AMA - "Beyond the Music"

With Agatha in Nashville, 2025

For this edition of "Ask Me Anything" (and for the record, I'm writing this in late May of 2026), I'm responding to several questions that I'm lumping under "Beyond the Music" (the title I use at the end of the "about" section of my website).

Most of the folks who know me and/or have followed our Lifestyle Challenges and such here already know I'm into various other pursuits and have a specific interest in health & fitness, but there were a few surprises, I suppose, and it generated a handful of questions and comments, so I though I'd use this post to expand on some of those things and drop in some personal photos of some of those activities.

2026 Goals & Lifestyle Challenge

Here with Angelee Feltner and Bill Meck at the Lexi Awards!

Well.....this post certainly is late! As I write this, its already mid May - a long long way from January!

In my defense, I got pretty ill back in December, which led to a prolonged issue that I'm still not 100% recovered from...but I'm pretty close!

(Note: In addition to both bronchitis and pneumonia, I contracted the pertussis bacteria, which is a mean, mean illness. My advice: Get your DTaP if you haven't stepped on a rusty nail in a while!)

Today, I'll be using a format that ya'll (at least those of you who have read these for a while) are familiar with. Though I'm late writing & posting this, I have been pondering the goals for quite a while and, obviously, have been working on them since January....so this post will also find updates included.

Let's jump right in!