Thoughts Of A Free Man

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Yesterday I went out with Tommy and Thomas and worked on my first boundary survey. We were at Sunset Road in Mount Juliet. We got about two thirds of the way around the 96 acres. The terain was up and down steep hills and across fields. In one field was a small sink hole about 15 feet deep. The... Sign in to see full entry.

What a beautiful spring day this has been…78 and sunny. It’s about two weeks early to even have an occasional day like this but warm weather is pleasant none the less. It did start out cool however. Chris and I spent the day on Mires Road checking pins and setting new ones for a new monstrosity of... Sign in to see full entry.

Last Wednesday was a beautiful day in middle Tennessee, sunny and seventy. Now that the highs have dropped back down into the 40’s its good to remember such days. On Wednesday Chris and I had to go out to Bells Bend to work on the boundary line. This property is a 200 acre parcel on the Cumberland... Sign in to see full entry.

Spring isn't here. After a steamy December and a few warm days early in January winter has has redoubled its efforts throughout middle Tennessee producing light snows and really really cold temperatures. Having lived in Washington state and Iceland in the past few years its ironic to point out that... Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday I finished reading Ron Rash’s Saints At The River. It was recommended by a friend of mine who used to be a river guide on the Tamassee River which serves as the heart of the story. What’s interesting is that Rash has written a book which presents his readers, most which I would assume are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Yesterday with a post Super Bowl aching head I finished off the last thirty-five pages of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. I hadn't read a Faulkner book since Light In August back in '94. I was hesitant because he is sooo thick and heavy at times. What I rediscivered in As I Lay Dying is how much... Sign in to see full entry.

I've had a hard time reading lately. My mind races a thousand miles an hour until I lay down in bed and open a book then my eyes lids become sandbags and sleep the curtain. Brought down with an unflattering flourish of drool. I've read: - about half of Henry Miller's The Air Conditioned Nightmare -... Sign in to see full entry.

Living in Nashville, having done the songwriter/open mic/networking circuit I've listened to a lot of aspiting songwriters who wanted to hear their song on the radio. You know the sound, either over produced thump dance tunes like "Honky-Tonk Badonka Donk" or super syrupy inspirational schlock like... Sign in to see full entry.