A periodic record of thoughts and life as these happen via the various roles I play: individual, husband, father, grandfather, son, brother (brother-in-law), writer, university professor and others.
I was born on Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina, then lived a while in Fayetteville, North Carolina, before moving, at the age of 5, to Walnut, NC. I graduated from Madison High School in 1977. After a brief time in college, I spent the most of the 1980s in Nashville, Tennessee, working as a songwriter and playing in a band. I spent most of the 1990s in school and now teach at a university in Tennessee. My household includes wife and son and cat. In South Carolina I have a son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters.
Starry-eyed dreamer: [1] a person who believes that some glorious American future of prosperity and peace awaits us as a nation; [2] a person who believes that some glorious American past can be reclaimed or, similarly, a person who believes that such a past actually once existed.
posted by mac | 8:08 PM
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I will take number 1 over number 2...
I will always go with future dreams over past memories!!!! The future is so full of hope and uncertainty whereas we tend to change past memories to fit our current thoughts and situations...
Anyway, that is just my opinion, not that you asked for it.
Starry-eyed dreamer: {3} a person who embraces the present while hoping the future has learned from the past.
Good stuff, guys. Thanks. These were just phrases whirling around in my mind as I was trying to go to sleep last night. I got up and put them on the blog and slept well afterwards.
My solution is just don't dream, serve your time and see where you end up.
Some old time farmer, filled with the wisdom of years and things accomplished, said to the preacher who came calling: "praying for rain is fine, preacher, but you gotta keep on plowing too". Sounds about right to me.
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