Songwriting is a craft. As in any craft – ice skating, painting, public speaking, cooking – there are best practices that border on being rules. These standards sometimes define the craft. For instance, if an ice skater glides into the spotlight carrying a stick and hitting a puck she’s no… Read More
I hovered over the morning news longer than usual. Suspending the last spoonful of breakfast in the air as I took in just one more paragraph…slowly. While getting dressed I took the rabbit trail of reorganizing my shirts, hanging them by like kind: plaid, solid, long-sleeved, short-sleeved… – taking a… Read More
Recently, I stumbled onto a list of “Christian classics” and decided to read them all. To read them all. Because I have a hard time doing anything in moderation. I was doing great at first. I loved the first few books on the list. Then I started in on The… Read More
It’s been three years since the big depression episode I wrote about in the Beggar’s Fortune series. In those three years I’ve had very minor and fleeting brushes with depression. And I’ve learned a lot about what causes my depression and how to prevent and treat it without pharmaceuticals. What… Read More
This is the last of the old essays on depression I have to repost. Tomorrow I’ll write one last essay on the subject – a new one on what I’ve learned in the last two years about depression. I think it could be the most helpful of the bunch, so… Read More
Continuing to repost a series of essays written long ago about my experience with depression. Hope it helps those suffering now. Once upon a time, there was an evil king out to kill the prophet Elisha. Elisha woke up one morning to discover his city surrounded by a large number… Read More
Shaun Groves