This Too Shall Wear Pants
I wanted to blog on psychology tonight. It’s been a weird couple of days as I’ve been suffering a bad cough and visiting with my parents and extended family. Every time I hang out with my parents I remember certain stories of my life growing up. The “wear pants” one is a [...]
Mortal Eternity? Movie Review of “Twilight”
There’s a vampire film in your neighborhood, crouching in the shadows, waiting for you. But this is no ordinary vampire film, it has a stronger theme of true love. I wouldn’t call it horror at all. I recommend it to you in the theme of “drama that shouldn’t be missed.”
Relax Before it’s Too Late
As I close up this series, I am very proud of the idea. It moved my mind in places I hardly ever examine. To me, the ever elusive definition of a blog is encapsulated in a series like this: it helps me to write, maybe it will help someone out there to [...]
Where the Wild Things Are
This post was inpsired by a children’s book I read my kids a lot.
Did you ever think a choice was good and when you took it found you were stuck headed to a dead end? This happened to me once when I was 19. I had just quit my job at the grocery [...]Finding Inspiration Close to Home
Katelynn is a writer I ran across recently with a real hunger to write and connect through her writing. She has a very upbeat tone in all her posts and I was lucky to get her to guestblog at Postcards today. There is more 411 on her in the footer of this [...]
Strength, Gas Fumes, and People
I ran out of gas last night on my way home from the grocery store. I was there to pick up dinner and some sundry items, no big deal. As I was listening to Blackhawk on the radio, my mini-van sputtered and stalled. I thought my wife had said the E light [...]
My Piece of Land
I bought a house today! Isn’t it absolutely amazing? 2 story 3 bedrooms with 2.75 bath and a den type room downstairs. Okay, I’ll admit it’s not as pricey and lush as those Branson homes for sale everyone is talking about, but we love it! This is our first home purchase, we have [...]
Viva Shelly Tucker
Shelly just published an interview with me at her blog. In it I get the chance, because of her intuitive and thoughtful questions, to share my inspiration and some methods of blogging. If you’d like to check it out, it is at the url below:
http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/04/03/interview-with-damien-riley-of-postcards-from-the-funny-farm/
Incidentally, it is Shelly and I’s (can you [...]I’m Judging a Blog Writing Contest
My esteemed writing colleague, fellow blogger and friend Shelly Tucker (photo at left) is hosting a writing contest on her vastly read and very popular blog, This Eclectic Life. She has very kindly asked me to be the judge and I accepted. There are some clear details listed on her site, but the [...]
Back to Teaching Music for the Kids
In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t played the SandBar or any other venue for several months. My last gig was a while back at the Ponderosa. I played for 20 minutes in front of an audience of 18-20 year olds. It was a good experience as playing live always is. [...]
