Chip’s Blog

The 14th season of Ragtown productions will begin in a few weeks, and I don't think I've ever seen a cast more enthused. They're having way too much fun with…

A new year, a new decade, and it's been a busy one so far. The set for the new play is almost completed, rehearsals are getting underway, and I'm really…

I had to look. I actually did it...I sat at my old roll-top desk and clicked the back-button on the calendar on my well-worn Mac, traveling all the way back…

There are still plenty of people around our hometown who remember my brother and I when we were growing up. Well, they remember Glenn. They remember me as Glenn Polk's little…

In 2014 Glenn put me in our Christmas musical, Bethlehem. It was the only time I’d ever done a role on our stage. He cast me as the devil. I…

I think about it every time we open a new play, every time I do a new song, pretty much every time I walk out onto the stage at Ragtown…

I took a little stroll down memory lane this afternoon. I browsed through these blog posts that I've written over the past twelve years. The first one was published on…

I must have played a bajillion Willie Nelson records during my years in radio. I was a fan back when he wore his hair in aflat-top and performed in a…

If you've been to Ragtown very often, you've probably heard my story about meeting Gloria Gaither. If you haven't heard it, here's a link to a blog I wrote about…

If I were guessing, I’d say I'm the only person on the planet who spent a good part of one day this week whittling big chunks of sacrificial meat. Elijah!…