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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • Gram Parsons

    Gram’s voice is like a train on the chug with a cargo of coal, no intentions of reloading the cars for the stoker, just going as far as he can make it.  Always searching for the new sound even though his soul was old as a steam engine, he was as fresh as steam. Twenty…

  • Switzerland – The Other Fellow First

    So now back to Europe, Switzerland to be exact. It’s Christmas Day and I’ve decided to climb the foothills of a mountain to perch somewhere and reflect on the full year. I packed some bread, wine, and calamari in American sauce, my go to for a growling stomach and bored headspace.  The foothills were open…

  • God Is Sound

    I’ve said in the past that my mind twists words around, making them better than what was actually said. It is sounds I need to be more concerned with, not speech. More accurately, it is sounds turned into words that have me worried I am all too human.  Most of us are not great at…

  • One Good Ring

    So what do you say to a young man who kicks his first bell with perfect precision, besides warning him it can only be rung once? Absolutely nothing. Unless you have kicked the bell yourself, will you measure him against your own reputation. Does a young man know the bell to be a symbol of…

  • #4 – write a poem

    A finger dipped in water  makes believers want to follow  down the aisle of the church  thirst for the devil.  A finger dipped in wine makes the users want to sip the vin de pays first then down the moscato. A finger dipped in moonlight makes guitar strings crescendo before giving the vibrato another note…