top of page

A Pirate on the Prairie

Flying the Jolly Roger in the Midwest

Welcome to A Pirate on the Prairie, a place for me to share whatever insights, thoughts, and opinions that strike my fantasy. Viewed another way, it is my place in the crow's nest for a 50-something pirate to shout into the teeth of the hurricane.

121620855_3447614168797923_5459402071812138606_n.jpg
Home: Welcome
Search

Good Riddance!

https://www.facebook.com/100050689800271/posts/1229805068719142/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v Clearly, if someone hurt you like it was his...

What Happened to MTV?

In a previous post, “Do You Have MTV” ( https://www.apirateontheprairie.com/post/do-you-have-mtv ), I wrote about MTV, its place in the...

“To Love Somebody (Live)” (Michael Bolton)

The man has had his detractors, but he was wildly successful for a reason. 🎶 🎤 🙂 In my life I have enjoyed music from a number of...

Wilmington, North Carolina or "Hollywood East”

I was tumbling down the YouTube rabbit hole and I found myself enjoying some clips from the first motion picture shot in and around...

Jaws Turns 50!

Jaws came out in the summer of 1975. Back then, I was a young child and relatively new to the North Carolina coast. As such, I didn’t...

“Love the One You’re With” (Stephen Stills)

Good advice. It’s particularly good advice when the one that you love doesn’t love you, doesn’t even like you, or even holds you in...

Today’s Random Thought (09-MAR-2025)

This morning I heard “Hooked on a Feeling” by B. J. Thomas while I was driving to one of my delivery stops. It’s a celebration of being...

About a Song That I Have Shared Before

https://www.facebook.com/oastories/videos/1713458496062130/?app=fbl Gordon Lightfoot was one of the best and a number of artists have...

Red-Pilled Regarding Love (A Movie Quote)

“It is remarkable how similar the pattern of love is to the pattern of insanity.” — Lambert Wilson as The Merovingian in The Matrix...

Not Too Many One-Dimensional Characters

In a previous blog post, “The Other Characters in Your Story” ( https://www.apirateontheprairie.com/post/the-other-characters-in-your-sto...

“Yankee Rose” (David Lee Roth)

🤩 The music and music videos of the 80s and early 90s were generally a lot of fun. https://youtu.be/65o3MFsb0BY

Home: Blog2
Paddlewheeler.png

A Pirate's Haunts

Social Media Hideaways for One Particular Pirate Looking for His "One Particular Harbour"

I am currently homeported in Northern Illinois along the Mississippi River.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
Home: Contact

Subscribe Form

Thanks for submitting!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn

©2021 by A Pirate on the Prairie. Proudly created with Wix.com

bottom of page