Grin and Fake It

Some notable wit said that 90% of life is just showing up. That may be true, but a good 75% is also faking it. It’s how successful people get from point A to point B. It’s deep at the root of confidence, and I think it stokes the fires of creativity. When I was a kid,...

Grin and Fake It.

You’d think with the week off I had I’d be brimming with pithy scrawlings. Alas, all I’m brimming with right now is a high fever. Some notable wit said that 90% of life is just showing up. That may be true, but a good 75% is also faking it. It’s how...

Grinners

Two weeks ago today my husband and I were on our way home from the 48 Hour Bluegrass Jam in Bakersfield. We went down on Thursday so we had three full days of Bluegrass. I say three full days because we had the satellite radio tuned to Sirius Bluegrass all the way...

Grist

“That pygmies could cast such giant shadows, only to show how late in the day it has become.” (Erwin Chargaff) “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” (Isaac Newton) One new thing I like on the CBA web site is...

Grist

One new thing I like on the CBA web site is the grist feature. It’s a series of pithy quotes, not necessarily directly related to Bluegrass, that makes you think as you start your day. I used to check the Wikipedia page every day for similar intellectual...