Miles, Music, and a Few Tricks Along the Way

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had…?

I’ve done a lot… I love a lot.

Sports… fishing… music… writing…
working out pretty religiously these days…
and I’ve always loved driving… oh… I’m a people and animal whisperer too…

I drove 18-wheelers all across the U.S. for 17 years… professionally.
Spent time training student drivers with FedEx Ground…
that part stayed with me… something about watching it click.

Same thing with teaching guitar and music back in the day…
there’s something about passing things on.

But if we’re talking secret skills…

I can juggle.

Learned it as a teenager from a guy at a pool hall…
with billiard balls.

And this one’s a little ridiculous but true…

I can throw grapes so high they disappear…
wait… track them back down out of the sky…
and catch them in my mouth.

Oh… and I can juggle grapes and eat them at the same time…

Yeah… I know… lol…

Nothing special… just a fun way to feed your face.

Not today though… too much other stuff to juggle…

˙uoıʇɔǝlɟuı ɥʇıʍ ƃuıs I sɐ ƃuol oS
…ʎɐs I ʇɐɥʍ ɹǝʇʇɐɯ ʇ,usǝop ʇI

© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson

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Shakespeare & Me & Ben Howard (Week 21)

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Willy `•.

“A light condition in a beauty dark.”

Me `’.,°~

…that light in a shit storm…

Ben Howard !i¡-

“Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.”

Isaiah 45:3
“I will give thee the treasures of darkness…
and hidden riches of secret places…”

© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson
All rights reserved.

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Ban Them All…

If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?

Words are overrated…
so misused…

I say ban them all…

just to piss off
folks that talk out their necks…

the ones
that love to play with them—

trying to impress…
without ever feeling
a thing…

anyone caught using them
must clean truck stop restrooms
while eating tacos…
for an entire day…

I think I’ve said too much…
I haven’t said enough… 🤌

© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson. All rights reserved.

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My Words… My Way…

Save the fancy talk… for someone who cares…

I’ve been thinking about the way I write…
People probably know by now that I don’t use big.. fancy words.. It’s not because I can’t… I just don’t feel right doing it.. That’s not how I talk in real life — so why would I try to sound that way on the page?

And even though I don’t use fancy words in my stories… I still love words.. All of them.. Simple ones… complex ones… everything in between.. I’m always growing my vocabulary — I just don’t force it into my storytelling..
And who knows… maybe once in awhile I’ll go all out — and try to impress you… haha..

When I tell a story… my story… I want the feel to be like I’m right there with you…
Just talking… just being me.. If I start dressing it up with words I’d never say out loud — then it’s not my story anymore… it turns into something else.

So I keep it simple…
I keep it honest…
I keep it the way it comes out of my mouth…

And maybe one day I’ll throw in a “fancy” word or two just to mess with you…
but it’ll be rare…
and you’ll know it when you see it…

Because I’m after your heart…
not your applause…

I’m not randomly doing things here… things are done purposely…
I have a plan…
and you are the most important part of it…

(Ps.. I also don’t like commas or single periods. 😁)

…….❓❤️🕊️→🛤️→👤~❓🥾🥾’…….?→<†→/→|~?→//”…….❓❤️🕊️→🛤️→👤~❓🥾🥾’…….?→<†→/→|~?→//”….`~\|}•°○●¿.¡- `<³…….👥→🤝→🦅✨→🚛→🌙🌌’…….||→=|=→^*>→––→*~”

“” whos gonna give their heart and soul… to get to me and you …..?”” 👇

“” Lord.. I wonder.. whos gonna fill their shoes …?””

© Bryan H. 2025 — All Rights Reserved