Monday's Muse

Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.  ~ Edgar Winter

CTO ... Sue Wilson's article published in DPN

Dulcimer Players News, Volume 45, No. 1 (Feb 2019) arrived in mailboxes more than a week ago while I was hiking over snow-covered trails in the Flat Irons of Colorado. I'm always thrilled to receive DPN in the mail. I usually sit right down and page through the entire magazine to see what's happening in the greater dulcimer world.

But Check This Out ... the current publication happens to be of special interest to me because it includes an article that I wrote!

The most recent magazine includes several articles around the theme of festivals and workshops. You'll find a calendar listing of 2019 festivals and a "how-to" guide for attending festivals. My article is about the friendships and community that develop out of these events, drawing from my own experiences at the Swannanoa Gathering, Warren Wilson College, Black Mountain, NC and Ken Kolodner's Sandbridge Hammered Dulcimer Retreat at Sandbridge, VA. Trapezoids of the Triangle will recognize names mentioned and faces pictured.

I hope each of you already has a subscription to Dulcimer Players News ... "a quarterly magazine and CD filled with instruction, interviews, and stories for and about dulcimer enthusiasts. It's your connection to tradition and community." Ashley Ernst is the new editor, and she's doing a great job! If not, don't miss another issue! SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

Monday's Muse

Today is the only day of the year that tells you to DO something -- March 4th.

Monday's Muse

A strange art – music – the most poetic and precise of all the arts, vague as a dream and precise as algebra.  ~ Guy de Maupassant

Monday's Muse

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.  ~Jim Ryun

Monday's Muse

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable. ~ W.H. Auden

Monday's Muse

Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. ~ Emory Austin