Remembering Stewie
Stewie was the life of the party. My baby whom I lost early on Christmas Eve 2025. A brown dappled miniature dachshund who stole my heart & will always be in it forever.

Stewie was the life of the party. My baby whom I lost early on Christmas Eve 2025. A brown dappled miniature dachshund who stole my heart & will always be in it forever.
I am reclaiming my creative soul, working on a book of my writings & poetry, figuring out how to move forward while reconciling the past. Sharing some of my recent & not so recent poems & ideas. How a relationship since 2017 has been difficult but yet still beautiful in many ways as it brought out my creative soul. Healing is a process. Am healing & moving forward .
1985 was a pivotal year & on August 2, 2025 was reminded of events from that year. The story starts with that year. A song that stays in my mind forever. And several broken men in my life through the years including one that has nearly broken me in the process. But I still hold onto hope & strength. Correction an event I indicated late in the episode in 1997 was Thanksgiving Week 2017.
Interview with No Shoes Nation member Interview with. We discuss Kenny Chesney's effect on her life from a young age. His concerts, No Shoes Nation, her photography & Kenny's latest album "Born".
Been through a lot & truth needs to be known. Even though no names are named the events & people are real. Life throws a lot of curves & sometimes you crash into the walls along the way. But when two creatives find each other, it's amazing. People need to get their heads out of social media posts & look beyond into the true things that make someone smile & keeps them going. And that not every celebrity needs another celebrity or hot young thing to make them happy. Sometimes a...
Discussion of Kenny Chesney's "Born" album, my initial thoughts, Cody Johnson's "The Painter" & creative souls & thoughts of much needed healing. Also, love to No Shoes Nation on the cusp of the 2024 Sun Goes Down Tour.
My second interview with singer/songwriter and visual artist Ingrid Aubrey, who hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She's getting ready to go into recording studio. Great stories about being strong creative women & songwriting. Talk about Kenny Chesney, Tiffany Napper & Eron Otcasek a bit too. Just a fun interview with a great creative friend
Interview with Mike McDonnell, Jr., fellow podcaster Seattle Sports Diaries & BS Commentaries on how Kenny Chesney's music saved his life & the Seattle stop of the Here and Now Tour. Amazing stories & a little bit of sports talk too.
Interview with Nashville based Women's Lifestyle Coach, Tiffany Napper. We talk about being a creative female entrepreneur, her coaching business,the UpLevelers Society, Ruby Money, social media, share a little background & some stories
Interview with Eron Otcasek a musician from Brooklyn, NY who is releasing his first album & some stories about connections going back to 1985.
Most amazing two nights with NSR/Blue Chair Bay kickoff party featuring The Wheeland Brothers, meeting new friends from No Shoes Nation. Being front row center Sandbar and seeing Carly Pearce, Old Dominion, Dan + Shay and Kenny Chesney up close in Nashville at Nissan Stadium. Amazing, amazing two days.
A simple comment on my friend Jason Aldean's Mother's Day post about his amazing wife & mom led to a stream of imposter accounts & romance scammers on Instagram following & harassing. It's time us women fight back & make social media safer for us. Discussion of the harassment I have felt, celebrity rights to a bit of privacy plus some more thoughts.
Nashville based but international musician David Korgan sings a couple originals, does part of "Ghost In You" and closes out with in impromptu version of "Runaway Train" with me. It was really fun and a little tongue in cheek as both of us love the punk rock era and 80s and 90s alternative music.
Just a little episode about spring, April Fools, new song from my friend Raleigh Keegan, stop at L&L Land Market in Nashville & spring flowers along with other stories
Correction on Igor Oliyarnik's name and his effort to help those in his home country of the Ukraine
How do we balance social media posts with what is happening in the Ukraine? Igor Oliyarnik's photo prints for his home country, the Ukraine. How we need to come together & work together to save the planet, & other stories wrapped around Bob Dylan's "Blowing In The Wind".
Thoughts & experiences of the good, the bad & the ugly of social media as a woman & creative person. Lessons learned, friendships formed & old friendships revived.
Letting go of a friendship, a failed relationship, walking away. Finding strength, new true friends & strong bonds & connections wrapped around the theme of "Let It Go" and Kenny Chesney's "You Don't Get To" .
Interview with Ingrid Aubrey, Manitoba, Canada based Singer, Songwriter, Artist & Hairstylist about the issues women face on social media, songwriting, art & creativity & single parenthood. Raising daughters in the age of social media. Lots of great stories of Nashville too. Many mentions including Carly Pearce & Arlene Quinn to name a few.
Getting ready for another trip around the sun & wrapping this episode around the release of Kenny Chesney's new single from the "Here & Now" album "Everyone She Knows" & how he talks about how this song is about strong women who walk to their own tune in life. A lot of subjects & stories covered about life, living, being strong, friendships, photography, art, jewelry, songwriting & NFTs too. But a big emphasis on being true to ones self & being strong.
Raleigh Keegan's "New To Nashville", injury update, missing Dad, Red Perch, Chaatable, Richland Farm Market in Nashville reviews & recommendations, Young's Dairy & Yellow Springs, Ohio & discussion of NFTs
2021 has been a year of waiting but also a year of great interviews & things hoping to pop soon & everything will be alright. Mentions include Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Carley Pearce, Dan & Shay, Old Dominion, Ashley McBryde, Raleigh Keegan, Chef Tomasz, Tyler Boone, Faye Band, Tres Fiori, Mikeal Rafeal & the lovely Paulina Porizkova. Discussion of social media needing to do more about stopping fake & imposter accounts. And most of all a big thank you to all who have suppo...
Review of Raleigh Keegan's Album "Clocks Roll Forward", update on my injuries from my September 22nd fall, Lefty learning to live right handed until healed & review of Nashville restaurant, Chaatable
Interview with up and coming music artist, Raleigh Keegan, discussion of NFTs & uses in the music industry along with his music. Please check out his new album coming out October 15, 2021
Newcomer to Nashville scene Mikel Rafael a singer/songwriter in the Jeff Buckley tradition. He performs two of his original songs.
Love for Ashley McBryde & Carly Pearce. Their new single "Never Wanted To Be That Girl" blew me away. Instant classic in my eyes. Got me listening to the songs from Carly's 29 EP that are going to be extended into her upcoming 3rd album. Wow, blew me away! All of her songs & her incredible voice. A few stories that came to mind while listening to these incredible songs. Teaser for an upcoming interview with an up and coming Country Artist I'm super excited scheduled for later this month.
Interview with Columbus, Ohio based singer/songwriter Faye, an up and coming artist, her music is available on several platforms including Spotify & Apple Music & www.fayeband.com. And a little discussion about being a woman on social media & how Tyler Boone has provided some great advice to us & others.
September a month that evokes so many memories, 9/11 has two meanings for me, creating NFTs as a photographer, how musical artists can utilize NFTs, new platform OneOf, a few family stories in addition to art, music & photography ones.
Interview with Tyler Boone, songwriter, musician, founder of Boone's Bourbon and co-founder of The Artist's Formula. Great insights into the music business and his music & bourbon business. I learned so much about the industry & great conversation with Tyler. I accidently uploaded the main part of the interview twice so it's just a bit over an hour not two.
Dogs days of summer, a few stories, congrats Kenny Chesney on a billion plays, Tyler Boone interview coming soon, trying out NFTs on Open Sea under Beyond The Seen BEAC & some on Rarible, Damian Hirst NFTs & a few other shoutouts including the crew involved with "If I Didn't Love You"