Never Inhale

With six months to go till the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, I give you a compilation of festivation and camping wisdom:1. The only thing worse than having a spider in your tent is losing a spider in your tent.2. Remember to bring a large indelible marker for...

Never No More Blues

A few weeks ago I attended an open jam session at an East Bay bar and restaurant. There were about a dozen pickers there from older geezers like me (one fellow who said he had actually played in a New York coffee house years ago with a young Bob Dylan) to some much...

Never the Same Love Twice

 “There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice.” — F. Scott FitzgeraldIsn’t Mr. Fitzgerald on point when you pause to think of these 15 words.   All strung together; all connected for reasons, deep:  Each word...

New Beginnings

I tend to have writing ideas flowing through my head all the time, but as soon as I accepted the offer to write this column, all those lovely ideas disappeared into thin air. Funny how that works. But I’ve made a commitment, so I guess I’ll just start at the beginning...

New England Musical Scenes

Late October is a great time to be on tour in the Northeast. Megan Lynch and I have been up here for about a week, performing and teaching in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont. Fall (or as they insist on saying in England, autumn) has always been my favorite time of...

New Goals

Do you clean, trim, and cut your vegetables all up before you begin making the Ratatouille? Do you read your instruction manual before you will even turn on your new digital camera? Do you do your homework before you read your book, clean out the fridge before you...