It’s opening day! That’s what my baseball metaphor disposed philosophy professor would always say. For the rest of us students, it’s MTSU’s first day of fall semester. It feels like fall too—a much-welcomed 75 degrees. I’m ready to hit this semester out of the park—bring it on…(Read More)
Pre-Tour Prep My undergrad days are setting like a golden sun peeking through a leafy green edifice of future term papers. MTSU’s fall semester starts next week, and I’m just as excited as a freshman dreaming of a parking spot near campus. Oh yeah, I can already feel the rush. Summertime Daze…(Read More)
“You had your chance in the music business,” she said. I think if she had stabbed me in the heart with a German kitchen knife, it couldn’t have hurt any worse…(Read More)
I never took the time just to walk with nowhere to go. I was always in a hurry to get somewhere fast and get something done and hurry towards the next project. Now I realize this isn’t living: it’s just a rush to the end, where we all end up on the same…(Read More)
I still recall the terror I felt writing my first philosophy paper. I had just gotten off a major road gig, where most of my time was spent staring out the window of a Prevost tour bus into the darkness, speeding towards the next concrete and steel stadium or arena, where the routine mirrored the…(Read More)
Happy Mother’s Day! When I grew up in Kentucky, every day was Mother’s Day. A lot of ink has splattered onto the pages of country music history about my father, Tom T. Hall, and rightfully so. Not only is he a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone magazine named…(Read More)
Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression is a semi-annual publication published by MTSU’s University Honors College. The award-winning publication features literary works such as essays, fiction, non-fiction, poetry and song lyrics as well as visual submissions in photography, art, and fashion. Students’ works are submitted blindly (no name attached) and selected…(Read More)
Long Way Home It’s 4 am just the lonely few remain Waitress takes my whisky glass turns and walks away No one in this smoke-filled room can ease my worried soul I’ve got nowhere to be and it’s a long way home We’ve all been there some time…(Read More)
I burned through three candles over one snow-bound weekend this past winter typing weird, fun shit into Word for my Fiction Writing Class at MTSU. Consider the following meta-commentary on that process…(Read More)
Thanksgiving is a great day to hang out with friends and family, and watch the lazy day go by too quickly. After dinner, it’s time to find your favorite spot and relax. You may even want to grab your favorite toy. We get to experience life, and that makes us the lucky ones. Happy…(Read More)
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