Moving at the Speed of Bluegrass

I admit this is a re-print, but I felt this was timely..Listening to spring training baseball on the radio, and eagerly welcoming opening for this season, I am struck once again by the intricate connections between bluegrass and baseball. This time, it was the...

Mr. Skunk and Mr. Time

Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where late last week we were formally introduced to our neighbor, Mr. Skunk. It was actually Willie who spotted her, chased and cornered her, and was about to crush her neck with his massive jaws or get sprayed by his would-be victim,...

Mrs. Hippie Sawyer & Tom

They were hippies. Admittedly they were. But this was then, and now is now, and as they embraced the now they weren’t sure if they were hippies or not. Tom, his wife, and three children made up the Sawyer family. The Sawyers had waited until later in their life to...

Mrs. Hippie Sawyer & Tom

They were hippies. Admittedly they were. But this was then, and now is now, and as they embraced the now they weren’t sure if they were hippies or not. Tom, his wife, and three children made up the Sawyer family. The Sawyers had waited until later in their life to...

Mud and Ice Cream!

As a child, my playmate and I once put ice cream and mud together and then tried to serve it as pie. We both thought we were creative geniuses but when she gave it to her mother, that combination didn’t go over too well. I once worked for an employer who liked...