tonya tyner

Some of you know I’ve had an ongoing fist-fight with depression since the fall of 2019. No, the Covid Apocalypse didn’t help.  
Up until that time, I was writing and performing somewhat regularly (for the 2-3 years prior it was… Read more

Don't we?  Don't we just assume the eye is going to blink, the heart is going to beat, the tear duct is going to moisten, whatever.  I mean, I know some of us have had health problems, but even then…Read more

"I've seen my light come shining...
from the west down to the east.

Any day now...
any day now...
I shall be released."



For almost 4 years, I've been carrying someone else's debt... almost $50K worth (not exactly small potatoes)…Read more

Hey my friends,

I turned 40 today.  Yippee.  No really, I'm certainly happy to be alive.  I do treasure every day as a gift, and it's kind of fun seeing what direction the gray hairs sprout out from my head…Read more

I've been out of touch mostly, and I realize that you may have wondered if I have dropped off the face of the earth. There were days, when honestly, I felt like I had. So real talk: I've been going…Read more