• The Avett Brothers Perform “Morning Song”

    “Hurt so bad……….You don’t come around here anymore….. Worse than that……….. Nothing’s really helping I’ve been thinking ’bout drinking again” Twenty-one words, that’s all, just twenty-one; words that rank easily in the top one hundred song openings of all time. Within the last three or four weeks, as I listened to more of their music,…


  • “Goin’ Back to Old Kentucky” – Ricky Skaggs

    I first heard Ricky Skaggs in the early 80’s. We lived in D.C. at the time compliments of the US Navy. He just continued to get better over the years. If you like bluegrass music, or not, have a listen to this.     He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into…


  • Land of the Pine

    Sometimes, you only need to walk twenty feet, out into your own back yard, point your camera and snap the shutter. Sometimes, you get a pretty good picture. This picture, in its original form, seemed like a pretty good shot to me. But, I am biased of course. I like experimenting with different effects, though.…