Something Old Something New!

Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue, And a silver sixpence in her shoe This olde English rhyme describes a tradition of what brides should wear on their wedding day. Like most rhymes similar to this one, its origins are lost in history....

Sometimes, Optimism Gets Smacked Around a Little

I’ve always been a “glass half full” kind of person. On social media, I often try to deflect the “people are awful nowadays” or “america used to be great” posts with a dose of perspective. I still feel, in general, people are wonderful way more often than not, and our...

Sometimes, Reruns Are Just Fine

I have a large collection of books, and when people see them, they have two questions: One, “Did you read all of those?”, and two. “Why keep ’em after you’ve read ‘em?” The fact is, I enjoy revisiting books. Many books (not all) have rewards in rereading them a...

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Playing music takes you to places and situations you’d probably never imagine. The first of the month, Mike Sr. and I traveled to the Lake Havasu festival Bluegrass on the Beach which is promoted by Larry & Sondra Baker. It’s such a great event and we love the...

Song Lyrics Matter

I’ve been thinking a lot about my role in supporting Black Lives Matter, and how to be an ally for Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color. There are great organizations I can contribute to, many powerful, brilliant books to read, and conversations to be had with...

Song of the Mountains

Not so long ago most people found out about the music that was making a stir by turning on the television set. My generation just had to watch the Beetles live on the Ed Sullivan Show. Before that there was Elvis Presley and after that Michael Jackson. So simple. Plop...