Hunters and Gatherers

Saturday morning at Hollister’s Good Old Fashioned Festival I had the great fortune of wandering by the camper of Tim and Sue Edes just as they were sitting down to breakfast….and the even greater fortune of being told Tim’d cooked too much. Over eggs easy-over, fried...

I AM NOT…REPEAT…NOT A LAZY PERSON

I AM NOT…REPEAT…NOT A LAZY PERSON March 31, 2015 I’m at home, out of the hospital, feeling well and also, very grateful to my wife, Lynn, for getting me out of the jam I was in, as well as to the many, many, many friends who showed their concern and support. Several...

I apologize

Well, not really. I mean, unless I did or said something. In which case, I do apologize. Sincerely. No, my welcome today is not about making a public apology to the visitors of cbaontheweb.org, (though I’ve done that a few times in the past eight years, always for an...

I Feel Like Singing Today

Jeanie and I recently participated in a sea chantey singalong at San Francisco’s Hyde Street Pier. Aboard the three-masted ship Balclutha we joined nearly a hundred other seaworthy souls in a rollicking good time. A song leader would quickly teach us the chorus and...

I Feel Like Singing Today…

Bluegrass music is unique in that a large percentage of its fans are musicians themselves. This is partly explained by the relative ease with which one can get started picking on a folk-based, stringed instrument. With the exception of the fiddle, which requires some...