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BILL BLOG Thursday, August 20, 2026   Thursday has brought some needed rain to Nashville. In fact, the skies are making a loud rumble as I begin the Blog today. Despite the rain, we will hit 90 today.   YESTERDAY My Wednesday was filled with troubleshooting. I upgraded my iPhone with AT&T, and that’s been a nightmare. I won’t tell you the entire story, but I did learn that you don’t want to upgrade or buy your phone from just any AT&T store. You want to make sure you go to a “corporate” store. Much less red tape and hassle, which I learned the hard way.   And then our internet kept going in and out, which put me on the phone forever with an Xfinity person or two or three, trying to figure out the problem. One finally did figure it out. But it was an ordeal.   Finally, I had a Doctor’s appointment, sat in the lobby for the longest time before a nurse was kind enough to announce to all of us in line that they were running one hour behind. Sigh...

BILL BLOG Wednesday, August 19, 2026   It’s the middle of the week. And it will be Wednesday all day. 88 for a high today. After being near 100 for well over a week, it’s amazing how comfortable 88 degrees is.   YESTERDAY At the last second, my writing appointment with recording artist Spence Hatcher was cancelled, and we rescheduled. Spencer is tearing up the road these days, and is headed to New York today for a couple of shows with country artist Josh Turner.   I'm happy that Spencer is getting that kind of exposure these days. He recently worked with Hank Jr. and Zach Top as well. And when he’s working with those folks, he’s singing our song, “ Hot Weather, Cold Beer ,” which we wrote together and is his current single.     So… since the day opened up, my wife has filled it with grocery shopping. Sigh.   NEW SHOW I just added a private show benefiting the organization Mercy Chefs , which provides gourmet food for disaster rel...

BILL BLOG Tuesday, August 18, 2026   And now we have Tuesday. The temperature will drop just below 90 for the first time in a while here in Nashville. 89 is our high today.   YESTERDAY Monday was a busy day of writing songs. It started with a songwriting session with Alex Miller and Jaelee Roberts , and we chased an idea that Alex had yesterday. Alex plays great guitar, and Jaelee is terrific at throwing out ideas and lots of great lyrics, so it was a great collaborative effort.   We compared calendars after we were done and discovered how busy all three of us are.   Jaelee is part of the group Sister Sadie . She and the girls head to Nebraska the first of September.       Alex will be in my home state of Missouri this weekend, in Higbee, Missouri, to play their County Fair.     And I’ll be in Mountain City, Tennessee this Saturday night with Linda Davis and Lang Scott .    LAST EVENING I got onlin...