Remembering Someone I Never Knew
Why had I not heard of her? How does that happen? I’m not sure why the Sunday Seattle Times obituary section always finds me. Maybe it’s because the older I get the more likely…
Dec 30 2019
Sep 7 2019
Buying My First Guitar at Age Ten (from upcoming memoir work in progress)
As a third and fourth grader I sang songs like “Sounds of Silence,” “Blowin’ in The Wind,” “Turn, Turn, Turn” and “If I Had A Hammer.” They didn’t sound great on my clarinet but each showcased an instrument capturing my…
Sep 15 2018
Spending A Little Time In Music City
It’s been 7 years since last time I visited Nashville. The Gibson Guitars display still greeted me at baggage claim but almost immediately I sensed a change. The city is a little less country, more “hip,” a little more diverse…
Dec 16 2017
Riding the Bus and Writing a Song 
It’s a lot cleaner and more high tech than I remember with commuters in various stages of awokeness. Almost everyone is “of color” though I appear to be only 1 of 2 members of the African American tribe along for…
Aug 30 2017
RIP Glen Campbell...The Wichita Lineman
When I first heard "Wichita Lineman" I didn't know where Wichita was and I didn't really know what a lineman did, but this song hooked me. Jimmy Webb's searing lyrics "and I need you more than want you, and I…
Jul 13 2016
Creative Confidential by Bryan Tuk, Ep027 Paula Boggs Singer, Songwriter and Former Starbucks General Counsel
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-027-paula-boggs-singer/id1062440913?i=1000371216294&mt=2
Jan 18 2016
HIPerspectives, Episode 14, By Annie Rogaski
It’s not every day that you meet a lawyer you’d like to hang out with and listen to for hours. But today you get to meet Paula Boggs. Having accomplished more as a lawyer than most lawyers could dream of…
Jul 14 2015
Sounds of Silence
There's something about a beach that helps me reflect more deeply. Maybe it's the water. Perhaps it's the sound of waves crashing on shore or grasping a shell at low tide with grains of sand washing across my toes. A…
Jan 30 2015
The Curse and Blessing of Being a Songwriter
"I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen." John Steinbeck. Pinterest can be tacky but it can also be a revelation. I wasn't expecting to find a quote there that so completely captures the…
Nov 17 2014
Spokane!
Since we finished recording upcoming album "Carnival of Miracles," we've sought to play gigs around Washington State to gear up for a national tour after "Carnival's" release in March 2015. We'd never played an Eastern Washington gig before so with…
Sep 20 2014
Reunions
Walking along a tree-lined boulevard dotted with Craftsmen-styled Greek houses I encounter young women wearing shorts and attitude and young men sauntering confidently past me, not really seeing. I've been here before, thirty-three years ago when I first walked down…
Aug 20 2014
Vacations, Vacations.
When they're good, vacations center, rejuvenate and make it all seem, well...just better. For the past week I've stayed up longer, woken to splashing and hypnotic waves meeting shore, savored that morning cup of Joe a little more and soaked…