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Why do you stop yourself? Fear of pain? Feelings of doubt? Guilt for what you did or did not do? Yeah, me too. Grateful to have learned...

Do not be dominated by aggression - People will try to silence you with shame, fear, intimidation Your blood will boil and wax cold - But...

It’s easy to get disillusioned in this world today - and maybe that’s good Because we should have no illusions that things are all good...

Today, the Copyright Alliance published part one of my guest blog about the importance of copyright to creative businesses like mine.

Equinox is the day of the year when the number of day hours is equal to the number of night hours. If you can’t remember that... #etymology

Today is International Women’s day and people are celebrating the important roles women have played in the world. Great and small it takes..

On this day two years ago We never heard of covid I just got home from blessed Romania Where Christmas is celebrated all of December And...

Look man If I tell you what you don’t know You won’t believe me anyway You’ll think I deceive and lead you astray So I’ll hold up a...

Since vinyl records were replaced by CDs and other digital formats, there has been a debate about which is better, vinyl album or digital

Thank you to the Nashville Chamber of Commerce for featuring my picture on the cover of their new LiveIt! Nashville initiative, a guide to..

It's not four-leaf lucky clovers, but the common three leaf shamrock who is the star of this Saint Patrick's Day story. Saint Patrick was >>

In 2014 I had a big plan. The kids were going to high school after homeschooling for seven years, and it was time for me to get out and...

Great songwriters and other creative artists come into this world and touch us all. My dad Kim Williams lives on through songs on the radio

Bob Marley would be 75 years old today. To celebrate the life and accomplishments of Robert Nesta Marley, here are a few highlights

Wisdom isn't something you hear people talk about very much in relation to hillbillies, but it's there. My mamaw, Elzada Griffith Manis was

Thinking positively doesn't always come easily for me. Einstein famously said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used

Most everybody knows by now that black eyed peas are considered good luck food to eat at the New Year. Hillbillies are taught at a young age

Civil War Orphan Grandma Elzada: an essay about family and hillbilly culture from awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Memorial Day: In Remembrance of Uncle Larry: an essay by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day reflections: an essay by awarded songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams.