I sure am having a good time here at the Monroe Mandolin Camp. Thanks Mike and Heidi, for working so hard to ensure everyone has a good time. The setting is beautiful. The accommodations are delightful. The food is better. The musical camaraderie is best. There is a full moon hovering over Nashville tonight. I…
The Mando camp is underway. I have had the great fortune of reacquainting myself with many friends I met last year, some of whom have returned from every point on the compass from around the globe. The number of Aussies attending is remarkable, thus this remark. France, Denmark, and Sweden are represented, too. I will…
Ever been in a hurry and need to urgently complete some simple task on your computer only to have your computer decide to fail to cooperate in every manner? That is me this morning. My computer, printer, and internet connections are all like wayward mules, the smell of sweet feed in the hot evening breeze,…
“I love your positive attitude!” said many to others. “Your positive attitude is amazing!” said yet many more to the same others. “I don’t know how you can keep such a positive attitude!” said many more yet to the same others who were starting to find this all just a bit tedious. “Bleccchhhh!” said the…
Do you ever have a racing mind? Mine is going ninety miles an hour. I can’t sleep. All I can do is think of electrons, masses of electrons, and how they will be safely connected underground to feed new buildings while keeping existing buildings serviced and working properly so overhead lines can come down that…
I have come to loathe August in the Mississippi I love. It saps my strength. It strains my soul. The hot torpor, the burning sun, the rising afternoon humidity makes every move an effort worthy of Atlas, as it seems the weight of the world rests upon my shoulders, and I cannot breathe. Every shallow,…
Several of you have e-mailed me since my hiatus from FaceBook, wondering if I am OK since I have not posted to my blog in a while. I am making it, me and this ruxolitinib, making it in spite of the August torpor, miasma, and malaise that strikes Mississippi every year. August is the most…
I spent this past weekend in July binding five complete volumes of THE CHRONIC DIARIES. I think I did a pretty good job with the sewn bindings, leather spines, and leather covers. A professional bookbinder might snicker a bit at my work, but if I had a large book-press instead of the make-shift press I…
I am the Jam Boss! That’s second only to the Rhythm Hoss. http://monroemandolincamp.com/instructors-2/ The Monroe Mandolin Camp is the high point of my musical year! If you play the mandolin and like Bill Monroe, you should make your plans to attend. This is a first class camp, from the food, to the instructors, to the…
“Champion of the Underclass,” Bill Clinton said about his wife. “I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people,” said Donald Trump. And who cares anything about what Lena Dunham may have said at any time about anything? Do you? Really? Does Donald Trump…
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