Why would anyone watch reruns of "Dark Shadows" (1966-1971)? More specifically, Season One, Episode Nine? So they can hear such words of wisdom that inspired today's da6d Daily. The first line is quoted from the show. I had to

"I'll give you a  dollar for that." Gee, if I had a nickel for every time I've said that, I wouldn't need that dollar. 

Just out of curiosity, I asked Siri some little good for nothing question that I didn't

Hi, my name is David. I'm a hockey fan. 

Big secret there, eh? Well, since the world turned upside down everything has changed, modified, died, was invented, reinvented, redesigned...blah, blah, blah. It's September. NHL hockey season would normally be holding

My Dad is a fireman. My Brother is a fireman. I wanted to be a fireman when I grew up. Yep, that's the problem right there.

I recall that Dad had gone somewhere on a trip for the fire department…

Flip off the light, she says to me. Well, guess what? Tomorrow I’ll write about the “doghouse.” 

I haven’t thought about light a lot. The light we get from the Sun travels 93,000,000 miles in about 8 minutes. Ten what?

Scientists have determined that the COVID-19 virus looks like two pieces of sponge, trimmed, and poked through with pipe cleaners. Wanna play catch? It's still pretty scary looking.

Covid go away,

Come again no other day.

You won't be missed

These are about to be "the good old days," right damn soon! Too often I wonder, WWFGS?

Nobody like acronyms, but you can see the reference I am making. What Would Forrest Gump Say? Maybe, "Then one day, for no

Florence Lawrence (Jan 2,1886- Dec 28, 1938. Isn't that a beautiful name? Florence Lawrence was a stage and movie actress who appeared in over 300 films. Most people are not familiar with Florence Lawrence. Her mother, Charlotte "Lotta" Bridgwood, was

May 13, 2013: Graffiti in the picture is from Spruce Pine, NC from a few years ago on the crumbling wall of the old Spruce Pine Lumber Co. across from Ingles gas station. That's all been demolished since then.

Under

This is a rock, beautifully painted by a Friend. I wanted to show both sides. How’d I do? There is a mirror involved. 

There is a difference between being between a rock and a hard place and being in Iraq,

Hey, remember these? An LP album. The "Long Play" record. People that love these are obsessive about them. My first record was a 45, Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida." These were often called "singles" but there was also a "B-Side." I think

 Kari is having an anniversary. I'm having one too. We do have a wonderful day planned and I am so looking forward to it! 

The picture is from our Hand-Fasting Ceremony at One of a Kind Art Gallery in Micaville,

In one of the Oticon hearing aid groups (yes, there is a group for everything,) someone asked, "What Face mask are my Hearing Aid Brothers and Sisters using and the ones who wear glasses?" 

Remember that saying about "There are

Nice picture, eh? It's a polaroid! On the right is Lt. T.C. Brown. LOSER!

On the left,  SGT. David Wiseman, reenlisting. LOSER!

1st Battalion, 75 Field Artillery Bamburg, Germany, Dec.1986. My first enlistment was for 3 years. What LT. Brown

These daily ramblin's are a bit of fun. They're also a great exercise in songwriting. At Steve Earle's Camp Copperhead a couple of years ago, Steve challenged everyone to write a haiku a day for a year. I did pretty

Kari doesn't think I'm funny. Like anyone with half a brain would have an advantage on me, but I keep on trying. "Hey," she says. "Would you put mustard, ketchup and dish soap on the shopping list?"  Well, of course

Friends have birthdays. I've enjoyed a few, close to all of them, but that's for later, maybe. The point about friends and family having birthdays, is the wonderful start of another  584,000,000 mile journey around Sol. Zooming around the Sun

It seems like it's been centuries since I bought the Steve Martin LP that had me laughing all through my  teens. "Well, Excuse meee!" 
 

"Excuse me." It just sounds like a demand. An added "please" might help. Too often, it

I was outside this morning and notice Kari's butterfly bush. It looks like they're getting ripe. I started to pick one, but it flew away.
 

Flutterbyes?

Butterflies Flutter.

Butterflies fluttering by.

Flutter butterflies. 

Peace, Y'all

da6d

DeO'Jie.  She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis... DeO'jie is a pound hound from Winston-Salem. She rescued me 10 years ago. "DeO'jie is French for canine-American, she thinks. I did not tell her that it is how you spell d-o-g.

There seemed to be some big deal this week about  a whole bunch of people lying on the White House lawn. Then there was more lying on the White House lawn. Guest were brought in to watch the lying. Special

I wrote yesterday about Pete Seeger's hammer. His machine.  Woody Guthrie also had a machine. On Woody's machine was written, "This Machine Kills Fascist!!! Both very powerful machines.

Late 2016, I started a song. My Machine, I had revisions,

Pete Seeger sang  "If I had a hammer...all over this land," all over this land!

Well, if all I had was a shovel, and all I knew to do was to dig, then I will hold on to that shovel,

A few years ago, I wrote a song, “Ride to Terre Haute,” about U.S. Army Private Dwight J. Loving, the robberies and murders he committed, and what got him to Death Row, at Leavenworth Federal Prison. As noted in the

Opie has been my friend for a few years. Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville,TN was the last place Opie sat, wearing a price tag. Now, home with me, we spend hours together getting acquainted. 

Burnsville NC is the final resting