A surprisingly hard act to follow! Some personal history: although I've traditionally written a goodly portion of first drafts by hand ...

This week's passel o' links I found entertaining or of interest: ► The oldest recorded melody? I find this one particularly fasci...

Reason #1 I haven't been blogging: I've been obsessively practicing mandolin and learning new tunes.  Tunes I've learned since t...

Some reflections, partially drawn from my recent brief blog hiatus (the virtual type-in dragged me back...;)