Cemetery Escort Duty

(Editor’s Note–Well, I was unable to wake him from a sound sleep this morning (yes, he was breathing) so we’ll reach back to November, 2011.  RC)Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I recieved the following story from one of my boyhood buddies, who was...

Cemetery Escort Duty

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I recieved the following story from one of my boyhood buddies, who was also one of my Marine companions. It is a message that I think everyone should read, so they can see just what our service men and women sacrificed in our nations past,...

Challenge to Festivals: Weather & Capitalization

Bluegrass festivals, especially mid-range and small ones, are facing twin challenges threatening their continued existence. Severe weather accompanied by apparently changing weather patterns and serious under-capitalization are making it difficult or impossible to...

Chance

Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where we (Lynn, the dogs, the cat, the llamas and, of course moi,) are waiting impatiently for the HEAVY RAIN the weatherman promised us for the day.  No sign of it yet.  Although he’s not delivered on nearly as many...

Change

I went through a spot of time, as a youngster, where I would lie about everything.  And worse, I was one of those children who felt confident in holding close to the lies I told, defying anyone to prove me wrong.  I can’t even begin to tell you, the trouble...