These days I find myself working through much of my spiritual curriculum during long-ass walks through the Rio Grande Bosque. I'm a highly sensitive and painfully shy person much of the time, so I require a tremendous amount of courage…

That's it. It's been decided. I am not allowed to leave the house until I finish this blog post.

I am trying to publish a new blog post every Tuesday. The goal is to finish writing it…

This week is one of the most unpleasant weeks of the year for me. It's the week when it becomes officially unacceptable to remain on vacation for the winter holidays. I'm also getting over an illness (more later), so I'm…

A close friend of mine endured a health scare a few years ago. It was scary and difficult to pin down. She was convinced it was a heart thing. Turns out, it was anxiety. My friend started meditating and engaging…

I remember a time about 25 years ago when I told a girlfriend's mom that I would be perfectly content and fulfilled if I spent my life playing blues guitar licks in midwestern bars. At the time, that was my…

I was diagnosed as bipolar some time ago.

Every day I take a reading of my mood/energy level and enter it in my journal. I use a 20-point scale where one is totally depressed and deactivated and 20 is completely…

I make music mostly because I feel so inspired by other people who make or have made music. It is not enough for me to simply listen and enjoy. I need to dive in and mix it up myself.

Become…

I was staring at this white screen wondering what I should blog about today. It’s Tuesday and the blog Gods demand new content. Then I remembered reading this fascinating article all about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s pregame routine as I was lying…

Hi there and thank you for checking out the Matt Kollock blog! It’s been a minute, so I’m happy to be back on track with this thing. I was just gonna take one week off, and then a whole damn…

Blues legend Freddie King, who went by “Freddy” until about 1966 (and who was not related to fellow blues legends B.B. King or Albert King), died on December 28, 1976, when I was 87 days old. He was 42…