Category Archives: Music

Come See My Hometown – Plumb Alley Day – Abingdon, VA

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Joe Owens

Within the hills and mountains of Southwest Virginia, not West Virginia, now, but the west end of the Commonwealth of Virginia, there is a small town named Abingdon. Each Memorial Day weekend on Saturday about 20,000 people swell the town’s population … Continue reading →

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Graduation Day 2016

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Joe Owens

In each of our lives there are days we point to for a long period of time, events we refer to as milestones, or time checks where we mentally and physically transition from one setting or perceived state to another. … Continue reading →

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Music – Daily Post -5-2-2016

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Joe Owens

For today the Daily Post has offered this single word as our prompt: MUSIC Five little letters create a word that has such an impact in my life. From my earliest memory I can recall a desire to enjoy music. … Continue reading →

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Weekly Writing Challenge – Lunch Posts

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Joe Owens

The Weekly Writing Challenge for the week of January 20, 2014 is about what we see during our lunch time moments. Over a ten year period in the 1950s and 1960s Frank O’Hara took notes about the lunch experiences he … Continue reading →

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Weekly Writing Challenge – Gonzo Journalism

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Joe Owens

The Weekly Writing Challenge for the week of January 13, 2013 is about something called Gonzo Journalism.  Gonzo Journalism differs from typical reporting in that Gonzo journalists renounce claims of objectivity, often place themselves in the story as a first-person narrator, … Continue reading →

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Weekly Writing Challenge – Moved By Music

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Joe Owens

The Weekly Writing Challenge for the week of November 4, 2013 was titled Moved By Music. I am a child of the 1980s and Eighties Music is something I still enjoy listening to today. When any of the songs from … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Music Makers

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Joe Owens

When we first thought about having children, one of the things my wife and i prayed for them was the gift of musical talent. I have always loved music and became enamored with the music of the Eighties when I … Continue reading →

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