The birds are singing in the new sunrise, and here I am on this little box, reading posts, Google reader subscriptions, Facebook, etc. What I should be doing is pulling out that exercise mat and stretching out these stiff, achy muscles that woke me at 2:30 this morning (and the last three), and start my day.

I started "liking" on Facebook, enthralled with that medium's facility of bringing little updates to me for further investigation, or not, at the click of my mouse. Then,...

Here's an essay I wrote some time ago having to do with Bluegrass "etiquette":

Did you ever enter into a conversation with someone who would speak right over you when you were responding to their prior remarks? If so, then you know how irritating that can be. Such a person is said to be disrespectful, or at the least, thought of as being rude or lacking fundamental rules of polite conversation.

This same condition applies equally as well to musicians in a jam...

Here are a few pictures Mary took of many of us jamming away in Elizabethton this past Monday night.


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These pickers have all become great friends, as have so many others. Mary and I really enjoy the wonderful friends and hospitality here in the South.

Non-Christian, artistic, intellectual (bookworms), music loving, eccentric, swing dancing nerds and their nerdlet looking for an open, inclusive, artistic community that values quality of life over prestige and pedigree. Loves ethnic food, BBQ, and fine dining (from time to time). Prefers older homes to new construction, and preservation to knocking everything down. Seeking other history buffs who enjoy gardening, good music and who won't make fun when we quote Monty Python or George Carlin....

1. Deeds, Claims and Promises of Jesus
Read Matthew Chapter 13

1. The peoples heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull
of hearing, and their eyes _____________have closed.
　
2. He that soweth the good seed is_________________;
the field is _____________; the good seed are the children
of the kingdom; but the _____________are the children of
the wicked one.
　
3. I will open my mouth in _____________________;...