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Shoveling Snow and Dreams of Spring
Saturday, 22 March 2008 11:59 P GMT-05
I shoveled snow for a couple hours today and dreamed of sitting on the porch on a nice warm day playing the banjo. Spring will come. In the meantime I found a picture my daughter took last year that pretty much sums up my daydream.
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NeverEnding Winter and Dreams of a New Banjo
Saturday, 22 March 2008 2:11 P GMT-05
Winter has been dragging on and on. The onset of Spring seems far on the horizon. I've decided to spend the day before Easter relaxing and catching up on all the little things I've been avoiding.Meanwhile I've been dreaming of
My Banjo Instructor
Thursday, 13 September 2007 9:04 P GMT-05
A couple of weeks ago I went over to my banjo instructor's house and took my camcorder. I recorded him playing his banjo for over an hour. Here is him playing Rock About My Sarah Jane. For more videos of Rod you can go HERE
Jam in Lafayette
Friday, 11 May 2007 11:26 P GMT-05
All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out.- Mark Twain in Vienna Tonight my father-in-law and I went down to Lafayette for a bluegrass jam. Lafayette is a little south of Lafayette.
My new banjo teacher
Monday, 30 April 2007 11:06 A GMT-05
I've been trying to learn clawhammer banjo on my own and was coming along slowly but well. A couple weeks ago some on a website called The Banjo Hangout put up a post that they were giving lessons in North East Ohio. I popped him an
Old Time Music in Homerville
Saturday, 28 April 2007 11:16 P GMT-05
Last night my father-in-law and I went to the Homerville Community Center for some old-time jamming.
Sabata
Wednesday, 10 January 2007 11:59 P GMT-05
"The piano may do for lovesick girls who lace themselves to skeletons and lunch on chalk, pickles and slate pencils. But give me the banjo, when you want genuine music, music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your syst
Clawhammer Banjo Circle
Monday, 1 January 2007 1:37 P GMT-05
The Kindness of Strangers
Saturday, 16 September 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
I've been delivering in Sheffield Lake for twenty five years and the people have treated me so well. In the cold of winter people have given me hot coffee and cookies and in the dog days of summer they have given me ziplocs full of
Cheese Whiz, Fiddle Tunes and a box of Triscuits
Saturday, 18 February 2006 10:59 P GMT-05
My wife went on one of her marathon shopping sprees today. I knew it was coming from the faraway look that can only come before a full day of shopping. I knew she would come home and tell me how much money she saved, all the while forgett
Two New Banjos
Friday, 29 July 2005 11:59 P GMT-05
I was riding home from the library when I saw a handmade sign outside a home that said, "Banjos and 2 Acustics for sale". I immediately stopped in and a woman answered. The instruments were her sons and he came out and showed them to
Plunkthumping
Sunday, 3 July 2005 12:44 A GMT-05
If you've been reading my blog you've probably noticed that I've been playing a lot of banjo. I've been learning from dvd lessons and help from The Banjo Hangout. I found a great site called Plunkthumping that has virtual banjo lessons. The sit
Neat Banjo by the Lake
Sunday, 26 June 2005 6:55 P GMT-05
My day at work is hard work, long hours and boredom. The people I meet are fascinating but I don't really have a chance to have much in the way of conversation. When I was a child I would ring doorbells and run. I didn't know it was preparation
Back and Catching up
Sunday, 19 June 2005 11:14 A GMT-05
I've been getting a lot of emails asking where I've been and why I haven't been updating the blog. Hopefully this entry will explain a few things.A few months ago I got a banjo (Deering Goodtime II)
Banjos and Roller Coasters
Saturday, 2 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05
I had a very hectic day yesterday. My daughter wanted to go to the IX (International Exposition) Center for their Indoor Amusement Park. Since I have a serious aversion to any ride that spins or goes up in the air I told her to bring a friend. She
