by Drick Boyd | Jul 21, 2025 | Featured
In early July my wife and I drove to Maine where we stayed for 10 days. The cottage we were staying in looked out on a bay of the Maine coast line. Some mornings we woke up to beautiful sunrises shining across the water, but on other days we were met by a dense fog...
by Drick Boyd | Oct 2, 2021 | Featured
“For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” Amanda Gorman Light and Darkness At the end of September, I visited Minneapolis, Minnesota on personal business, and took time to visit the George Floyd Memorial in...
by Drick Boyd | May 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
It Started with a Song Over 45 years ago, I wrote a song about trees. Trees have always moved me for some reason. One summer between years at college I worked for a landscaping company in Spokane, Washington. I was fascinated by the tall, stately pine trees that...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
The beginning of a new year is usually a time when people make resolutions and plans for the year ahead. The turning of the calendar can give one a sense of new beginning, new opportunities, new hopes. I am one such person. I am actually one of those people who not...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 3, 2018 | Featured
DESCRIPTION: While there are many reasons to be discouraged about this fall’s elections and to not bother to vote, I offer three reasons I choose to vote: I am an internationalist; government’s job is to defend the poor, and out of necessity I live and...
