Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Thank the nurse that’s nursing you For saving your life. For saving your life. For saving your life. That’s the end of “Thank the Nu...

"The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow." That's the refrain in...

There was no wedding, but one hell of a reception. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. My niece Bryce celebrates her wedding to Zak. They eloped and g...

I've spent a lot of time in the 19-teens and 20s lately. A tumultuous time, even if you concentrate on one summer in America as does Bil...

From a July 14  New York Times article by pop music critic Jon Pareles comes some of the "This Land is Your Land" lyrics from the...

This is from the official Woody Guthrie web site. I wanted the whole thing due to an ignorance in some quarters as to what the song is about...

I have got to hand it to Neil at LiquidLawn.com. He is persistent. I do not require his services at this time but there will come a time whe...

The Letter Wait a Minute Mr. Postman  Return to Sender  P.S. I Love You Take a Letter, Maria A Dear John Letter Just a few of the pop songs ...

Rob Tannenbaum wrote June 12 in the  New York Times : In songs like “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “California Girls” and “Good Vibrations,” Wilson did...

This comes from traveling troubadour and poet Ken Waldman: In Los Angeles the end of this month, my NOMAD co-editor, Rachel White, and I wil...

The most beautiful song about missing snow at Christmas is one written by Steve Goodman and performed by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The song’s ...

I start my day listening to Wyoming Public Radio. Weekdays, it’s the old stand-by, Morning Music. I started hundreds of mornings listening t...

In my novel manuscript, “Zeppelins over Denver,” three sisters from Ohio travel west in the summer of 1919. Their first goal is to negotiate...

Last time I was in Casper, I could walk on my own. August 21, 2017, the total solar eclipse cut across a swath of Wyoming that ran from Jack...

So excited to be featured at the Artcore Music & Poetry Series on Monday, Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m., at The Bluebird at the Historic Cheese Bar...

It's not often that you get to read a novel set in Alaska by an writer who almost died in an Alaska plane crash but now tours the U.S. p...

Not enough people have seen "Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." It's satire, sure, with a ...

Cheyenne Frontier Days is underway. I live maybe a half-mile from Frontier Park, home of the rodeo and night concerts. On most nights, I can...

I just received a copy of Ken Waldman's "Trump Sonnets, Volume 8: The Final Four Months." This is good news/good news. Another...

"La Petite Fadette" is a novel by George Sand published in 1849. I'm reading it now after watching a 1915 silent film, "F...