Okay, gang. Not much to post today, but in case you missed Phil’s impromptu Q & A on his telegram channel yesterday, click HERE and scroll and scroll and scroll…

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Some great stuff to contemplate in Biblical Archeology news!!

From Ross & Jono last night:

Ground-BREAKING NEWS! (Biblical Discoveries) (1 hr):

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Some beautiful music. And some beautiful human beings. One of my favorite songs by the late songwriter, Townes Van Zandt.

Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty (Austin, 1975) [RESTORED FOOTAGE]

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A new short from James Tabor–

The Five Visions of the Prophet Daniel (55 seconds):

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Don’t forget!

The end of year sale over at Smashwords ends on New Year’s Day!

Right now, you can still download any or all of my eBook titles that are published on Smashwords.

Visit here for the direct links.

And visit this page to find out which stories are included in which volume of The Muse Revisited collections.

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And that is it for now!

I hope you have a great Friday, as we inch ever closer to saying goodbye to 2023.

Oh!

I forgot to post this photo the other day —

Tom Petty at Christmas, a long time ago:

And I can’t remember if I posted this. A recent photo of Nick Cave, taken by Warren Ellis. I just love this photo:

All right, back to saying goodbye to 2023….

I don’t ever make resolutions for the “New Year”, because I basically make resolutions every morning that I open my eyes and discover that I am still here.

My prayer, however, for 2024 is that I will attract more peace, more quiet, so that I can focus more on my writing and finally get all the half-finished projects done.

And I hope that when my father dies, it will be extremely peacefully.

And it will be extremely interesting to see who I evolve into after my father is gone. My next big adventure — and maybe even my final one. We shall see.

Enjoy the day, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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One of my favorite jangly “folk songs” ever. “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” from Bob Dylan’s Bringing it All Back Home, 1965. Enjoy.

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

My love she speaks like silence,
Without ideals or violence,
She doesn’t have to say she’s faithful,
Yet she’s true, like ice, like fire.
People carry roses,
Make promises by the hours,
My love she laughs like the flowers,
Valentines can’t buy her.

In the dime stores and bus stations,
People talk of situations,
Read books, repeat quotations,
Draw conclusions on the wall.
Some speak of the future,
My love she speaks softly,
She knows there’s no success like failure
And that failure’s no success at all.

The cloak and dagger dangles,
Madams light the candles.
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
Statues made of match sticks,
Crumble into one another,
My love winks, she does not bother,
She knows too much to argue or to judge.

The bridge at midnight trembles,
The country doctor rambles,
Bankers’ nieces seek perfection,
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
The wind howls like a hammer,
The night blows cold and rainy,
My love she’s like some raven
At my window with a broken wing.

c- 1965 Bob Dylan