Sitting here on this first day of a new January, I am of course thinking about everything that's happened between the start of last January and today. I don't know that I've yet had such a whirlwind year in my life. As such, I think my review of 2015 is best divided between several blog... Continue Reading →
To Give Thanks
November has been mild. The turkeys are fat, no need to burn extra calories by shivering. We got two turkeys from a local farmer who also provides us with eggs and pork: one turkey to eat on feast day, the other to save for the lean winter months. Between the two of them, our turkeys... Continue Reading →
Grey Fox 2015 Top Five
Part of the reason that I haven't been blogging much is that when I'm not working or writing or playing music I'm outside of internet service. For instance July 15th through July 19th I was at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in Oak Hill, New York. Grey Fox is like the Woodstock of Bluegrass. You drive... Continue Reading →
Bassic Love
Yesterday, I celebrated my one year anniversary with my upright bass. I'd spent Valentine's Day helping out at the Grasshopper Shop and when I came home there was a bass in my bedroom. Now, my bedroom could accurately be described as a hobbit hole. It's long and narrow, it's actually a smaller than my half... Continue Reading →
Christmas
I've been writing sporadically, lately. It's a difficult time of year for me. I don't come from a religious household and my dad's had to work more than half the Christmas's of my life. This year he worked a double shift on Christmas Day. I don't mind that. When I was little, it meant that... Continue Reading →
Resentment Cookies
'Tis the season for Holiday Parties, Secret Santa, Eggnog, and cookie baking. Now, I love to bake. I like the process, the exactness of it. I suppose you could say that I like the chemistry of it. But this time of year, I hate to bake. I guess you could expand that to say that... Continue Reading →
Independence
Hello and happy Independence Day! On days like to day I like to think about how glad I am to have been born here in the United States of America. I like to put aside all my qualms about our government and the fact that men and women still aren't paid equally and instead focus... Continue Reading →