Title page … Why the title, Hellhound? — Edited Feb. 4, 2022

As the myth goes, legendary Mississippi Delta Blues guitarist Robert Johnson was a mediocre performer until, one midnight, he sold his soul to the Devil at a crossroads said to be the intersection of Highways 49 and 61 in Clarksdale.

At its most fundamental level, the myth is about choices.

Rarely do those decisions involve bartering our souls. But consciously — or unconsciously — we all find ourselves at times in our lives where we must make major choices. not always realizing that failing to make a choice is a choice of its own.

Much of Hellhound reflects my own look back.