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BILL BLOG Friday, May 29, 2026   And it’s Friday, and time to catch a plane back to Nashville.   A high of 86 today here in Chicago. And it’s hard to believe we are into the last weekend of May.     YESTERDAY Our Freedom Sings USA songwriter group gathered at a beautiful house owned by one of the hosts of our retreat here in Chicago. Laura Michaud in Chicago. Her husband is a builder and built this gorgeous 7,500-square-foot home with plenty of rooms to accommodate 5 songwriters and veterans. I teased her at the concert last night that it was the most beautiful double-wide I had ever been in.   Laura told us about this amazing collection of glass canes that her mother collected from all around the world—never seen anything quite like those.     I wrote down stairs with Army veteran Christine Seagrave , who served as an MP for several years, before a fight with a woman she arrested in Panama injured her wrist so severely that ...

BILL BLOG Thursday, May 28, 2026   And a good Thursday morning to you from Elmhurst, Illinois.   YESTERDAY I had an 11 AM flight to Chicago on Southwest.     Myself and 4 other songwriters loaded, with no fanfare, and made it to O’Hare. Early. At TSA, an agent took my guitar and made me take everything out of it. But, before she did, she said, “Sir, I’m going to take good care of your guitar. I don’t think that’s ever happened. Thank you!   And then all five of us got to our gate with guitars on our backs, and the gate attendant came up to us and told us he would make sure we were on early, to make sure all 5 guitars got in the overhead bins. Another first!    And then we boarded, and I got this particular cup that completely flattered me. Thank you, Southwest, for such a great flight!       LAST NIGHT We gathered for a little VIP sponsor to meet the sponsors of the event, as well as the veterans we’re writi...