I Feel Like Singing Today

by | Aug 26, 2013 | Welcome Column

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…

by | Sep 24, 2012 | Welcome Column

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...

I Have Seen the Jambuster and I is Him

by | Feb 3, 2010 | Welcome Column

We all know The Jambuster, or we think we do. You’re at a jam, and everything is going swimmingly. The circle of jammers might be close friends, perfect strangers, or a mixture, but regardless, the jam is on a roll. Song and song is enthusiastically presented and...

I Like to Cook A Lot A Lot

by | Jul 8, 2011 | Welcome Column

I enjoy cooking a lot a lot. Which is to say I enjoy cooking lots of food for lots of people. I’m told I do pretty well cooking for large groups, but that’s not always been the case. Mid way into adulthood, I’d never cooked at all. I was a wood worker and loved...

I Like to Cook A Lot A Lot

by | Mar 17, 2019 | Welcome Column

I enjoy cooking a lot a lot.  Which is to say I enjoy cooking lots of food for lots of people.  I’m told I do pretty well cooking for large groups, but that’s not always been the case.Mid way into adulthood, I’d never cooked at all.  I was a wood worker...