Twelve Octobers before last, I was a burned-out forest grove. I had dug my roots in by the water, where I could wait. The fire had taken over as winter gave in to spring. One scalding little spark took to the hollow, then spread with devouring speed. There are places in the forest that will…

The world needs more heroes like Frodo and Sam. We need the mercy that cannot exist without courage, and the humility that cannot exist without fortitude. Maybe we need more than anything to know that we need each other. That, to me, was always at the heart of the Fellowship of the Ring. The quest…

It was February of 2020, and I had nothing to say. No, really! February means Album Writing Month. Every year for FAWM, songwriters around the world challenge themselves to write 14 songs in 28 days. Every year since 2008, I have generally managed at least 1. But at the beginning of that month, in time-honored…

SPACE! I have feelings about it! Fandom is kind of like a galaxy cluster, or maybe like a whole bunch of them. I see music as the force at the center of filkspace. Drawn together there are all the elements that make us who we are: what we love and what inspires us to create.…