forgot about the song “Thank U.” She wrote it after a memorable trip to India, so that’s why the chorus repeats “Thank you, India.”Continue reading “Thank you, India… and Other Favorite Names”

Travelling Taylor Swiftly into the Night

The other day I was driving down the interstate and what did my eyes behold? Taylor Swift! OK, not exactly the Taylor Swift. But it was a semi-truck with her last name on the side. Seconds later it was cut off by a truck bearing “West” on the side and I heard it say, “YoContinue reading “Travelling Taylor Swiftly into the Night”

Throwing Rocks at Chuck Norris

I was driving from Tennessee to north Florida by way of Interstate 65 with my oldest niece in the back seat. I was behind my brother-in-law and his van loaded with a few other nieces and my sister. It was an old-fashioned caravan, y’all! Like the good ol’ days when they used wagons and horsesContinue reading “Throwing Rocks at Chuck Norris”

Just Between You and Me, I miss DC Talk

Sometimes the oddest things happen when you least expect it. Today at the Nissan dealership I overheard a TV show host introducing a live performance from a band. The sound of their lead singer was quite nostalgic. He’s got a voice that: 1. somehow reminds you it’s all gonna be OK 2. sounds a lotContinue reading “Just Between You and Me, I miss DC Talk”