T.J. Tranchell's Page

So I had the chance to spend a few minutes with Carol, Jess and Jackie. Good times.
Plus, they signed my Jen's Love book, which was very nice of them. I very much enjoyed seeing them smile when I asked them to sign it for me.

There is a lot of other stuff going on, but right now, i want to thank Jess and Matt for being such a good friend to my sister Leslie. There is sister kind of stuff that I can't do for her that I know Jess fulls in for when she can and I appreciate it beyond words.

Plus,… Continue

Every now and again, I come across something that I think Jen would have liked. Sometimes, it is something new, a new band, a new book, a new movie. It's tough, but tends to pass.

Other times, it's something old and that is worse. When it's something old, I feel like I had the chance to share something with her and I blew it. OK, I get that feeling a lot about a lot of things. Part of me tries to make it better by telling myself I didn't really know and she probably wouldn't have liked it anywa… Continue

It isn't as easy as the Blues Brothers make it seem, but it works much the same way.

You find one person and that person knows where someone else is who just happens to know where two people are. Then the floodgates open and you have most of your band back together. Sure, you have to work harder to convince certain people they want to get back together, even for just one show and some people can't be convinced at all.

Others just can't be found. Probably because they don't want to be.

So far,… Continue

So I'm sitting in the living room of my Grandma's house in Payson. I haven't spent more than a few days here in seven years. It's caught me at a time when I should be more reflective than I actually am.

Maybe that's a good thing. Being reflective hasn't always worked out the best for me. I'm much better at it than I used to be. Which I think is part of the purpose of this site.

The questions is: What am I doing now? That's a good one. Right now, I'm in Payson, but I'm not staying. It's a tempo… Continue