Warning: this is about politics, specifically, what is the basis for and source of my political views. I chose to let you know that right in the title, but I’m also stressing it here at the outset so that there will be no mistake. If you don’t want to read about my politics, then don’t read on; stop right here. And for that matter, you probably will want to avoid my next several blogs. If you do read on, bear…
For those that have checked out my gig calendar on this site before, or have been following me on Facebook, you know that I’ve played a number of times at a restaurant in Rockport on Friday and Saturday nights. Well, as I’ve said before, the only constant in life is change. I will no longer be playing at that particular restaurant in Rockport. After having played at that venue for just a couple of weeks shy of a year, I…
Last night my wife and I saw the film Risen. As is her custom, Beth posted to Facebook about our going to see the movie while we were sitting in the theater before the show even started. Someone on Facebook replied, asking for our review. I volunteered to write such a review, and this blog is me making good on that promise. I’m going to write this in two parts. The first part can be read before you see the film.…
Today a friend found out that I’m left handed. Maybe she knew it and forgot, and just didn’t think of it because she knows me in a guitar playing context, and I’m a southpaw playing a right handed guitar. One observation about this (not a criticism or complaint, just an observation): southpaws tend to notice others who are left handed, but right handed people don’t notice one way or the other. In one sense, I guess this is understandable, since…
Yesterday, Sunday November 29, 2015, I found something on the Internet about a community in Mississippi that has ties to my family. The website asked for those with information to contact them, so I did. I have yet to receive a reply, but since this has to do with my family history, I’m going to post here on my website the same information I sent them. Hello, my name is Larry Gene Overton. I was searching today to see if anything…