Saturday morning a bunch of us went hoofed it down to the first Farmer’s Market of the season to busk. We had a rotation of 8 or 9 people so it was a great little song circle that let everyone had a chance. At the end of the market we had collected $120 which we [...]
Last year my brother and I started a tradition of taking off for a long weekend in May, just the boys. Our last foray was south and west to Oregon where we visited Portland and camped on the beach near Tillamook. It was a great trip, but this year we were looking for something with [...]
For a few years now I’ve been doing all manner of design work for locally based, world-reknowned luthier Jamie Wiens. Jamie builds replicas of 20′s era Gibson Master Model F-5 mandolins. Jamie has a very particular way of accomplishing things. It has to be perfect, but not perfect as in unblemished, perfect as in faithful [...]