After the Leaves Have Fallen

 

Comic Book World Is So Much Easier

"In comic books, it's usually pretty easy to tell the good guys apart from the bad. But in the real world, anybody who tried to be Captain America right now would wind up despised by half the country in under a week. How do you fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way when we're tearing ourselves apart over what those things mean?"

~ John Luzar

Memories of Maggie's Music

Just learned of the passing of Maggie Sansone, one of my early dulcimer mentors.

Through her Maggie's Music label, through her performances, through her workshops, she was a huge influence in the lives of so many musicians. I'm really grateful for her encouragement and her friendship. Sad, but memories have me smiling through my tears.

A Favorite Stop on the Toe River Arts Studio Tour

 

I love owls! This little guy is one of the treasures I got in my visit to Louise Grenell's Shuttle Hook and Needle studio on today's Toe River Arts Studio Tour.

The view from the deck outside Louise's studio in Celo (NC)

First Snow

 First snow of the season

Click the picture to view a short Facebook video,

Last Night's Fun

No, they didn't play that reel - iykyk - but there was so much great music! 

Went to a concert, part of IrishFest Atlanta, last night. One of my favorite Celtic bands, Open The Door For Three, was headliner.

Not a picture from the actual concert. We were sitting too far back to get a good capture,

so I borrowed this from IrishFest's publicity materials.

I went with friends Sue Aughey and Cleo Iliescu, in something of a reprise of another IrishFest two years ago. Started the evening with dinner at Old Town Roswell's Canton St Social, just like before, then walked to Roswell Cultural Arts Center for the Concert, then back to Old Town and Gate City Brewing Company for something I'd never even heard of before ... and quite honestly, I'm not sure I know even now exactly what it is: Silent Disco. But we were with a fun group of people, so who cares if I came away with an understanding of Silent Disco or not?

Open The Door For Three was brilliant, just as I'd expected. Kind of already looking forward to seeing the lineup for next year's IrishFest!    

 

Safe Sensible Sane

Newly-released CD I just received on Thursday! Haven't listened to a note of it yet, and already I'm thrilled with it:

~ Liner notes

~ Listening to musicians' work in context

~ More direct $$ benefit to musicians

~ It's mine and I can listen "forever," whenever, without ads or skipping through content from other, sometimes related and sometimes not so much, artists

Spotify, Amazon Music, whatever - I get it. Millions of selections, all at a click - I get it. Less clutter - I get it (kind of). But I'm happy that there are enough people like me out there, keeping physical media (CD, vinyl) alive.