It’s hard to believe it’s been so long since I wrote a Musing – but considering what I’ve packed into the last couple of years…
I have very exciting news to report – my Hilltown Music Together pages are up and running! Now you can read all about the program…
A young boy at a concert this weekend asked me if I am rich. I laughed and answered “that depends on how you define rich!”…
Okay, no more promises about when I’ll write the next one of these Musings. I’ve been musing a lot these past 4 months, but just…
April was a full and good month, mostly taken up by my California tour, as well as getting ready for it – and recovering from…
Spring is here! And with her, a foot and a half of snow! All I can say is, I’m glad winter has finally arrived, in…
Ah, the invigorating cold air of a New England winter! Uh, well, not quite, this year! But I’ve managed to enjoy even the warm interludes.…
It is the season for contemplation, and more so than ever this fall. As the darkness descends, I find myself settling into my home, doing…
Much great excitement here recently, and all of it of the most mundane variety, nothing romantic to report. But I have to admit to being…
Okay, I know I’m way behind in my musings. So far behind that one might even have cause to think that I have not been…
Well, March came and went without my ever getting my musings to Rose to post on the site. I actually did write a draft of…
No, no ripe berries in mid-winter New England—though it’s springtime in Texas as I write this! These ripe berries have to do with the publishing…
A deep current of happiness has run through the days of this month. I have been happy beyond reason. But then, I suppose feelings are…
In Raleigh, North Carolina, near Cameron Village—the first mall built in the southeast region of the US—a freed slave cemetery known as Oberlin Village Cemetery…
When I was in college, a print of a Utrillo painting hung on my dormroom wall. The painting was of a street in Montmartre, a…
I’m so far behind this has turned into a two-month musing. The months kind of meld together in my mind anyway. Fall transitions. September was…
This was the month that was supposed to offer time to slow down. Oh well. The best laid plans…. I did manage to get up…
Summer is in full swing. I’ve been reminding myself to enjoy it as it spins by far too fast. Today driving back home from eastern…
It seems like every month when I sit down to write my Musings entry, an overwhelming amount of events have transpired during the month. I…
Where to begin? It’s been a month of great abundance in all facets of my life, from putting the final touches on Leaving Fort Knox,…
The Great River Road runs high in Balltown. To the east the land drops sharply revealing a vast scape of neat Iowa farms, with their…
March began with some long and lovely road hauls, out to the northern midwest and back to and around the northeast. I’ve now been home…
Life continues rolling on at an awesome pace. My road schedule this winter has been pretty daunting. Reminds me of the saying “be careful what…
January 2000 Musings: Snow in Virginia Wow, January has been quite the month. It started out with one last session in the studio with Dana…
December 1999 Musings: Fall Tours, Recording, and Banjo Passion Gideon Freudmann, Lui, and Dana Robinson at Derek Studios after recording Rarest Rose Gideon Freudmann, Lui,…