Cousin Will and the telephone
One of my readers wrote in and asked for a bit of humor, so I decided to share these comedy routines below. Remember all they asked for was a bit!
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Bluegrass music comes together to honor its best
The International Bluegrass Music Association hosted its annual week-long celebration of the genre in Raleigh recently. Thousands poured into the city’s clubs, venues and hotels to see countless concerts by established artists such as David Davis and the Warrior River Boys of Alabama, hopefuls such as the Baker Family of Missouri, and Rebekah Long of […]
A sweeping success
Performing on the road has its great moments and even a few that are less great. Needless to say there are often things to laugh at along the way. One of my devoted readers said that I have been too serious of late and needed to spread some cheer so here is one of my […]
Grand Master Fiddler Championship crowns 2018 master
I have been honored for many years to serve as the celebrity host of the Grand Master Fiddle Championship, now held at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. I have watched had the honor of watching a new generation of fiddlers come of age as I have watched from the wings […]
I walk behind the mower, therefore I am
When I began my working experience, I always looked forward to the arrival of warm weather. I could hear my wallet growing exponentially with each inch rise of the green, green grass of home. Well, maybe more like the neighbors’ grass since I didn’t get paid for mowing our yard. When I was about 10, […]
Are you the player or the pawn?
Through out history people have often enjoyed classic games of thought and strategy such as chess. It was one of the many games that fascinated me as a youth and how many hours were enjoyed with fellow enthusiasts in competition with each other. It was a good training ground for many of the experiences which […]
The seeds of wisdom spit forth
As I sat on the back porch watching the grass die, I could not help but find myself in my mind’s eye sitting similarly on my grandmother’s porch. It was a summer where I spent a lot of time with my Grandma Kitty and Aunt Norma Jean. Flossie, the milk cow, was meandering through the […]
Low, I will be with you always
God is so good to Christians. All we have to do is just ask and there it is. I’m not talkin’ about things we want. I am talkin’ about things we need — like pontoon boats and big screen TVs. I prayed and I prayed for God to give me those and sure ’nuff he […]
Cleaning out the goop
I walked to the top of the ladder, climbed up on the roof, turn around and sat down looking down. I pulled another scoop of goop out of the gutter and placed it within the bucket I had hanging on the hook below me. The long row of gutter ahead was scoop by scoop being […]
Carefree days of youth
I opened the door and the thickly painted white screen door slammed behind me. I seldom noticed the sound it made as I bounded down the three steps from our front stoop. Once down on the sidewalk, I was hidden from the street behind the huge green box hedges fronted by azaleas. Once I was […]
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