fantasy island used to scare the bejeezus outta me. maybe that’s because i first saw it when i was 5 or 6 years old and didn’t have the slightest clue as to what was going on. but there was something creepy and oddly frightening about that show when viewed through the eyes of a child.

Grandma said, “Boy, go and follow your heart
And you’ll be fine at the end of the line.
Bob Dylan, 1973
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i’d like to have a 1964 convertible lincoln continental.
i’d like to hop in it and drive across this country. just go.
i’d like to follow my heart.
i already know where it will lead me.

cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws,
good dogs and all kinds of cats.
dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs,
but i stand right here where I’m at,
’cause i wear my own kind of hat.
merle haggard, 1979