Heresy

For a few days in mid-October we’ve been visiting in one of the birthplace regions of old time, bluegrass, and country music. As a kid in high school, I heard and read about the poverty and coal dust of Appalachia. Pete Seeger sang union songs that I learned and...

Heritage

Love. No doubt the deepest and most integral part of being human. It’s what drives us, haunts us, and defines us. Having it, losing it, cursing it, hiding it, needing it, wasting it, finding it, spurning it, wanting it, denying it, missing it, celebrating it....

Heritage

Hello Folks, I’m working (and having fun) at Northwest String Summit in Oregon this week. I’ve given my mom Karen precise written directions on how to post this column. She said she’d do it if she didn’t have to put down her cocktail. Let’s see...

Heritage

Hello Folks, I’m working (and having fun) at Northwest String Summit in Oregon this week. I’ve given my mom Karen precise written directions on how to post this column. She said she’d do it if she didn’t have to put down her cocktail. Let’s see...

Hey Anyone Looking for a Pickup Game?

People who are more athletic than I (in other words, everyone on Earth) seems to have fond memories of pickup basketball games with their friends. Some of these games (I am told) feature some very skilled players, and I have also heard tell of organized pickup...

Hey, give me a call sometime…..

The third rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority…The second rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority…The first rate mind is only happy when it is thinking…. MilneFebruary 2 and I still have the same...