Tom Kimmel

August Greetings to all Sentient Beings!

Mid-August usually brings the dog days of summer, but this Memphis morning is startlingly cool and beautiful—startling because it follows weeks of intense heat and scary thunderstorm bombardments. But today the sky is bright…

July Greetings from Memphis!

Well it’s cooled off a bit here—only 93º today, thankfully—and I mean it when I say my heart is with my Texan and New Englander friends who are at present melting or floating. I pray for…

June News from West Tennessee...

Greetings Everyone! Lots to share this month, so let's slide right on through it...

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1. Sherpas news: The new LP at radio... and more...

2. Ireland: Quick report, plus 2024 links

3. Scotland…

May News from Memphis...

I'm back from a fabulous month in Ireland and Scotland—and of course I want to share a little of that with you—but the big news TODAY is that "Promise to Harry," the Sherpas long-in-the-works second album…

Spring Greetings from Ireland...

Spring’s arriving by the minute here in County Clare! The trees are pushing out pale green leaves, and the hills and roadsides are peppered with golden gorse. I’ve savored my time here, and I pray that…

February Greetings Fellow Planetarians! 

We have a lot in common, you and I, living on this planet at exactly the same time. We're all breathing, walking, talking, sleeping, laughing, crying, reaching out, turning in, learning our lessons, and making our…

Hi Everyone! 

Just a brief note to share that there'll be a livestream of a special writers show I'll be playing THIS Saturday night. I'm in the midst of a retreat with 3 talented (and really nice) artists at the…

January Greetings! 

It’s a strangely warm, rainy day in Memphis, a good day to stay inside and catch up with you. Not much news thus far in the New Year because I’ve been slowly recovering from a couple of pesky…

December Greetings! 

As I write this, a chill rain is pounding the skylight over my head here in Memphis. I pray that we're all warm and dry as these crazy storms roll across the country. And here, nearly at the…

November Greetings & Early Happy Thanksgiving! 

I pray all of us are staying warm through the crazy cold snap affecting much of the country. It's been so cold (and so early) for so many! Having a paucity of meat on…

Autumn Greetings to All Friends, Fans & Curious Onlookers! 

It’s now sho’ nuff autumn in Memphis, and today's been spectacular! After an early morning walk, however, I've been holed up in my little attic studio, which is where I've been…

Early Fall Greetings to All Sentient Beings! 

I love that word “sentient.” According to Webster’s it means “able to feel things.” And thank God we still can. It’s so tempting to pull way in, armor up, knuckle down and simply…