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Author: Samuel A. Johnson

This blog is about hiking, thinking, and writing.

An elegy for the countless lives Trump has ruined. Tragic times.

Theme 164 – 2021

Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on June 22, 2025June 22, 2025Categories Musical CompositionsTags Musical CompositionsLeave a comment on An elegy for the countless lives Trump has ruined. Tragic times.

Songs and Stuff

This photo was taken by my grandfather in about 1950 with his trusty Kodak. Oh, how I loved those chaps, and how much easier it was to ride a fence rail than a horse.

And, as always, a couple songs from long ago.

Hope – 1985
Poor Miserable Shit – 1999
Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on June 10, 2025June 10, 2025Categories Local History, Musical CompositionsTags Local History, Musical CompositionsLeave a comment on Songs and Stuff

Starting the Summer

Thought I’d start this summer with two pieces that are on two ends of some spectrum or another. Maybe one or the other will satisfy some longing or some need for action. Give ‘er a listen! (I know, I know, summer doesn’t start until the 21st, but we all know better).

Theme 340 – 2025
Theme 341 – 2025

Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on June 3, 2025June 28, 2025Categories Musical CompositionsTags Musical CompositionsLeave a comment on Starting the Summer

A Meditative Piece: Calm The Mind

Theme 339 – 2025

Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on May 27, 2025May 29, 2025Categories Musical CompositionsTags Musical CompositionsLeave a comment on A Meditative Piece: Calm The Mind

Theme 282 and 337.

See if these fit into your day.

Theme 337 – 2025
Theme 282 – 2023

Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on May 24, 2025May 24, 2025Categories Musical CompositionsTags Musical CompositionsLeave a comment on Theme 282 and 337.

A Somewhat Enigmatic Piece?

Theme 336 – 2025

Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on May 17, 2025May 17, 2025Categories Musical CompositionsTags Musical CompositionsLeave a comment on A Somewhat Enigmatic Piece?

Another Short Piece

Theme 334 -2025

Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on May 13, 2025May 15, 2025Categories Musical CompositionsTags Musical CompositionsLeave a comment on Another Short Piece

Theme 333, revised

I had to rewrite this a few times, still not sure it’s done, but it’s better. Enjoy!

Theme 333 – 2025

Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on May 7, 2025May 8, 2025Categories Musical CompositionsTags Musical CompositionsLeave a comment on Theme 333, revised

Cricket Song and Curl Up and Die

Two songs from a few years back, 2012 I think. I still like ’em.

Cricket Song
Curl Up and Die
Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on May 3, 2025May 3, 2025Categories Musical CompositionsTags Musical CompositionsLeave a comment on Cricket Song and Curl Up and Die

Hymn For the Christians in the White House

Jesus Was Wrong?

Unknown's avatarAuthor Samuel A. JohnsonPosted on April 25, 2025April 25, 2025Categories Musical CompositionsTags Musical Compositions1 Comment on Hymn For the Christians in the White House

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Why Mountain Breakfast?

Well, many years ago, before computers and the internet, I wrote a short story about a man who carried an enormous length of garden hose up a mountain with the goal of starting a siphon to run water from a lake to his cabin below. His only friend, a water attorney (?!?!), warned him that stealing water could get him in a lot of trouble. But, undeterred by this cautionary advice, he proceeded to climb to the lake and start the siphon. Meanwhile, his friend cooked breakfast in the cabin below. By the time the hose was hooked up, his friend had set fire to the kitchen and lost control of his wits. Just when it looked like the cabin would be burned to ashes, the hose began blasting water, and he was able to save the house. This was the first of several short-short stories in a series that I called Mountain Breakfast, in which each tale involved cooking or eating breakfast in the wild. It was all about humans, all about nature, and all about human nature. I’m still at it, still hiking and thinking and writing tales, although they’re longer now, and not about eating breakfast.

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