Stories We Can Tell
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Episodes of Stories We Can Tell
Mark All
"Deciduous Man..." Thanks, Shane Bullard for a little inspiration on this one. A few years ago, Shane was playing some good tunes here on social media...just strumming his 6-string and singing some great old country songs. I haven’t heard mu
"Pool builders, Steamfitters, and Pilots"-a story about heroes and heroic tendencies...The old black man sat in a sliver of shade smoking a cigarette. He seemed puzzled by my fascination with his work. He must have wondered why this skinny kid
Intro: "The Lightness of Jimmy Buffett"“Do you happen to know, He Went To Paris?” I askedher, on our first evening walk on the beach together. And before Kay could sayanything, I started singing it to her as we strolled along, holding hands.
Guitar Story is something new about a few old friends: "And thenthere are the four guitars. He Strums and picks, Stirring sparks withstars." (a whole lot of folks show up in this one--from Tom Waits andGeorge Jones to Coltrane...and a dog th
This is the final draft of something I wrote, before the name came to me. I really like this version. You can find the finished work in "Sabal Palm," a compilation I recently published. Copyright 2023 by Jim McGinnis. Hope you enjoy it
Reading "Good Dog Loose," -for kids of any age- brought to life by Tamara's illustrations (she's pretty good) -available on Amazon
"I figure anyone who flies a great big flag can fly a great small one." -JM
With an introductory excerpt from Shelby Strother
The ParagraphThe other night, I stumbled upon some excerpt while searching for a quote, and it kept meawake for hours—that one paragraph. Itsauthor had made “a list of things they don’t teach you in school.” He said thatschool doesn’t
"From the Left wing to the Right wing, Can’t you hear us singResentment Songs?The politics of protest,From the Angry North and Bitter SouthAnd Wild and Crazy West. We like our truth only half-undressed." -JM
"It's Good to Know," "Disenthralled, " and "To the Ticking Clock"--all found on the pages of "Sabal Palm-Selected Writings" by Jim McGinnis
* you can find Seven Times in my new collection, "Sabal Palm." This one's about dogs...and humans. Hope you like it-- "...Spirit animals Lost and found, Hanging with me, hanging ‘round— Island dogs, Mountain dogs, And everything in between.
A conversation with Jim McGinnis after his recent release of Sabal Palm--a compilation of poetry and stories—much of which he's written over the past two years. ...Reflections, musings, and writings from the ragged but ever-growing collection
"...I was rescued for a while, at leastBy a recollection running around my brain—The image of a girl on a yellow bicycleSinging softly an old John Prine refrain.
A free life, for better or for worse, Oftentimes requires putting others first.But how? Long I stood on that old mountain, Believing reciprocity is all we needed. You know, treat folks the way You wish to be so treated.And the one I hold
"Jefferson on the Porch"I was sitting on the back porch pondering Eliot’s treason, Reading just my second book, of this, the hurricane season.Again, it dealt with Jefferson—and yet another lookAt America.My attention shiftedFirst, to th
a bit of an introduction for a lot of you, to one of the most creative souls I know—Tamara Fernandez. Her beautiful illustrations that help tell this little story we call "Good Dog Loose." But this is just small chapter of her story.
"Let me introduce myself. I’m your grandfather. I come and sit here at your grave beneath this ancient oak." I heard a guitar player say once, “It’s all about the blues, man…we sing the blues so we don’t have the blues.” But I think some blues
From the Left wing to the Right wing,And some crazy folks in the middle,Can’t you hear them singResentment Songs?
Where are we now? Where are we headed, blue-eyed son? Ah, we know the way somehowBy dead reckoning—From distance and direction already traveled,From stories and songs already sung. Voices beckoning Around turns and bends far flung.
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