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Bruce

Posted on March 3, 2025

Yesterday, Nora and I went to see Bruce Cockburn with our friends Daniel and Jerri. Daniel is a photographer who is friends with Bruce and invited us to attend the sound check before the show. It was, as it has been in the past, a real treat to be present with an artist that I have loved for a long time. Bruce’s guitar playing has been my inspiration towards my own playing and his music I find beautiful. After the show were were able to go back stage to the green room and hang out with him for a bit. There’s something wonderful about being able to shake hands with an artist whose work has touched you deeply, look them in the eyes, and…

Running & Reading

Posted on January 30, 2025

It’s been cold lately. I’ve been running and reading lately, too. I go to Zenith Performance and Wellness once a month for physical therapy and see Jenn and she helps keep me running which I appreciate. This is John from one of my running groups. He’s 80 and keeps going and going and going. John hits around 40 miles per week and though he admits he is slower now, he’s still fun to run with and talk with, too. Zenith is downtown and handles a variety of types of PT for a range of folks. Classes, one-on-one support – you name it. Solidly a great group of therapists . . . A new book of poetry by one of my favorite writers, Joe Wilkins.

Sunday afternoon with Daniel & Jerri

Posted on January 19, 2025

I spent this afternoon up in Corvallis at my friends Daniel and Jerri’s place having a meal and playing some guitar and just catching up on things. I’ve known these fine folks since the early 90s when I received a phone call at work from Daniel letting me know that he heard I was “into” Bruce Cockburn, the Canadian singer/songwriter and musician. Which was true and still is! Daniel and I started hanging out and playing guitars together and today was one of those days, though, to be fair we had let too much time pass before this day. We’ll get together again sooner rather than later, that much was agreed upon. Daniel runs the excellent website, “Gavin’s Woodpile,” which shares news and notes…

Nature of Gratitude

Posted on November 25, 2024

My friend Tom and his friend Eric started hosting a two hour event called the Nature of Gratitude which includes poetry reading, prose reading, music and a theme. This year’s theme was actually “Gratitude,” and the event was last weekend. It was lovely, of course. Always is . . . . It was a packed house! I took some time to go to the used instrument store this past weekend to look at guitars. While there I saw two Dusty Strings folk harps (not pictured), which is where I worked for several years after college in the late 80s and early 90s. Mostly I worked on the hammered dulcimer side of things, doing “post-production” work which involved stringing, tuning and test playing before they…

Cemetery & remodel

Posted on November 17, 2024

I stopped by the cemetery in Vancouver, Washington where my grandparents are buried last week while on my drive home. Fortunately my sister had dropped a pin in Google Maps so it wasn’t too hard to find. I have not been here since my grandmother died in 1982. It was both strange and good to stop by. I was flooded with memories of her in my life – a solid presence for me. The summer of 1980, after the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, she drove me as close to the mountain as we could get at the time. It was really a great day with her and I was amazed at the mud-line on the trees along the Toutle River. Plus she listened…